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| Seems like Eleventh Dream Day's 1991 album Lived To Tell is way overdue for a properly remastered vinyl reissue. |
Here's the scoop...
The resurrection of Lived To Tell (originally titled Trips We Lived To Tell, dumbed down at the suggestion of Atlantic Records) truly beggars belief (in that your belief goes broke trying to believe the story). For many years, the band groused about the mastering of the original Atlantic release - not the recording, not the mix - the mastering. Page even got involved at one point reaching out to former EDD/Atlantic publicist Tim Sommer as to the possible whereabouts of the original tapes. A response was not forthcoming. Then one day, random fellow Fred G notifies us that he recently purchased the contents of a storage locker in California that had belonged to the late recording engineer Paul McKenna. Inside, he informed us, were a bunch of DATs from the Lived To Tell sessions. An insane bolt from the blue? Is your belief beggared?
Fast forward to 2026, and the good people of Comedy Minus One Records (check out their entire Eleventh Dream Day product line right here) have liberated the original majesty of one of the Dream Day's very best records. Listen here to the ripened guitar interplay, the luxurious low end, the hectoring of a menacing Rizzo impossibly sweetened by Bean accompaniment. And of course the whole pulverizing attack. Am I chalking it up to the remastering? Honestly Page is not 100% clear what "remastering" means, and is easily swayed by the power of suggestion. Maybe CMO or Rick can offer the sonic context. Short of that, listen here...
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