Re: TTY: The Bullfighter Dies / single
What makes them French Mixes per se? The entire album was recorded in France wasn't it?
I'm just asking rhetorically because it's a strange definition. Plus, why French mixes of deluxe disc songs and Smiler With Knife?
In other news I never got a refund from that Swedish site for those 7 inch vinyls that were never to materialise.
From what I've read in a couple of interviews with Chiccarelli the final mixes were done all over the place, and in a rush and a push to meet Harvet's iTunes release deadline.
JC was mixing in Los Angeles, Maxime le Guil was mixing at Fabrique (post-recording).
I seem to recall that he said there were at least 4 people mixing to meet the deadline (too many cooks?) Which would account for the other 2 mixer names listed on the single credits.
And all these miscellaneous mixes were being sent to Morrissey in London for a yay or nay.
Throw in the Harvest approval, and it sounds like utter chaos.
So I'm guessing that the 'French mixes' that have been listed are La Fabrique studio/monitor mixes that were done prior to that somewhat chaotic process.
That vomit sleeve lists the '
Scandinavia' 'French mix' as having been done by "Joe Chiccarelli at Studios La Fabrique, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France."
Strange that according to that amazon.fr listing '
One of our Own' is the only track not to have a 'French mix'. I think Moz may be confused again. The amazon listing has '
Scandinavia' as '
The Bullfighter Dies' b-side, and the tty scans bear this out.
It would be very interesting to hear differences between the songs, fresh from residential recording and after a manic trans-atlantic mixing process.
I'm sure they will see the light of day sometime.