edhunter Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Wow. I can already hear more bottom end just in the first few moments of the opening track. This might totally re-rank that record for me. 1
James Bond Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Yeah, I only see Distant Early Warning so far. There's a thread with some discussion: If you let the song play out, it switches back to the standard album - at least, that has been my experience. I don't think the rest of the Brown mixes will drop until the 13th.
edhunter Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 (edited) Oops, sorry. It just popped up my feed as I was driving out to my route area. I’ll wait to listen till they’re all available, but I really like what I heard so far. There was a warmth that the original doesn’t have. Edited March 9 by edhunter
PurpleHayes Posted March 9 Posted March 9 41 minutes ago, edhunter said: Oops, sorry. It just popped up my feed as I was driving out to my route area. I’ll wait to listen till they’re all available, but I really like what I heard so far. There was a warmth that the original doesn’t have. Geddy will be unhappy to hear that, since he pretty much produced GUP...Pete Henderson basically responded with "sounds good to me" whenever they wanted feedback.
edhunter Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 I’ve had a chance to listen to it now that my work day is over. I do like this one better than the original. The original was very cold and brittlesounding. Alex was experimenting with really high chord voicings on this record and they were piercing sometimes. At least on this song, the mix takes the edge off of it. 1
invisible airwave Posted March 10 Posted March 10 I'll wait until Apple on Thursday evening at 9. Spotify doesn't have Dolby and even with FLAC recently added, their royalty rate for musicians still sucks.
thizzellewashington Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Checked the new mixes out this morning. Not necessarily better than the originals but definitely different enough to justify their existence. Some of them are pretty cool. 1
ytserush Posted March 14 Posted March 14 22 hours ago, thizzellewashington said: Checked the new mixes out this morning. Not necessarily better than the originals but definitely different enough to justify their existence. Some of them are pretty cool. Existence is always justified. Even the Vapor Trails remix has a place though some such as myself might argue where that place is. 1
edhunter Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 Sounds like Terry didn’t care for the electronic drums. I can think of at least one prominent fill in Red Sector A that’s barely there.
chemistry1973 Posted March 16 Posted March 16 On 3/14/2026 at 9:49 AM, ytserush said: Existence is always justified. Even the Vapor Trails remix has a place though some such as myself might argue where that place is. I think the VT remix is massively better than the original mix 1
Todem Posted March 16 Posted March 16 18 hours ago, chemistry1973 said: I think the VT remix is massively better than the original mix Some songs yes....some nope. That recording though is a mess to begin with....recorded way too hot, keeping demo tracks that had obvious clipping....tough gig to remix that one. 2
XanaD.E.W. Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Sadly, the TB mix is a liitle less than desired for me. Miss the brightness from the original mix and Ged's vocals sound muddled. But what I do like are the "Yeah" after each verse on Afterimage and the cold ending on The Enemy Within instead of the fade out.
Timbale Posted March 20 Posted March 20 I've always thought of Grace Under Pressure as the last Rush album where it was really the sound of the band in the room together...not to say that there are no overdubs, but that the sound of the album is a true representation of what they could perform as three people live off the floor ie, when Geddy is on the keyboards, the bass is provided by foot pedals. Power Windows, in contrast, is not really that...and Geddy in particular had to do a very deep dive into samplers/triggers to make it work as a live performance. But the Terry Brown mix revealed (to my ears, anyway) a teeny tiny detail that surprised me. In the verses of Red Lenses, when Geddy is playing the keyboards ("it's the colour of your heartbeat etc...") there is a bass guitar "pop" on the and of four each bar! He was getting into overdubbing stuff that he wouldn't be able to reproduce live. I thought that was interesting... 3
Todem Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) The only song I can listen to from the TB mix is Distant Early Warning. Unfortunately the rest missed the mark for me. Edited March 21 by Todem
Rushman14 Posted April 7 Posted April 7 On 3/20/2026 at 11:38 PM, Todem said: The only song I can listen to from the TB mix is Distant Early Warning. Unfortunately the rest missed the mark for me. I was enjoying it until I A B'd it with the original. 2
Todem Posted April 8 Posted April 8 18 hours ago, Rushman14 said: I was enjoying it until I A B'd it with the original. Pretty stark contrast and not in a good way unfortunately. I was really hopeful after DEW was released as an early taste of the TB mix. Anyway…..is what it is. The new remastered OG mix is fantastic and worth the purchase along with the complete concert. 1
Rushman14 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 5 hours ago, Todem said: Pretty stark contrast and not in a good way unfortunately. I was really hopeful after DEW was released as an early taste of the TB mix. Anyway…..is what it is. The new remastered OG mix is fantastic and worth the purchase along with the complete concert. I have both versions on my phone. If one of the remixes pop ups in the car, I won't skip it.
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