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I would have to hear the BDB/DVD audio version of "Raped and Freezin'". I don't think I have a copy of that. If I do, I would have to do some serious digging to find it.

I do know that, in the spirit of variety, some quadrophonic versions of songs didn't fade out but continued throughout the jammed outros.

The lengthy outros were something that we did when we all felt we had nailed a take. It was as if we were all signaling to each other that nobody had made a mistake, and it was also a bit of a celebration. We didn't play out on questionable takes.

Dreary wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:38 pm

I would have to hear the BDB/DVD audio version of "Raped and Freezin'". I don't think I have a copy of that...

I took that as a request. It took some doing, but I did it! What do you think? Did you record this version?

Dannorama wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:29 am

Dreary wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:38 pm

I would have to hear the BDB/DVD audio version of "Raped and Freezin'". I don't think I have a copy of that...

I took that as a request. It took some doing, but I did it! Here's a YouTube link to the extended version of "R'n'F" on the BDB DVD-A. (I "wrecked" it by putting in :10 seconds of tone at the top. Hopefully, that's enough to keep the fuzz happy.) What do you think? Did you record this version?

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mestreech wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:52 am

Dannorama wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:29 am

Dreary wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:38 pm

I would have to hear the BDB/DVD audio version of "Raped and Freezin'". I don't think I have a copy of that...

I took that as a request. It took some doing, but I did it! Here's a YouTube link to the extended version of "R'n'F" on the BDB DVD-A. (I "wrecked" it by putting in :10 seconds of tone at the top. Hopefully, that's enough to keep the fuzz happy.) What do you think? Did you record this version?

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Oops! They already pulled it. - DD

Dreary wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:03 am

mestreech wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:52 am

Dannorama wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 01, 2022 2:29 am

I took that as a request. It took some doing, but I did it! Here's a safe link to the extended version of "R'n'F" on the BDB DVD-A. (I "wrecked" it by putting in :10 seconds of tone at the top. Hopefully, that's enough to keep the fuzz happy.) What do you think? Did you record this version?

Already down

Oops! They already pulled it. - DD

Well, that didn't take long! Stinkin' fuzz. I changed the link - try it again.

Okay, I listened a couple of times through.
I must admit it's a bit of a stumper. We were known for our longer arrangements and Bob Ezrin was known for whittling them down and making them more concise.
First listen struck me as it having been edited for a longer running time - perhaps because I'm used to hearing the shorter version. Second listen got me leaning toward that being how we played it.
One thing for sure - that bass part isn't too shabby!

On the Raped and Freezin Quad mix, the 4 bars that follow the first chorus during which Alice says “ok boys”, is simply repeated after the second chorus, but without vocals before the guitar solos come in. Those second 4 bars after the second chorus were just cut on the non Quad version and the guitar solo(s) come straight in, and the song sounds better for it.

A masterpiece, and those two 8 bar guitar solos blend so well together. Steve Hunter played the second 8 bar solo, and comes in with that Albert King blues lick, which still gives me chills.

The fireworks ending was Neal's way of announcing that he thought we had a good take.

Dreary wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:02 pm

The fireworks ending was Neal's way of announcing that he thought we had a good take.

Neal was right. You were right too, Dennis! That bass part is great. Thanks again!