I think Meat's Left In The Dark was 'dumbed down' if you like for a reason ...If it carried the epic Bat II style and sound it would of stuck out like a proverbial 'sore thumb' (more so than it ended up doing) and would therefore of totally broken the continutity of the record, which as we know was a story and not just a collection of songs.
I much prefer (musically & stylistically) the original recordings of both 'Original Sin' & 'Left In The Dark, but if they were too true to the originals, then they just would not of worked on 'Welcome To The Neighbourhood'
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