Yes, that is one option - to record all new vocals. The other option, IF they've somehow lost the vocal tracks, which is mind-boggling in its stupidity, is to strip the vocals from the CD - they have software that apparently does this really well. So, I've asked LA guy to explore, but there's still this one session he can't open and we really have to see what that is, although he told me he CAN see all the audio files from every session and there are no vocals other than the scratch vocals we did in LA. So, as soon as I can get WAV files I can have him do a test - a lot of this stuff is free on the Internet. There ARE a couple of songs I would absolutely record anew, because I knew that the Hushabye vocal was not good enough - twelve takes and a non-starter in every way. Also, Busker Alley could use a fresh thing because while I had enough to make a good vocal, they didn't comp. But we need to see what's possible and the thing about doing stuff anew is that we would have to pay for the studio and I'd have to give the singers at least a stipend of some sort.
