orig VELVET UNDERGROUND ? 3RD MGM 1969 CLOSET MIX
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 3RD
MGM SE-4617
THIS IS THE CLOSET MIX
VINYL CLEAN EXCELLENT FEW LINES AT MOST
PLAYS PERFECT
COVER IS VG+ RUBWEAR AS IN PICTURE~THESE BLACK COVERS WEAR POORLY
BEAUTIFUL VINYL CONDITION!!! A KEEPER!
YOU WILL BE PLEASED ~ IF NOT SEND IT BACK YOU CANT LOSE!!
The "Closet Mix"
Sterling Morrison thought Reed's mix had a small, closed in, cramped sound. With the music so muted, the phrase "Closet Mix" was coined by Morrison, who said, "We did the third album deliberately as anti-production. It sounds like it was done in a closet – it's flat, and that's the way we wanted it. The songs are all very quiet and it's kind of insane. I like the album." Overall, the songs on Reed's mix of the album sound different from the Valentin Mix in that the vocals are brought to the foreground, as opposed to the more "even" mix of Valentin's version. Drums and percussion on the Closet Mix are generally panned to one stereo channel only (typical of many other 1960's rock recordings.) On the Valentin mix drums are usually placed in the center.
Notable differences in the music can be heard on the two different versions. "Some Kinda Love" is a completely different performance. The Closet Mix uses a slower, quieter take, while the Valentin Mix is a slightly more upbeat and closer to the way the band performed the song in concert. The Valentin version of "Some Kinda Love" is about 20 seconds longer. There are different guitar solos on "What Goes On". "Jesus" is slightly longer in the Closet Mix, with a noticeable echo on the final refrain of "Jeeee-sus." "Beginning to See the Light" fades out 15–20 seconds later in the Closet Mix. On "The Murder Mystery," the vocals in the Closet Mix are brought to the front in an even more extreme fashion, drowning out the music almost entirely. There are also other less obvious differenceI COMBINE SHIPPING 1.00 EACH LP IN THE U.S ~ ALL OTHERS HAVE TO GO BY WEIGHT
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