[Slowhand] Cream alternate mixes

[Luke Pacholski]

Shanahan, re:


> I wonder why there was no mention of these mixes on the packaging or indeed why they were even added.


FYI:

"Well, the story as I remember it (it has been 10 years) is this:

We prepared two master tapes. The first had everything that exisited
on "Wheels Of Fire", including the original master mixes, the
elongated outtake from "Passing The Time", "Anyone For Tennis" and the
alternate "hold" mixes of the three above mentioned tracks.

The second master tape we prepared was for production, and this was
sent to Superior Disc in Japan to be used in the making of the DCC
Gold CD set of "Wheels Of Fire".

When Superior Disc closed down in 1994 or so, DCC needed to make some
more "Wheels Of Fire" sets and we chose both Sanyo and Nimbus, who
made really great Gold CD's.

I guess what happened, is that our production person sent the new
American plant the first version of the tape, and that is what they
used to press their run, hence the extra tracks at the end.

So the version with the extra tracks is actually the second pressing,
made in America."

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=37448

Also some general info on the DCC set:

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/dhinterviews/HoffSpecificProjects.htm

There are probably more posts on SH.tv, but that's the general idea.

Luke