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  2. Rediscovering the MJQ

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by AllenLowe

    well, at least someone thinks like me (I think...) - even if it takes, er, ummm, medication to induce agreement -

    not to mention that 9 out of 10 lobotomy patients do not like John Lewis (based on a quick survey at the home) -

  8. Beatles Remasters coming! 09/09/09

    in Re-issues

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    Harold - here's my earlier comments:

    "I'm wary of Emerick's book (though I read it) because after it came out, another engineer who was at a lot of the same sessions wrote a very detailed attack on the book and challenged many of Emerick's recollections - and in Emerick's response, he denied NONE of the corrections that were made, only very lamely said something like, "oh well, sometimes my memory is off." Not a good thing,

    Also, for all his remarks about sound, he himself destroyed a lot of the anthology with terrible digital de-noising (I think he used No Noise). He also, I think, tries in the book to take too much credit away from George Martin.

    The most useful thing he offers is the observation that so many of the nice guitar parts we hear were done not by George but by Paul, which does not surprise me."

  12. Billie Holiday Columbia

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted · Edited by AllenLowe

    well, yes and no - you're right that the mastering should be right and the music should be ready. But mastering engineers, in my experience, often have not a clue about music of this vintage. But as long as they have not changed the wave form (with digital noise reduction) a lot of compensation can be made with a good eq. Best example I can give of this is the old BMG Jelly Roll Morton box, which was roundly castigated when it was released some years ago for sounding dead - everybody blamed "no noise" but that had nothing to do with it, as that system did relatively little at the time it was appplied. I've been able to take that box and make it sound absolutely brilliant (I surprised none other than Larry Gushee with this), but I was somewhat shocked at how much eq'ing that had to be done - but once again, you're right that the sound should be CD ready - on the other hand, if the original sources and transfers were right (as they were with Jelly Roll) than it's worth a little extra effort, especially since, with Sony (as with BMG) you're likely getting originals.

  21. Idrees Sulieman & Ira Sullivan

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    Ira Sullivan is one of the greatest trumpeters I ever saw, and if justice meant anything the racialists at Lincoln Center would have had his lip bronzed by now.

    I only saw him in person once, but I was completely bowled over. Unforgettable (as a matter of fact it was at The Showcase).

    He's a great saxophonist but his trumpet playing was the deepest brass playing I have ever heard.

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