[holden]

Re: negative1's odd-n-ends mix:

First off, thanks for this...some classic and rare tracks in here. I've had a listen and have a few comments. Like you said, not the smoothest mix around but more about the fun of trying, so you're probably already aware of the good and the not so good.

Hard-hitting introductory track choice…excellent! The mix into Cups is a little bit messy in terms of beat-matching, and the “bong” sounds at the transition kind of accentuate the contrast rather than smoothing it out. I noticed a few skips in that track as well… I know that’s not your fault, but probably artifacts from the original radio broadcast or encoding, but those missing beats do catch my ears. I really love the early version of KoS (especially Karl’s deadpan delivery and alternate lyrics), but again, the transition is abrupt. The fade in to Silver Boots works much better, as does confusion the waitress. In fact, i think the mix steadily improves with time.

I have a mix you made of UW of studio bits and tracks from the old UWLive archive from several years back (I think it starts with Quick Bit of Rope?). That was very well done and still enjoyable. These odds-and-ends are quite cool to compile, but maybe not quite right for mixing, due to some of their short outtros or intros?

Looking forward to hearing your riverrun mix, too. Cheers!