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Tim: Let It Bleed Edition

THERE’S ONLY TWO KINDS OF MUSIC: THE BLUES AND ZIPPETY DOO-DAH.
—TOWNES VAN ZANDT

aving just finished this review of The Replacements’ , I thought I’d glance at a couple of online forums to see what the collective verdict was on the sound quality of the set’s main attraction: a remix of the album by Ramones engineer Ed Stasium. At Steve Hoffman’s forums, I saw this in one of the first posts: “It sounded like I expected to sound when it came out in the fall of 1985. I’ve also listened to the newly remastered original album that comes with may be the greatest rock record of all time.”

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