From: charlesulrich@shaw.ca   
      
   In article <75f3621f-a982-4c6f-965f-21b565554a77@googlegroups.com>,   
    Michael Brenna  wrote (or should have written):   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Charles Ulrich  wrote:   
   >   
   > > In article <43760d15-73e4-4d55-a45d-47872e79aa09@googlegroups.com>,   
   > >  Michael Brenna  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Is there a principal difference between the MOFO "basic tracks"   
   > > > and the Lumpy Money "instrumentals"?   
   > > >   
   > > > Are the latter more or less final instrumental mixes (à la Sofa   
   > > > No.1 on OSFA), as opposed to the "work-in-progress" tracks on   
   > > > MOFO?   
   > >   
   > > The instrumental WOIIFTM tracks on Lumpy Money are noticably   
   > > different mixes than any previously released versions, with   
   > > instruments panned to different positions, and sometimes additional   
   > > instruments not heard on the vocal versions, or missing sections   
   > > later edited in.   
   >   
   > So I noticed. But no mention anywhere as to why?   
      
   What did you mean by "more or less final instrumental mixes"? It's clear   
   from the different panning that the instrumental WOIIFTM tracks on Lumpy   
   Money and the vocal versions on the original album were mixed down to   
   stereo independently of each other. The vocal versions can't have been   
   built on the stereo instrumental versions.   
      
   But that doesn't mean that FZ ever intended these instrumental versions   
   for release as such.   
      
   When you ask why, do you mean   
      
   a) Why are the MOFO and Lumpy Money instrumental tracks named   
   differently?   
      
   or   
      
   b) Why did FZ prepare stereo instrumental versions of the WOIIFTM tracks   
   at all? ?   
      
   As to a), I haven't yet compared the MOFO instrumentals to their vocal   
   counterparts as carefully as I have with WOIIFTM (or if I did it was a   
   long time ago and I don't have my notes at hand). But the term "basic   
   tracks" suggests that these ARE what the vocals (and possibly some   
   instrumental parts) were overdubbed onto.   
      
   As to b), I think the recording process for WOIIFTM happened over a   
   longer period of time than that for Freak Out! If during that period of   
   time FZ wanted to listen to his work in process--or play it for anyone   
   else--outside the recording studio, he would have to mix it down to   
   stereo.   
      
   Or maybe he was intending to overdub vocals onto these stereo   
   instrumental versions, but then he decided to do new stereo instrumental   
   mixes and overdub the vocals on those.   
      
   If you really want to know why, you'll need a ouija board or a time   
   machine.   
      
   --Charles   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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