Dubbed the re(al)mix, this 40th anniversary edition was mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studios in Finland in collaboration with the band. With the tapes mysteriously showing up in the Universal vault recently, the band was finally able to mix and resequence the album the way they wanted it to sound. Oriental Beat by HANOI ROCKS gets the redux treatment, officially mixed and revived from the original sessions, and released on March 17 on deluxe vinyl and CD. Released before the band could remix or rerecord it, as the label had run out of money, and the master tapes had gone missing, the band has always considered the original mix of “Oriental Beat” to be a “disaster”. Oriental Beat Hanoi Rocks Format: Audio CD 45 ratings See all 16 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 11.49 Listen with our Free App Audio CD from 8.44 11 Used from 8.44 3 New from 19.97 Vinyl 24.98 2 Used from 34.48 10 New from 22.98 Audio, Cassette from 8.11 2 Collectible from 8. “Oriental Beat”’s original engineer Peter Wooliscroft, was not a rock producer, and according to Hanoi Rocks’ manager Richard Bishop he “tried to mix the album to sound like Spandau Ballet”. Hanoi Rocks drummer Gyp Casino says of Oriental Beat that: Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. Bassist Sami Yaffa called it “the worst sounding album of our career” and Michael Monroe said that “the producer of the album didn’t have a clue what the band was about and his mix of the album was horribly wrong”. Oriental Beat is the second studio album by the Finnish glam punk band Hanoi Rocks, recorded in London and released in 1982. Hanoi Rocks’ original drummer Gyp Casino says of “Oriental Beat” that: “Back in the days we gave heart, soul and a bit of pain to make this record something else” but the sound of the album, originally released in 1982, did not match their efforts at the time. Recorded in London, UK in 1981, for 200 pounds a day, “Oriental Beat” was made during the height of the British punk + New Wave movement, when the band was hanging out with everyone from Phil Lynott to the Damned.
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