Have you heard any of the "multitrack masters" that are floating around on the internets?

[bbernardini]

Somehow, digital copies of the multitrack recordings of a number of classic (and not so classic) songs have leaked onto the web. Each collection has a WAV file for each track of the original recording. You can hear things that were left out of the final mix, or really break down and study a mix. (I believe there are some things out there that include all the original effects settings, etc. for ProTools as well.) It's really a fascinating study of how records are made. I just compiled a list of what I've seen available:

Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Marvin Gaye - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Marvin Gaye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Beatles - She's Leaving Home
Beatles - A Day In The Life
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (Work-in-progress version...completely different lead vocal track)
Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages
Def Leppard - Bringing On The Heartbreak
Bob Marley - Is This Love
Bob Marley - Lively Up Yourself
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen - Brighton Rock
Queen - Get Down, Make Love
Eagles - Take It Easy
Nirvana - Marijuana
Nirvana - Penny Royal Tea (Loser)
Nirvana - Very Ape
Nirvana - Sappy (Verse Chorus Verse)
Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
Jimmy Eats World - The Middle
Thrice - Image Of The Invisible
Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance

[guitar man]

1. wow

I knew some of the Beatles stuff was out there but I had no idea there were that many sets of tracks available. I am going to have to see if I can grab some and mix them just to see how good of a job I can do. I never dreamed I would be able to get hold of tracks like that.

thanks for the info :hi:

[bbernardini]

3. Regarding the Beatles...

I should mention that those are only 4 track masters. There's already quite a bit of stuff combined on each track, as one might expect. Still interesting to listen to.

[guitar man]

5. absolutely

recorded mostly on Studer 1" 4 track machines. That was some really amazing work considering how it was done. They had to get the takes right when they recorded them, no cut/copy/paste/loop to rely on...

[Pierre.Suave]

2. Where are these available?

I have not heard of them but would love to get my hands on them.

[bbernardini]

4. Most are available on public torrent sites and Usenet.

PM me if you can't find them, and I'll try to point you in the right direction.

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Interesting.

Might have to check those out.

[XNASA]

7. There must be at least 80 wavfiles for each Def Leppard song, I'll bet.

Mutt Lange used to go nuts back then.

[bbernardini]

8. Only 24, actually.

In the case of "Pour Some Sugar On Me," I suspect some of the tracks (particularly drums) are mixed down from a second slave machine. Or it's just possible that it was a rough early version, since the lead vocal track is so different. I haven't tried playing all the tracks at once and mixing it to see how close it is to the official version.

[AngryAmish]

9. The only one I ever heard was the vocal track to "Runnng With The Devil"

It was pretty cool.

[bbernardini]

10. Dang it all...the Jimmy Eat World track is useless without ProTools.

It's a whole bunch of individual little bits that were probably strung together from the best performances, and it needs ProTools to put the whole session together.

[sonictimbo]

11. Multitracks

Hi could you point me in the right direction of these multitracks especially the Def Leppard ones

I would much appreciate it!




Sonictimbo

[bbernardini]

16. You can find most of them on torrent sites...

Try www.mininova.org for a bunch. Most of them are also posted on Usenet.

[RadiationTherapy]

12. then torrent protools

what? stealing? what?

[dkerins]

13. hmm

I'm having some trouble finding the Def Leppard and esp. the Jimmy Eat World files. I've had the other ones for some time. Can anyone help with this? Thanks!

[bbernardini]

14. The Def Leppard ones can be found on Usenet...

And possibly some private torrent sites. That's where I found the Jimmy Eat World one as well.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. coolness. Thanks for the info.

Will have to check this out.