Wow, the distortion has been there for a while. It's odd because it's not like 'Millie' has been compiled ad nauseam, unlike say 'Song For My Father', for which we know the tape is now permanently damaged
So, what Blue Note tracks (or entire sessions) have unfixable sonic issues? Time to back up the master tapes!
These are the ones I know of off-hand:
1. Millie
2. Song For My Father
3. The Rock
4. Plaza De Toros (mentioned in the Mosaic Larry Young booklet) - this one is fairly minor
I'm sure there are others.
There are also entire sessions where Rudy effed up (The Witch Doctor, Grant Green's Standards), but these are a bit different - even the vinyl was distorted (and neither of these sessions came out right away, perhaps for this very reason). Are there any Blue Note sessions that were released at the time that had sonic problems? Did anyone notice at the time?
Bertrand.