Controversial Ellington CD

[Dan Gould]

Gene Harris recorded a CD with his daughter, Niki Harris (the larger of the two women flanking Madonna on several concert videos/music videos) which it took a very long time for me to track down. (In fact I think it was a still-born release, like the BNs that were tracked and appeared in ads or on the insert sleeve but not actually issued.)  She wasn't the best part of the CD, let's put it that way, so I edited her in Goldwave using the "reduce vocals" pre-set ... It didn't get rid of her though.

[Big Beat Steve]

24 minutes ago, rostasi said:

The radio segue was king (still should be these days),
and radio air checks transferred to discs are, for me,
actually a delightful slice of the history of radio.

 

Agreed - like I said in an earlier post, the announcements by Symphony Sid or Hunter Hancock (or whoever) in 50s radio shows that have since been released on LP or CD are part of the mix and make history become tangible.
But there are some lesser MCs whose talk does intrude in some cases.

And the examples I mentioned above (including the Youtube links) are STUDIO recordings. And there I find the anouncers really unessential - at least on a cleaned-up "alternate take".

And if the (AI?) filtering technology evolves to the point of being being able to filtering out interference from neighboring stations on less-than-perfectly recorded radio airshots then I for one wouldn't complain either.

[JSngry]

Why are we more interested in changing old records than in making new ones?

It seems king of a Rambo-esque "do we get to win this time?" pursuit. 

[JSngry]

Here's about 20 seconds for a DJ to sound like either a total idiot or king of the world.

Them that's got shall get, etc 

[JSngry]

If approached as such yes. Otherwise there's a real possibility of it simply being a petulant vanity. 

[John L]

6 hours ago, miles65 said:

No vocal track was left of either Mosaic Ellington 30's set. The Goodman and Shaw boxes on the other hand.... 

Yes.  You are right.  I was confused because it appears that the weaker vocalists had been almost eliminated from Ellington's recordings by the time of the Mosaics.  That is in contrast to the early 30s when they were abundant.  

[Stompin at the Savoy]

My solution for vocals or solos I don't like is fast forward or skip forward. But I want to make that decision myself, not have some idiot who happens to hate trombones or whatever make it.

[Ken Dryden]

I never understood the addition of Tony Watkins as a vocalist, he was so detested that a European audience booed him so much that Ellington abruptly ended the concert.

I consider “One More Time” featuring Watkins to be one of the weakest Ellington compositions, Cootie Williams hated it so much he would storm off stage when it was called.

Edited June 20, 2023 by Ken Dryden

[JSngry]