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Re: random question re: Better
I honestly think those 06 leaks were the Andy Wallace mixes. There was no reason not to release it then. Most frustrating thing about that line up. Perfect moment to strike, all they needed was Bucket and all he wanted was for Axl to release the album
Re: random question re: Better
I honestly think those 06 leaks were the Andy Wallace mixes. There was no reason not to release it then. Most frustrating thing about that line up. Perfect moment to strike, all they needed was Bucket and all he wanted was for Axl to release the album
From the music we've heard from that period, it's understandable why so many of the players in this era had frustrations. Any iteration from 00 to 06 would have been a killer album. Instead they kept copy and pasting to the point these amazing songs evolved into unrecognizable mediocrity in regard to their original form.
Re: random question re: Better
The Better leak 'leaked' in multiple segment teases. In the interim, fans spliced the parts together (it wasn't the whole song yet). Then the whole song was put out there. The original leak had some differences - there was an additional "I know you know you know I know Better" segment that the final and other releases didn't have. It was a high quality source (not a cassette), but a pretty 'blah' MP3 (128 kbps) from a bad encoder. I also suspect it was on a CD, then ripped from that CD and put into an MP3 or iTunes file, and then THAT was burned to a CD which was then ripped into an MP3 that ended up released.
At some point, an instrumental was leaked. I believed this was an iTunes file.
The Better leak was interesting because 1.) it wasn't sourced from a tape, 2.) It showed the blending of 'techo', 'numetal', and also 'rock', 3.) it wasn't using the clean voice Axl had been using live and showcased on leaks like TWAT and IRS - 'oh, he can still sound like Axl', 4.) it actually sounded like it belonged in 2006 and you could imagine it playing at a party or a bar.
