"What a botheration!"
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Artist:Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Album:Rasta Revolution
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Track:Mr. Brown
Yesterday I was going through my library at work—looking for something fresh—when I stumbled on a Mojo compilation I got from a friend, Mojo Presents: Trojan Explosion. The track titles were all present, but the artists were all credited as "Various". I remembered I had tried looking this information up before a couple years ago, but my search was fruitless. Yesterday, however, I found both the cover artwork and a proper tracklisting.
Happy days are here again.
I gave it a couple listens yesterday and nearly kicked my own ass for not doing so sooner. Every track is phoenomenal.
On the way to work today, I decided to give it another listen. The first track, "Mr. Brown" by Bob Marley And The Wailers, is mixed uniquely and definitely evident when listening on headphones. Listening to it yesterday my curiosity was stirred but I was too deep in work to really give it proper thought. This morning, however, something dawned on me.
This song wasn't mixed with the stereo channels meant for right and left, they were meant for front and rear.
I've yet to give this a go on proper speakers that I can place accordingly, but I can definitely hear it in my mind. The right channel is definitely the front channel, bright with mids and highs and attack from the lows. The left channel is filled with the lower frequency, almost like a sub channel. Both have the vocals which were panned "center".
My mind's ear is dying to get home and give this a go, although I'm almost certain this would work.
The only question I'm left with is whether or not this was intentional, an experiment in "surround sound". It would be very amazing if it were.
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