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On Dec 5, 6:37 pm, "Sue Morton" <867-5...@domain.invalid> wrote:
> Speaking strictly from my own experiences and observations, in one genre of
> music.  I have purchased hundreds of backing trax or "minus one" recordings
> over the years, of contemporary Christian songs for church use.
>
> 1.  Some of these are exceptional copycats, and while it can be discerned
> these are not the original musicians and/or instruments, they are very close
> and fool the average listener that is not intimately familiar with the
> artist recording.
>
> 2.  Some of these trax are of the original musicians but another recording
> session, not the one that was made 'popular'.  They sound slightly different
> just as the copycat trax do, and the lead vocal is completely absent.  In my
> opinion these are a mix without the lead vocals added in.
>
> 3.  On some of these trax you can hear the faint lead vocal's reverb in the
> background.  If I take the original artist recording and put it through the
> old remove center of stereo image trick, my results sound very similar.  In
> my opinion that is exactly what I purchased, perhaps tweaked up a bit better
> than I have done.
>
> 4.  I have purcahsed "minus one" recordings that are without a doubt the
> original artist's popular recording, and the lead vocals are entirely
> absent.  In those instances they are often marketed as "original artist
> studio mixes".  These seem to be the exact same airplay mix that became
> popular, but without the lead vocal, and are generally the newer songs.
> When the "minus one" church trax industry recently took off like wildfire
> the studios responded with a very marketable by-product.
> --
> Sue Morton
>
> "Dec [Cluskey]" <d...@makehits.com> wrote in message
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> > I have noticed in the past year or so that back tracks bought from
> > High Quality companies in the UK are hard to distinguish from the
> > original chart hits.  In fact, some would seem to still have a
> > smidgeon of the star's lead vocal on.- Hide quoted text -
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Your point (4) would seem to point to the fact that UK record
companies seem to make 'back track' versions available?

There was a small period in the 80's where the second track on a CD
would be the back track with the lead vocal missing.  This practice
has been dropped, but perhaps, the record companies make this service
available to interested parties?  As they may do to dub artists when
they require just the original lead vocals with no backing?

Dec [Cluskey]