James wrote:Hmm, I'm quite the opposite... I can't say I find those two singles "80s sounding" (which at the time was perhaps more baggy/samples/synthy driven) and I'd have imagined he'd have liked the original mix of Way Out and There She Goes, as they were fairly authentic of their sound at the time - both recordings are instant, loud and sort of 'warm and muffled' rather than brittle and 'modern' to my ears... home made videos as well!
The 2nd versions recorded for the LP (and the 'remixed' Way Out on the blue TSG's EP) were obviously a lot more polished and had more time spent on them by the producers, trying to throw a recording budget and high hopes for success behind getting a big industry standard sound, whereas the first two singles were indie statements done fairly cheaply...
More than anything, he wasn't fed up or holding material back in those days... 'new' b-sides (fair enough some would be re-recorded later on), and the original lo-fi recordings of 'Freedom Song' retain the ghetto blaster/demo tape sound he said he cherished... Whereas it got to the stage that LP tracks were being used to pad out EP's later on didn't it...
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