Electric Music For the Mind and Body

[backcover:] The vintage 1967 mono and stereo mixes of a psychedelic masterpiece on CD for the first time. Mastered by ... at Sound Mastering Ltd. ℗ Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company The packaging originated by Ace Records Ltd for this CD is © 2013 Ace Records Ltd Vanguard Records marketed & distributed by Ace Made in the EU [CDs:] ℗ 1967 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company Made in the EU [booklet:] [duration of track 1-6 missing, duration of track 1-6 erroneous stated at track 1-7] Recorded at Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, February 1967 Processed at Vanguard Studios, 71 West 23rd Street, New York City This collection is the first time Sam Charters' original stereo mixdown of "Electric Music For The Mind And Body" has been reissued on compact disc. In the decade after the album was first released, the original stereo 2-track master tape suffered irrepararble tape damage and oxide loss so, in the early 1980s, a decision was made by Vanguard to creat a new mix. While the balance was very close, there are distinct differences on certain tracks in the echo, equalization and timing between the original and the remix. The mono mix, which also has similarly notable disparities, has not been available since the late 1960s. There was one outtake from the "Electric Music" sessions, 'Thought Dream', recorded on 2 February 1967, but the evidence strongly suggests that the master take from this date was the same as that subsequently used on the second album, "I Feel Like I'm fixin' To Die". - Flying High Recorded 6 February 1967, master take 6 - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine Recorded 1, 2 and 4 February, 1967, master take 12 - Death Sound Recorded 3 February 1967 - master is an edit of takes 1, 4, 5 and 10 intercut - Porpoise Mouth Recorded 2 and 4 February. 1967 Master is a composite edit of takes 6, 7 and 8 - Section 43 Recorded 6 February 1967. Assembled from edit of "section A" (takes 2, 6 & 7; "section B" (tks 1 & 2); "ragtime section" (tk 3) - Superbird Recorded 7 February 1967 - master take 1 - Sad And Lonely Times Recorded 7 February - master take 15 - Love Recorded 3 February 1967 - master take 16 - Bass Strings Recorded 1 and 4 February 1967 - master is take 8 - The Masked Marauder Recorded 2 and 4 February 1967 - master is edit of takes 7, 9 and 11 - Grace Recorded 3 February 1967 - master is take 14 All songs Joyful Wisdom Publishing admin by Chrysalis Music Ltd; a BMG Chrysalis company. [packaging:] Issued in a 6 panel 2-fold digipak with clear trays, includes a 40-page booklet.