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Why did Chris destroy the masters for #1 Record? Did that really happen?

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Why did Chris destroy the masters for #1 Record? Did that really happen?

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Jody Stephens:As far as I know that really happened. I don’t think it was an accident. Nobody was around when that happened so to some large extent it’s speculation—but I think he really did do it. That was after the release of the record. He destroyed the multi-track, not the quarter-inch or the tape it was mixed to. So what’s that mean? #1 Record can be re-released but can never be remixed? It’s frozen forever as it was when it was first mixed? Jody Stephens:You can’t go back and remix things. It wasn’t the tape that held the proper mixes. He didn’t get all the multi-tracks but he got most of them. What was that side of Big Star like? The sort of tension and drama— Jody Stephens:There were the dynamic range of emotions like in any guy-girl relationship. It’s that kind of relationship. You’re sharing a lot—certainly creatively. In a relationship when you open up to someone you expose yourself, so it’s the same in the creative process you have to open up and expose yourself and to that

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