"fire, the acoustic album" - new izzy album out now

[fuckin crazy]

I love the blues.

[erose]

will it be properly mastered this time or will we have to buy another copy a few months later to get the proper experience? 

Apart from that though, cool news.  Acoustic stuff sounds good, Miami was an excellent album, hopefully this should be cool.  Now just tour goddamn it! 

how do i know if i have the shitty version or the proper one?

[don_vercetti]

will it be properly mastered this time or will we have to buy another copy a few months later to get the proper experience? 

Apart from that though, cool news.  Acoustic stuff sounds good, Miami was an excellent album, hopefully this should be cool.  Now just tour goddamn it! 

how do i know if i have the shitty version or the proper one?

the difference in sound quality is very obvious.  One sounds very flat and quiet, the other is a lot louder and more dynamic, and it's much easier to differentiate between the different instruments. 

[erose]

will it be properly mastered this time or will we have to buy another copy a few months later to get the proper experience? 

Apart from that though, cool news.  Acoustic stuff sounds good, Miami was an excellent album, hopefully this should be cool.  Now just tour goddamn it! 

how do i know if i have the shitty version or the proper one?

the difference in sound quality is very obvious.  One sounds very flat and quiet, the other is a lot louder and more dynamic, and it's much easier to differentiate between the different instruments. 

sure, if i had both i'm sure i could tell the difference! I only have one and i want the best one, but how do i know which one i already have?

[IzzyDutch]

The first Miami mix was done by Izzy and someone else (probably at Criteria Studios in Miami where it was recorded) and sucked big time. The remix was done by JT Longoria and mastered by Gary Long both at Nomad Recording in Dallas. They also did the mix/mastering of the Like A Dog album and now they also did the Fire album. So it will sound good and there won't be a bad mix.

Btw, the first Miami mix ain't available anymore on iTunes. With the first Miami mix something went wrong cause apart from the bad mix itself it wasn't mastered either. And when JT was doing the remix as far as he knew it was the first mix and when he heard the Miami songs were out he thought it got leaked. So we don't know what happened there exactly but something went wrong somewhere, Izzy realized it and corrected it.

[jarmo]

I bought both versions of Miami.

As far as I can tell, the first edition has gray cover art with no mention of Izzy or the album's title on it.

The second remastered one is blue and says
Izzy Stradlin
Miami

Also, on the first edition, track #1 is called Tj and on the remastered one it's called Tijuana.




/jarmo

[Wheres Izzy]

I bought both versions of Miami as well. I was hesitant to buy the 2nd one after already having bought the first, but what a difference. As for fire, if any of the songs sound like some of Izzy's other acoustic stuff like Got Some News, Gotta Say, Coke'n, River, Bleedin, it's gonna be fucking amazing. I can't wait to get this.

[hellfirecan]

Izzy rarely disappoints...

[erose]

I bought both versions of Miami.

As far as I can tell, the first edition has gray cover art with no mention of Izzy or the album's title on it.

The second remastered one is blue and says
Izzy Stradlin
Miami

Also, on the first edition, track #1 is called Tj and on the remastered one it's called Tijuana.




/jarmo

Thanks for the details, got to get the second version.

when you buy a record off of itunes it allowes you to download it several times. Couldn't they have just replaced the stuff and asked people to download it again with the new mastering?

I don't mind buying this album again, but i'm sure some do and i'm sure Izzy would want everybody to have the final product and not some half assed product.

[remcognr]

I bought both versions of Miami as well. I was hesitant to buy the 2nd one after already having bought the first, but what a difference. As for fire, if any of the songs sound like some of Izzy's other acoustic stuff like Got Some News, Gotta Say, Coke'n, River, Bleedin, it's gonna be fucking amazing. I can't wait to get this.

sorry to stay a bit off-topic, but does anyone know if that 2nd version of Miami is available on iTunes outside the US?

remco

[erose]

I bought both versions of Miami as well. I was hesitant to buy the 2nd one after already having bought the first, but what a difference. As for fire, if any of the songs sound like some of Izzy's other acoustic stuff like Got Some News, Gotta Say, Coke'n, River, Bleedin, it's gonna be fucking amazing. I can't wait to get this.

sorry to stay a bit off-topic, but does anyone know if that 2nd version of Miami is available on iTunes outside the US?

remco

it defenetly is.

Like Jarmo said, look for the blue coverart with "Izzy Stradlin Miami" writing on it. The old version only has a grey coverart pic without any writing!

[nyd]

fire is available to buy on iTunes now 

1. I Dont Mind
2. Infrastruk
3. Listen
4. Airbus
5. Fire
6. Seems to Me
7. Long Night
8. Box
9. Milo
10. Harp Song

[don_vercetti]

fire is available to buy on iTunes now 

1. I Dont Mind
2. Infrastruk
3. Listen
4. Airbus
5. Fire
6. Seems to Me
7. Long Night
8. Box
9. Milo
10. Harp Song

doesn't appear to be on the UK itunes yet.  Still looking forward to parting with my money for it, though. 

[nyd]

Im in the UK and I got it  See below (courtesy of "Brownstone" at www.beenafix.com )

Search "stradlin" then....

[don_vercetti]

Thanks man, got it now.  Lovely to hear new Izzy's voice again, on yet MORE new material.  Am listening through.

[KD8LNW]

Thanks for the heads up just got it.  Really am enjoying this i would have to say track #4 and #5 are my favorites at the moment.

[freedom78]

Lookin' forward to it!

[IzzyDutch]

Man the album sounds awesome!! Seems To Me is already a classic for me, great dreamy vocals

I'm thinking 'Infrastruk' is about the Minneapolis bridge collapsing and 'Fire' is about the big Greek forrest fires, both evens happened in August when the album was recorded.

[makkonen]

BOX is great (reminds little bit too much of Sweet home Alabama,thou) 

Everytime i listen to these Izzy-albums i get the feeling that he could do much better...

It?s bit of a shame, he was always my fav GNR-member (and will always be)

I like them all, old and new (well, maybe not Matt that much), but Izzy is/was always the coolest mofo of them all.

He just needs someone to add some spice to his writing and someone to write better lyrics IMO.

But Izzy is Izzy...he does things his way and that?s why i gotta love him   

[kaasupoltin]

I gotta get this album, sounds so good..

And for those who don't know, this Kaltia-guy is the one who co-wrote RNDTH back in the old days.