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Early Stereo on Capitol Records
Teasing the Korean replied to Teasing the Korean's topic in Discography
More or less, although there can still be major differences between mono and stereo mixes from the same multi-track master, especially in terms of how the center channel elements are balanced with elements placed left or right. Also EQ and reverb differences. -
Early Stereo on Capitol Records
Teasing the Korean replied to Teasing the Korean's topic in Discography
Based on the number 1464, this album post-dates the dual-miking period. By this time, everything would have been recorded two a three-track, and mixed to both stereo and mono. The catalog numbers from the dual-miking period fall between the high 800s to maybe the low 1000s. -
I don't think that anyone who has taken a deep dive into the songs of Gershwin in particular or the Great American Songbook in general would take RiB over Gershwin's best songs. I certainly wouldn't. That fact that Gershwin managed to write at least one piece that gets regularly programmed on the concert stage - probably more frequently as part of pops series than masterworks - has given him over the decades a sense of notoriety that I don't think Rodgers, Arlen, Kern, Porter, et. al. quite attained. Blue-haired orchestra patrons will utter the name "Gershwin" with an air of hushed reverence reserved for those who have achieved a particular level of notoriety within "serious" music circles. I often wonder how Rodgers, Arlen, Kern, Porter, would be perceived by this crowd had they done something similar. (Slaughter on 10h Avenue?) I would personally rate all four of them above Gershwin, but in fairness, Gershwin died young, and we don't know what else he had in him. At any rate, I appreciate RiB for what it is: A pleasant piece of orchestral pop music that captured a certain mood and time. I spin it maybe once a year, sometimes twice. But I don't see the point in trashing it 100 years later. Even if it disappears from the concert stage, LPs are readily available at a thrift store near you.
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So tonight, after my usual 3-mile evening walk, I got in the shower and asked Alexa to play something. I chose Henry Mancini's version of Bobby Timmons's "Moanin'," with that badass harpsichord solo by John Williams. As you know, after you ask Alexa to play a song, she goes off in her own direction, sometimes reading your tastes correctly, sometimes not. Anyway, after "Moanin'" ended, this introspective solo piano piece that I've never heard comes on. It was an unknown (to me, at least) Gershwin piece called "Under the Cinnamon Tree," as interpreted by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
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So, What Are You Listening To NOW?
Teasing the Korean replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous Music
iMONO! -
So, What Are You Listening To NOW?
Teasing the Korean replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Live and learn! 👍 -
So, What Are You Listening To NOW?
Teasing the Korean replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Did you mean "nice" or "noise?" 😹 -
So, What Are You Listening To NOW?
Teasing the Korean replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous Music
A bunch of Black Jazz CDs I got for $4.99 each from Real Gone Music. -
So, What Are You Listening To NOW?
Teasing the Korean replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Barry Gray - Stingray OST (Silva Screen) -
So, What Are You Listening To NOW?
Teasing the Korean replied to JSngry's topic in Miscellaneous Music
David Axelrod - Mass in F Minor and Release of an Oath. Both released under the name The Electric Prunes.