Will Wild Honey Ever Be Given A Stereo Mix

[SMiLE Brian]

Here comes the Night and Let the wind blow in stereo!!!!    

[buddhahat]

I tell you, Smile AND a Wild Honey stereo mix?  

Edit: Sorry to get hpes up. This may not be happening according to TunesTony:

Let me clarify, so there's no confusion...

I asked Mark about what was left in the archives, now that SMiLE is coming, and the rarities collections Endless Harmony and Hawthorne, CA have unearthed a lot of things. He mentioned that fans have been clamoring for true stereo mixes of albums that have only been available in mono.

Then he mentioned the recently-found Brian demo of "Surf's Up," which was a result of them archiving the Wild Honey tapes. There were 4 or 5 takes of Brian running through the track at the end of a reel marked for "Country Air."

Because that was all mentioned together, I inferred that they were related. However, after replaying his quote, he didn't specifically say that a Wild Honey stereo mix was next on the agenda.

Sorry, I am new to this board, and don't want to put words in other people's mouth. The interview will be up soon.

Thanks,


Tony

[Shady]

Ah,

Well that was fun while it lasted

[LostArt]

Back-pedaling faster than Alan Jardine. 

[pixletwin]

Back-pedaling faster than Alan Jardine. 

Exactly what I thought too! 

[buddhahat]

Ah,

Well that was fun while it lasted

Yep. Still, it does suggest that stereo mixes of some of the mono albums are at least on their radar.

[SMiLE Brian]

Hope they try to mix 15 Big Ones properly for the first time as well because Mark Linett has said that album is better on the raw tapes.

[drbeachboy]

The fact that he used the term "first-ever stereo release" still has me wondering if this really is in the works.

[Sam_BFC]

Here comes the Night and Let the wind blow in stereo!!!!    

The second you mention is already on the Hawthorne CD bro.

[SMiLE Brian]

Here comes the Night and Let the wind blow in stereo!!!!  

The second you mention is already on the Hawthorne CD bro.

My mistake, need to buy that one

[Shady]

Ah,

Well that was fun while it lasted

Yep. Still, it does suggest that stereo mixes of some of the mono albums are at least on their radar.

Oh man, I hope so

[Dr. Tim]

There's another option to issuing stereo remixes on silver CD's or iTunes:  hi-def downloads through specialty sites like HDTracks, which boasts the Rolling Stones' Decca catalog, available by track or by album.   Also lots of hi-rez versions of audiophile-recorded albums like Wilco's latest, etc.  That might be one way to do this without incurring all the manufacturing costs.