Subtlety different
A little bit of a raw mix, I would say. The group was on their way to refining the final mix. Interesting mix. Enjoyable to listen to.
As we all know not everything that gets recorded makes it through to the final mix. However, thanks to Alex Mundy’s detective work on the original session reels for The Great Deceiver, we can now hear some of those passes that were once lost. The eager-eared among you will spot many additional embellishments that have previously been unheard. These include guitar chokes on the first verse as well as a violin harmony line and some additional guitar lines in that first chorus, a substantially different pass on the violin solo and guitar-based shades and colouring in the coda. Fascinating stuff.
