Warning 2025 Remaster?

[A Worry Rock]

My $17 Amazon box set arrived today!

I noticed that all the B-sides are mixed much quieter than the Shenanigans version. All the demos are like this too.

Top is Outsider from the box set and bottom is from Shenanigans CD.

[RongoIK]

 

28 minutes ago, Karl Karlson said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think at least some OTIS tracks are partially re-recorded by Billie, not remixed. So the whole album would be a lot of work.

"Suffocate" is not even the original, uncut, version? That's kind of embarrassing. They should have a digital copy of their whole catalogue, including singles. They could've reached out to any fan site and ask for a WAV rip of something haha
Kidding aside, that's just lazy and proves our point that it's weird they slapped it on here just to fill the space. What a waste.

Whoever is putting together the track lists and digging through the vault has been REALLY lazy for all of these release lol there's so many small issues

This version of Macy's Day Parade def sounds all original, but could be re-recorded I suppose... I wouldn't be surprised if Waiting has re-recorded elements, like guitar feedback and some new little licks in the verses mainly.

Something that no one has really mentioned is that Jackass has a lot of new or modified lyrics... they are just really quiet in the mix

Just now, A Worry Rock said:

My $17 Amazon box set arrived today!

I noticed that all the B-sides are mixed much quieter than the Shenanigans version. All the demos are like this too.

Top is Outsider from the box set and bottom is from Shenanigans CD.

This is EXACTLY some of the issues I was gonna mention LOL Dookie has this too... but I cant remember if AI and Nimrod do too
 

There's literally no reason to do this other than to make the listener have to turn up and down the volume... they aren't more dynamic or anything, just lowered 🙃

[Gonzalo17]

33 minutes ago, Karl Karlson said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think at least some OTIS tracks are partially re-recorded by Billie, not remixed. So the whole album would be a lot of work.

"Suffocate" is not even the original, uncut, version? That's kind of embarrassing. They should have a digital copy of their whole catalogue, including singles. They could've reached out to any fan site and ask for a WAV rip of something haha
Kidding aside, that's just lazy and proves our point that it's weird they slapped it on here just to fill the space. What a waste.

Suffocate must have been in nimrod 25, not here...

[A Worry Rock]

4 minutes ago, RongoIK said:

This is EXACTLY some of the issues I was gonna mention LOL Dookie has this too... but I cant remember if AI and Nimrod do too
 

There's literally no reason to do this other than to make the listener have to turn up and down the volume... they aren't more dynamic or anything, just lowered 🙃

I think Nimrod was the only box set where they didn't lower volume on any of the tracks. Warning box set has all the demos, b-sides, and live album at half volume. The Warning remaster CD is the same volume as the original. 

[RongoIK]

8 minutes ago, A Worry Rock said:

I think Nimrod was the only box set where they didn't lower volume on any of the tracks. Warning box set has all the demos, b-sides, and live album at half volume. The Warning remaster CD is the same volume as the original. 

The songs that aren't already brick walled are more excusable... but the others just don't make sense lol how do they not have better audio sources in their vaults 😭

[Star-LordAndTheAve]

1 hour ago, Karl Karlson said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think at least some OTIS tracks are partially re-recorded by Billie, not remixed. So the whole album would be a lot of work.

"Suffocate" is not even the original, uncut, version? That's kind of embarrassing. They should have a digital copy of their whole catalogue, including singles. They could've reached out to any fan site and ask for a WAV rip of something haha
Kidding aside, that's just lazy and proves our point that it's weird they slapped it on here just to fill the space. What a waste.

Billie did say that if he were to ever rerecord (I’d assume just the guitars given the Otis mixes we have) one of their albums, it would be Warning (not that he has to, just mentioning that it would be the most likely one if we go by Billie’s feelings) because it doesn’t sound live enough to him.

 

And I absolutely agree. Was hoping I could throw in a version without the abrupt ending on my favorites playlist on Apple Music (tbh if one of the two comes on when I shuffle my favorites, I always make sure I listen to the two of them)