Puffinrandy left a comment on this post the other say, saying that he loved the expanded album, but the one track that sounded out of place was 'Beatles Forever', as it sounded a bit slow when compared to the other tracks on the album, and ELO's output in general. He said that he'd used Audacity to speed it up by 20% and it sounded much more like you'd expect an ELO song to sound, and so I had to give it a try. To be honest, I was so thrilled to find the remastered version of the song some years ago that I took it at face value, and assumed this this was how it was supposed to sound, and so I just added it to the post as an upgrade. However, after listening to a speeded up version I just can't take the original remaster seriously any more. There were a couple of sections that I felt were a little fast, so I only increased the speed on mine by 15%, but the difference is astonishing, and you only need to hear both versions together just the once to realise which one you'll be keeping. I've replaced my upgrade in the folder as track 7, but I've also kept the original remaster as track 19, and a version at 20% faster as track 20, so do give all three a listen and let me know which one you prefer, and then you can just delete the ones you don't want.
Track listing
01 Secret Messages
02 Loser Gone Wild
03 Bluebird
04 Take Me On And On
05 Stranger
06 No Way Out
07 Beatles Forever
08 Letter From Spain
09 Danger Ahead
10 Four Little Diamonds
11 Train Of Gold
12 Endless Lies
13 Buildings Have Eyes
14 Rock 'n' Roll Is King
15 Mandalay
16 Time After Time
17 After All
18 Hello My Old Friend
19 Beatles Forever (original remaster)
20 Beatles Forever (20% speed increase)
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