Imaginos remakes and outtakes

[Carl E. Anderson]

> This is all pretty strange, as Buck is very much a techno-head.
> Maybe the engineers had a hand in it.  Personally, I like CC, which I
> guess just adds to your argument.  Steve Stevens' 'Atomic Playboys'
> was recorded direct to digital.  And I saw an interview with him
> where he said how much he hated it, and would never record that way.
> And, of course, I happen to think it's one of the greatest-sounding
> albums I've ever heard!  go figure....

        Yeah, I know Buck is a techno-head so I would have expected
more polish on _CC_.  I myself like it well enough for what it is, but
I still think the sound it not where it should have been.  Some of the
effects are a little ragged, for example--the delay on the opening chords
of ETI could be smoother.
        After all, if I remember the original reports on this project it
was really intended to be an album.  First it was rerecording the stuff
for _The Stand_, then a promo-disc to support the stand, then they decided
to just release an album length CD.  My take is that they went in,
knocked off a few takes, and let it go at that.  It just doesn't have the
kind of production one would expect from a serious release.  Even the
Bad Channels songs sound better produced to me.  I would think if
BOC actually _does_ put out a new album that they would want to polish
it up a bit more ...

Cheers,
Carl