Alternative versions of songs that are better than the orignals

[Vilden]

Hi!

I was wondering, do you have any alternative version of a song- like a live recording, re-recording, new vocalist, or w/e. I guess demo versions also fit even though they most of the time predate the official release- that you like more than the orignal version?

I have to think about it myself for abit before I get back to it.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The Heathen demo with Paul Baloff is better than the studio versions of the same songs. There's a live Slauter Xstroyes video circa 1983 where I prefer Jon Stewart's vocals to the album equivalents, although the recording quality is obviously poorer. I prefer the Othyrworld album over the original Sacred Blade album as well in basically all respects.

EDIT: Oh and the more efficient Metal Up Your Ass versions of Phantom Lord and No Remorse are definitely the superior arrangements, although the production, Hetfield's stronger vocals, and Hammett still make the Kill Em All versions my preferred listening.

 

[Vilden]

Agree on Othyrworld. Definitely superior to Sacred Blade!

 

[AllShallFall]

 

[Omni]

I really like the Tokyo 1984 version of "Queen of the Reich" more than the version on the EP. Geoff had a great live voice in those days.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

The live version of Still In Love With You at the Dublin Stadium is better than the original recording.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I like Metallica’s version of ‘Helpless’ better than the Diamond Head version.. *ducks*

 

[Bloopy]

I prefer Testament's 2001 re-recording of 'Burnt Offerings', but that's about the one and only example:

 

[-CC-]

I like Crowbar's version of "No Quarter" better than Led Zeppelin's. Led Zeppelin's has the superior intro, but the vocals and timing of Crowbar's version is much better IMO. *ducks*

 

[I-TEND-TO-DIE]

 

[Vilden]

Hmm, many people are posting covers, I was more thinking of re-recordings and stuff.

 

[Burkhard]

I like the live versions of "Forbidden Evil", "Chalice of Blood" and "Through Eyes of Glass" on Forbidden's EP "Raw Evil: Live at the Dynamo 1989" better than the studio versions, mostly because of the rawer live sound. The sound on the studio album has always been a bit too clean for this type of music for my taste.

I also like the demo versions of "Search Eternal", "The Fear Within" and "Winds of Vengeance" on the reissue of Sacrilege's "Within the Prophecy" slightly better than the album versions, also because of the rawer sound and because I think Lynda Simpson's vocals sound more aggressive.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Oh that reminds me



Much better production than the studio version, and I like the earlier vocalist just as much

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

by far the superior version.