Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:23:37 +0000
From: Robin Setty <robin.setty@gmail.com>
Subject: Mixed to loud?
Kitt suggested the album has been mixed to loud and that might be due to
Barry's weakening voice.
It's actually the mastering that is loud. The reason is to compete with
everything else that's on streaming services. Unfortunately, it's the way
of the world. Loudness wars dictate it. Otherwise a listener with a
playlist from several albums is going to have to keep hitting the volume
control on their device.
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From: s thobani <shirintho@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Words@brothersgibb.com message digest 01/10/2021 09:01 (#2021-1523)
Enjoyed your review. Thanks
> On 12 Jan 2021, at 05:16, mailbag@brothersgibb.com wrote:
>
> Words@brothersgibb.com message digest 01/10/2021 09:01 (#2021-1523)
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> 2 messages included in this issue
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> 1 My thoughts on Greenfields robin.setty@gmail.com
> 2 My thoughts on Greenfields michmatthews@hotmail.com
>
>
>
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:23:36 +0000
> From: Robin Setty
> Subject: My thoughts on Greenfields
>
> When I first heard about this album, I wasn't at all excited. That's
> because I'm generally not in favour of re-workings. Nonetheless, I
> was always going to buy it, for completeness.
>
> Having heard it now a couple of times (via Spotify as my CD still
> hasn't arrived!) I'm very happy. I consider it to be as if old
> friends of mine have returned to greet me. They've changed their
> dress style but looks really great.
>
> There's only one track that doesn't do it to me. It's Jive Talkin'. I
> don't know - it just seems to plod along without any real drive or
> energy. I think it was a mistake to slow it down so much.
>
> In How Can You Mend....I feel that Sheryl Crowe is copying the live
> version that Barry and Sam did in the Mythology tour, so there's not
> so much that's new there. But take a close listen to the drumming.
> I'm not sure who's playing but it's actually sensational.
>
> It's great to hear ONJ again in Rest Your Love On Me. It's curious
> that the only really true country song from the start is the one
> that's been changed structurally by dropping the middle eight. I do
> like it though. It would have been easy to remake the version with
> Andy but this has a different complexion. Olivia sounds terrific
> given what she's been through. Her voice has a huskiness; it's not as
> sweet and clear as it was but they blend together well.
>
> The real gems on this album for me though are To Love Somebody (my
> word, the vocals from Jay Buchanan are sensational), How Deep (I
> thought that would be a real risk because it's such a classic but we
> get lots of Barry, which is good :-)), Butterfly (so lovely to hear
> this old song revived and I think it's just made for such an
> arrangement) and finally Too Much Heaven (Alison Kraus could read the
> telephone directory book and it would sound like bliss). Too Much
> Heaven is stunning and given that it was the song that introduced me
> to the Bee Gees, it really is lovely to hear it given such a beautiful
> treatment.
>
> Interesting that the whole album was recorded in a month with vocals
> recorded along the instrumentation. Given Barry's previous reputation
> for striving for perfection, it's ironic that he was put in the hands
> of a producer whose mantra is to pretty much use the first take, on
> the basis that that's where there's likely to be the most feeling (I
> guess by take 23 you've tired a little!). Those who read the
> unauthorised biography may recall that Albhy wanted to do something
> similar with what became Now Voyager and Barry's refusal was why Albhy
> wasn't involved in that.
>
> I also like the general 'old fashioned' feel of the album. Barry's
> voice gets a different treatment - more of a canyon type reverb that
> was common in the early 1960s. It's quite pronounced in Run To Me,
> though I did feel his voice was a bit "in yer face" in that one -
> perhaps because I'm more used to the breathy vocal at the start.
>
> Overall really pleased. It's fantastic to read the positive feedback
> and to see that the Bee Gees are once again out there and up front.
> Will I continue to play it in 5 years time. in the I do with "In The
> Now"? Probably not so much - again because I always prefer to listen
> to the originals. But if this is the path that Barry's chosen, then
> he's executed it really well.
>
> Kilburn Towers
>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 13:59:02 +0000
> From: Michele Matthews
> Subject: Re: My thoughts on Greenfields
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