Greetings all!
Alright...I checked around the forum to be sure this hasn't already been mentioned and I couldn't find anything.
I THINK I found something VERY significant in the Sectors box set.
If you have box 3, pull out "Power Windows" and listen to "Mystic Rhythms".
Now...like most fans here, I've heard that song easily, 100 times a year since its 1986 release. Conservatively, like most here, I heard that song over 1,000 times at least.
So often...that you can sing along with the drum part, keyboards or whatever.
I decided to listen to PW when I bought the box sets because it's one of my favorites. Mystic Rhythms is still one of my favorite tunes.
Imagine my shock and awe when I discovered about FIVE SECONDS OF RESTORED MUSIC to the outro of Mystic Rhythms.
I've owned that album on vinyl, on cassette and CD. This is NEW.
Cue up the final verse, with the last line "We feel the push and pull"....then just listen.
Around the 4:54 mark (going from memory here) there is a RESTORED keyboard fill adding about 4 or 5 seconds. It is a full that consists of 3 descending chime-like notes. It then goes into the outro keyboard fills we're all familiar with.
Make no mistake. This in NOT a case where it is more pronounced, and it was "lost in the mix" all these years. It is NEW.
Compare with the earlier recorded versions, even the video and live versions....
This is NEW. I would guess this was the ORIGINAL version and a slight edit was performed for programming purposes, or perhaps the fact it was destined to be a single.
Who knows...but it IS there.
If you have Sector 3....listen to it. It's like a little Easter Egg on CD!
Restored INDEED!!!!!
:-)
Tony
