Iced Earth - To Re-Record Early Albums
Iced Earth - To Re-Record Early Albums
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Regarding the re-recording of some early albums with the band's current lineup, Jon said: "As a fan, do I want Iron Maiden to go back and mess around with The Number Of The Beast or Metallica to change Ride The Lightning or Sabbath to change Black Sabbath? No, I don't, because I love 'em the way they are. But we're gonna dig back in to the catalogue and we're gonna do some re-recording and we're gonna do it with the muscle and the talent that's in the band now. And that's not a dig at anybody, because I've worked with amazing people through my whole career, and everybody's contributed. Even if somebody hasn't necessarily written songs, they're contributing, of course, 'cause they're performing. And those are two separate things. Sometimes the line gets blurred in the artist's mind of the difference between performing and the difference between writing, but there is a big difference. And everybody has done the best that they can through the entire catalogue, and it's great ? there's been contributions from all. So I'm not one to sit back and say that I wrote everything and I do everything, even though people have accused me of that kind of attitude; that's not the case. Am I the chief songwriter? Absolutely. Am I the driving force of this band? Absolutely. And anybody that's worked around it knows that. And if they say anything different, then they're just lying. So it is what it is.
"For whatever reason, this band? I've been married to it since the concept was brewing in my mind when it was? Well, it started off as The Rose, which for a very short-lived time, and then it became Purgatory, and then it was Iced Earth ultimately. And I've been completely married to it, completely committed to it since its inception."
On Schaffer not owning the master rights to Iced Earth's early recordings: "The thing is, man, I will never own the masters for [early Iced Earth albums released through] Century Media unless, all of a sudden, they develop a conscience and say, 'Jon should own his masters.' [Laughs] And believe me, Sony Records did not buy Century Media to start giving artists their rights back. So it's pretty unlikely. And, you know, it's business, and dude, hey, I signed, we all signed it ? the original five guys from the first album, we all signed a very horrible contract. I just finished it. I went and pushed through to the bitter end."
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Curious what early albums he has plans to be re-recorded. I always meant to pick up all Iced Earth's albums sometime. But I have nothing before Something Wicked This Way Comes.
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"Regarding the re-recording of some early albums with the band's current lineup, Jon said: "As a fan, do I want Iron Maiden to go back and mess around with The Number Of The Beast or Metallica to change Ride The Lightning or Sabbath to change Black Sabbath? No, I don't, because I love 'em the way they are." If that's his opinion about those albums then why would he re-record his own? Don't get me wrong I've no problem with when a band wants to re-record an album with their new line-up (especially in the case of having a different singer). But his statement just seems a bit strange and contradicting to me. I guess the first paragraph explains it a bit but still...
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The original albums still exist so I could listen to those, probably won't be buying these though unless I have a reason to do so
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All these albums were fantastically remastered...so yeah...pointless. No money from me.
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I wouldn't mind a re-recording of the first two albums. Apart from the song "Stormrider" I felt the other tracks are very lacking, specifically due to the vocalist at the time. Besides those maybe they could squeeze some life into some of their shit albums like Crucible of Man. Really though, I think i'll always prefer the original. Stu's re-recording of Dante's Inferno was shockingly great, but Matt's will always be better.
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Posts: 582 Written by Lanthros on 15.01.2018 at 16:15 Iced Earth is still signed to Century Media. Have been since 2010.
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Although Stu Block is a great vocalist, I think if they are re-recording all songs from "Iced Earth" to "Horror Show", they would sell alot better with Matt Barlow as a guest studio vocalist, in my opinion, especially with their modern sound. It would pleasure the fans more. Barlow was the reason why this band made me a metalhead years ago. Definitely will be the better option, money-wise. But I'll still enjoy the re-recordings nevertheless, cuz I'm a sucker for that. It shows how evolved/matured the band has grown over their younger years. Not always a bad thing.
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Posts: 261 Written by Aries Rising on 16.01.2018 at 22:29 He was signed to Century Media since they started as a band. And he just noted that his contract was up. CM reamed the band's ass from the start, especially after Sony Records bought them. Sony Records screwed every band under CM, and other labels. Like he said, it's all business.
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Posts: 261 Written by Aries Rising on 16.01.2018 at 22:29 He was signed to Century Media since they started as a band. And he just noted that his contract was up. CM reamed the band's ass from the start, especially after Sony Records bought them. Sony Records screwed every band under CM, and other labels. Like he said, it's all business.
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Posts: 261 Written by Aries Rising on 16.01.2018 at 22:29 He was signed to Century Media since they started as a band. And he just noted that his contract was up. CM reamed the band's ass from the start, especially after Sony Records bought them. Sony Records screwed every band under CM, and other labels. Like he said, it's all business.
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Posts: 261 Written by Aries Rising on 16.01.2018 at 22:29 He was signed to Century Media since they started as a band. And he just noted that his contract was up. CM reamed the band's ass from the start, especially after Sony Records bought them. Sony Records screwed every band under CM, and other labels. Like he said, it's all business.
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Posts: 261 Written by Aries Rising on 16.01.2018 at 22:29 He was signed to Century Media since they started as a band. And he just noted that his contract was up. CM reamed the band's ass from the start, especially after Sony Records bought them. Sony Records screwed every band under CM, and other labels. Like he said, it's all business.
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Its funny because when I first heard this I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" but then when I read the reason I was like "hmmm ok thats a good reason" lol
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