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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JonnyP" data-source="post: 1140330" data-attributes="member: 17918">True to source indeed, but, it was effectively a pre-arranged (as in tested to get the best result) live recording with most tracks requiring a few takes.  Doesn’t count as mixing but to an extent it was a ‘pre-mix’.  What you hear is what you get.  The same can be said for some live albums (although many are later re-mixed).The effect in this case is a very good ‘live with no audience’ album.  In a similar vein are a few of the MTV unplugged sessions which went out live so no later mixing or overdubs (on a VHS tape from the TV).  I guess what I’m trying to say (as with my posts above), is that what matters more than ‘perfect reproduction via your kit’ (which will never sound the same as being in the studio) is whether the music released realises what the musician wanted it to.  In the case of TS, most certainly, regardless of whether it is on a Walkman, a streamer with thousands of dollars spent, or on my humble system.  All convey the spirit of the recording and intention of the band.  As do the albums mentioned above.  Even a Wolf Eyes CD can do that (although beware of the intent conveyed)</blockquote>