Bill Evans's "Peace Piece"

[srellek]

I just recently picked up the Keepnews edition of Everybody Digs Bill Evans. I've had the Complete Riverside cd collection since it first came out and had just stuck with that all these years. But finding some of these single disc remasters pretty cheaply I've started picking them up.

Anyway, was just listening to EDBE and got to the end of "Peace Piece"; I had to stop and replay the last few seconds several times -- where was the chair squeak? Or rather, where was that snapping sound I had thought to be some kind of chair noise? It occurs at about 6:27.

I know I may be a little late to the party on this one and maybe the issue was discussed before, though I couldn't find it. But it was strange to suddenly not hear this tiny detail. Anyone have any other versions/printings of this and/or insights?

Happy 2013 all,

Tony

[John L]

On my CD versiion of Everybody Digs, there is a slight bit of background noise at that point, immediately after the last note of the piece. It would seem to be easy to eliminate it by just cutting the track immediately after the last note. Of course, that would deprive us of the last overtone.

Edited January 6, 2013 by John L