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I went to download the album Natty Dread a Weh She Want by Horace Andy having heard the title track on Youtube and really loving it.

However when listening to the preview on both Itunes and Amazon I noticed the mix seems really strange. The bass is all in the left headphone and the vocals really low in the right. However the video I listened to on Youtube, see below, seemed to be well balanced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dmnpBsbxc

Is it an alternate mix used on the Itunes and Amazon mp3 or some error? Or maybe it is just my ears!

I got this Trojan CD with the extra tracks and the mixing is fine and sound quality excellent.

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Could be the sound clips re f*cked.

There are two different mixes of it on the amazon version of the album

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Natty-Dread-Weh ... h+She+Want

I can hear bass in both speakers on both mixes though when I listen to it, the shorter version is a better mix to my ears than the extended version

@Congo Bunny

@Rootsman

Thanks very much for the advise guys. I think I am blind as I did not see the second mix on the download site, the second version is a much better mix. However I think I will get the CD incase there are problems with the files online anyway.

Cheers

@Congo Bunny

Interestingly on a relisten to th clips I find the shorter mix better on speakers but the longer version better on headphones. I will check again when I get the CD.

babaluma1 wrote:@Congo Bunny

Interestingly on a relisten to th clips I find the shorter mix better on speakers but the longer version better on headphones. I will check again when I get the CD.

LOL I only have headphones but I preferred the shorter one this morning. When you get two mixes so close it can be a nightmare deciding which one is better, it can change depending on your mood in any given day

babaluma1 wrote: However I think I will get the CD incase there are problems with the files online anyway.

Cheers

Not a bad idea, I got the MP3 and the tracks had all be cut wrong (I guess the mp3 is a rip from an LP) as the start of each track was on the end of the previous track. Not really much of a problem if you are listening to the whole album in order, but if you are listening to individual songs it sucks

Come to think of it sorry I didn't mention that earlier might have been a useful tip to provide, it didn't occur to me at the time

@Congo Bunny
No problem at all, I have blogspoted a copy just to check and it seems fine, it is the one with bonus tracks so now I will see if I can find the CD. It looks frighteningly expensive now though!

@babaluma1

Check your PM

@Rootsman

Cheers for that, I just got it!