This is incredible news! There’s no reason for anybody to pay $100 for a CD in this day and age. I’m happy the band decided to make it a widely general release so that anybody who wants one can get it where the band gets compensated for it and not scalpers.
The purpose of the professional mix is to showcase direct line-in recordings from the instruments, which explains why the crowd noise isn’t captured—the microphones weren’t directed at them.
Ethan Mates does an incredible job mixing these live shows. The audio sounds so good this feels like it could have easily been a bonus track on the digital version along side the others.
Just pre-ordered it on Amazon Germany. They ship worldwide, so I had to pay €14 for shipping, still way better than the crazy resale prices out there. Now I’m wondering if these are being mass-produced exclusively for Amazon or if it’s still limited to leftover stock from the tour, since I thought those had all sold out.
This shop adds its own custom side labels to the releases they receive. The same magenta vinyl edition was shipped to a variety of indie stores, so it doesn’t seem like Warner considers this a separate version.
I think this is going to be a perfect track on the album to give a break right after HITC and before Casualty, sort of like an interlude in between the two heaviest tracks on the album.
I appreciate the softer vibe. It's probably going to sound better when listening to the album from start to finish because what I believe to be the heaviest song based on the ending is "Casualty" following right after it.
Do you know which video they ended up using to edit from the fan recorded version? I was looking for who the source was but didn't see any credit given to whomever that person was