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In vein of another question above, what classic mainstream albums of the past would you like to remix? I've always thought that a lot of Hendrix's studio stuff could have been done better.
Well, mixing isn't the magic bullet it's purported to be. A recording is about 90 percent as good as it's ever going to be from the moment of the first rough playback.
Most records that have survived scrutiny for a long time have some qualities that we all associate with them, and presenting them in a new way ("better sound" or whatever) cheapens them a little, and in the case of ZZ Top's '90s remixes, turns them straight to [censored].
I worked on a new version of Cheap Trick's
In Color album (not a remix, but a whole new recording), and although everyone involved liked it, it's never seen the light of day, and I can't fault that decision.
About the only "classic" record that has ever been improved-on with a new mix and master is the Who's
Live at Leeds, and there is a additional album's worth of excellent extra material added.