Two mixes of Maggie May?

[__must__]

I've noticed that the version of Maggie Mae originally included in the 1992 Ruby Trax compilation has a slightly different mix than the version later included in the Chemical World single (and later Blur 21), with extra very Leisure-esq guitars from Graham layered throughout, also sounding slightly less polished.

Anyone else notice this? :0

(Strangely enough, the Girls & Boys single from 1994 included Maggie May as a b-side, yet used the 1992 mix over the 1993 mix)

[dparrott]

Huh. I didn't notice the 1992 mix then, I thought it was the same song. I thought the 93 version sounded a little sparse. Which version is on the Special Collectors Edition?

[anothermario]

never noticed there were 2, are they on youtube?

[TristramShandy]

Talking of mix differences, I only recently noticed how different the orchestral parts were on To The End (album version) and its counterpart with Françoise Hardy singing. Not only the ending of the song: the orchestration on the latter is muuuuuch richer, a whole orchestra playing, whereas the former only has a few instruments.

[__must__]

never noticed there were 2, are they on youtube?

Here's the 1992 mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oc8jZ2cAqc

The 1993 mix is included in the Modern Life is Rubbish second disc from 2012, so it's pretty easy to find

Huh. I didn't notice the 1992 mix then, I thought it was the same song. I thought the 93 version sounded a little sparse. Which version is on the Special Collectors Edition?

The 1993 mix is the one included in the Special Collectors Edition, it's where I got my copy of it for the best dynamics haha

[dparrott]

Talking of mix differences, I only recently noticed how different the orchestral parts were on To The End (album version) and its counterpart with Françoise Hardy singing. Not only the ending of the song: the orchestration on the latter is muuuuuch richer, a whole orchestra playing, whereas the former only has a few instruments.

Yea I remember that the FH version was a redo, she wasn't singing over the original song.

[elasticaman]

wow! never heard that 1992 mix! how has that gone unnoticed soooo long?

[__must__]

wow! never heard that 1992 mix! how has that gone unnoticed soooo long?

ikr?? so odd, I never even knew myself until I got the girls and boys single and noticed the mix of maggie may felt different searched for the 1992 comp and there it was!

on a side note, I've also noticed that digital/streaming copies of Bustin' + Dronin'+ replace the Crouch End Broadway mix of On Your Own with the shortened edit from the 2001 soundtrack 'The Beach', very odd

[elasticaman]

well well, that's another track variant i wasn't aware of

[anothermario]

wow, been a blur fan for 20 years and never thought i'd encounter a song i'd never heard before (1992 mix), cool!