This post is from the Film Score Monthly message board. Everyone doesn't agree with all EF is saying:
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This is from the interview...
"Froese: I'm asked about the term "banana", in the fan community-hood. There are some comments: "Why are you re-recording things, which are so much better in its original form?" Yes, it's true. bananarama is not good, re-recording is terrible, and never ever in my life would I touch an original piece of music. Never, ever! But I had to do something, working against Virgin Records, or even Universal. We could spend millions on getting my masters back, or I could do re-recording. Tangentizing means, if you change an original mix a certain degree, by adding or changing effects on the piece, it's not the original master anymore, it's a new master, and you can release it to your own company."
You rarely see a rationalization so well-rehearsed or full of self-contradictions.
Virgin and, to a lesser extent, Universal, have been excellent custodians of TD's catalogue over the years. They, themselves, have never issued re-releases with misrepresentative packaging. They have, in fact, done their best to keep the original recordings in print.
Froese's attitude is completely illogical.
(And I call it "Froeseing". No need to sully the group name [or a derivation of] for something he chooses to do on his own.)
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