A kind boardmember sent me a dub of the 24bit reissue of the Mighty Mike Cuozzo disk on Savoy and I am sad to report I still hear swooshing on Eddie's vibes sound. Not as irritatingly so as on the 1993 Savoy Denon CD, but it's there. I've listened to both disks on various set ups and have other people judge as well, so I doubt it is my system or my ears. It sounds like the effect you get on cymbals when the tape heads are not properly aligned, though the effect is only on the ringing notes of the vibes AFAI can hear it. As it is both on the 24bit as on the older CD version and as it is the first time I hear it on any Savoy Denon disk, I wonder where the misaligned machine is in the lineage (if there is one). Is there any information on the tapes used for these CD reissues?
And can someone please please tell me they hear it too...