Re: Hotel California 40th Anniversary New CD reissue
Glenn sang great in NKIT. We know he couldn't have gone to the studio to fix his parts, so it's 100% live unless they took bits from different performances to fix mistakes. I might buy the product in the future if/when it will be cheaper. Probably used ones will appear on eBay. (If I manage to order one before Don Henley. :mrgreen:)
Re: Hotel California 40th Anniversary New CD reissue
New guy alert! hehe
I have the older SACD of Hotel California and this new release is supposed to be the same mix, just in slightly better quality.
If you've never heard Hotel in Surround, you owe it to yourself to do so. On the title track, the guitar play between Joe and Don Felder are mixed wide so you have Joe on the left and Don on the right. When they get to playing back and forth, each guitar is opposite the other.
It's not the most aggressive mix I've ever heard, but it's very, very well done for a "modern" mix.
Supposedly, Hotel was mixed to Quad back in 1977, but was shelved due to most record companies abandoning Quad around that time. I wonder if the mix was ever started or completed and what it sounds like?
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That AMC Guy
New guy alert! hehe
I have the older SACD of Hotel California and this new release is supposed to be the same mix, just in slightly better quality.
If you've never heard Hotel in Surround, you owe it to yourself to do so. On the title track, the guitar play between Joe and Don Felder are mixed wide so you have Joe on the left and Don on the right. When they get to playing back and forth, each guitar is opposite the other.
It's not the most aggressive mix I've ever heard, but it's very, very well done for a "modern" mix.
Supposedly, Hotel was mixed to Quad back in 1977, but was shelved due to most record companies abandoning Quad around that time. I wonder if the mix was ever started or completed and what it sounds like?
Welcome! I know the band recorded the Eagles eponymous album with a quadrophonic setup but it also never got released. I would like to have heard those records on quadrophonic setup
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So what does everyone think of the reissue? I bought the double cd today at my local record store and it came with some goodies; a 40th anniversary poster, keychain that looks like an actual hotel keychain, and a Hotel California matchbook. I like that the live selections lean heavily towards Glenn. I wish "Witchy Woman" had the bluesy intro included. I love finally having a live version of "One of These Nights." You can really hear Glenn in the chorus. The actual album itself doesn't sound different from the remastered version released in the boxset a few years ago, but that's ok because I lost the Hotel California disc from mine.
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Shadowland07
So what does everyone think of the reissue? I bought the double cd today at my local record store and it came with some goodies; a 40th anniversary poster, keychain that looks like an actual hotel keychain, and a Hotel California matchbook. I like that the live selections lean heavily towards Glenn. I wish "Witchy Woman" had the bluesy intro included. I love finally having a live version of "One of These Nights." You can really hear Glenn in the chorus. The actual album itself doesn't sound different from the remastered version released in the boxset a few years ago, but that's ok because I lost the Hotel California disc from mine.
I haven’t gotten the reissue yet but I’m really excited for the live album. It’s great that almost all the songs on it were not done on the Eagles live. The only song I wished they put on was Best Of My Love but I’m really excited for WW,OOTN, and AG. It’s too bad they didn’t put on the blues intro. That really rocks
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I just received my bundle in the mail so I have not listened to it yet. However I am loving the hardback book that comes with the bundle. It is 44 pages with various photos.
This bundle does not come with the matchbook or hotel keyring. That is cool! And now I want those. LOL!
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The remastered HC album is now on Spotify -- with the live tracks included! :blueblob:
I don't yet have the cash to pick up the 40th anniversary edition, but at least I can hear it on Spotify!
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The remastered HC album is now on Spotify -- with the live tracks included! :blueblob:
I don't yet have the cash to pick up the 40th anniversary edition, but at least I can hear it on Spotify!
Thanks for this! I have my copy on the way but I really love the live tracks I heard on XM.
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@WF88-- You're very welcome! The sound quality on the live tracks is peerless, and I don't know that I've ever heard Randy sing TITTL any better than in this performance. Wow. Wow. Wow. And Glenn just sounds -- amazing on NKIT. Pure honey.
I am one happy Eagles fan this evening!
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That's awesome about the book, keychain, and matchbook. And so happy it's on Spotify!!! :D