Harold Lepidus
Harold Lepidus
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BOOK: FRIENDS AND OTHER STRANGERS- Bob Dylan Examined
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Free As A Bird -- much improved over either of the two previous mixes, though it's still marred by the Jeff Lynne drum sound (and I prefer the "turned out nice again" reversed to sound like "name is John Lennon") on the original. But Lennon sounds much better and human here, unlike...
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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"Real Love" somehow sounds even worse in the remix. The vocal sounds clearer, but also sounds like it's been autotuned to the point of sounding like a Speak 'n' Spell, and the clarity also means you now get an unfortunate effect from the McCartney ghost lead doubling Lennon's to strengthen it.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I can absolutely confirm this, even though I haven’t ever seen Ace Ventura 😇
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Agreed 👍
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#extratexture50 yes, the official running order did the album no favors 🕉️🍏
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#extratexture50 I remember when WNEW-FM received an advanced white label test pressing of the album. They had no information, not even the track listing. They skipped around the LP, as we explored it together, noting that the the first song on side two was quite short, before hearing this one. 🕉️🍏
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Congrats 🎊🎉🎈
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM