The new volume in the "Unedited Masters" series sub-titled "Hollywood To Nashville 1972-1980" is out now. According to their flyer this is the best of that series with several "firsts" such as the overdubbed version of "It's A Matter Of Time" taken directly from studio tape instead of a scratchy acetate, an X-rated ending of "the first take" of "Fool", first release of the 1980 re-recording of "For Ol' Times Sake" which is one of their best re-recording but still unreleased to this day. See the flyer for all the details concerning this new release from Venus Productions.
Unedited Masters - Hollywood To Nashville 1972-1980
August 25, 2012 | Music
Boxcar wrote on
August 27, 2012
I collect all Venus CDs and somehow I love them. There are -no doubt- a few cool short moments on each Volume. But slowly I wonder how many undubbed, unedited and remix masters there are and if we really need them all. Now they are starting to pull out unedited masters of artificially re-recorded tracks. And I wonder if that is enough for all the full price CDs they release. A few seconds more here, a cough before a take there. Personally I would love to see them releasing another new session like they did with "Welcome To The Jungle".
Lefty wrote on
August 27, 2012
I had all three in the series prior to this one, and I sold them all. I didn't find the "unedited" experience all that appealing. Actually, this series proved to me that editing and mastering are important functions of making music!
mature_elvis_fan75 wrote on
August 30, 2012
Same as the ftd our memories of elvis,stupid releases,and waste of shelf space!
Orion wrote on
September 01, 2012
I must say this is the first VENUS release that has disappointed me, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. They seem to have been sliding since the re-release of the Astrodome show and the MSG two-fer. I hope they manage to dig out something worthwhile for a future release.