Malice said:
Sinatra was very concerned by the sound in general, and the sound of his voice in particular. He walked away from expensive sessions just because he didn't liked the sound played back ... Leaving a very expensive bill with string sessions etc to the record company ====================
OOoo thats interesting, but I totally believe it! I bet the engineers on that session were BUMMMIN!
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Jules Said:
Whats missing (for most of us) from enjoying music of that era is playback on valve equipment, the creamy bass rich sound of valve record players or radios..
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My brother put a component Scott Hi Fi in my parents house as a surprise once when they were away. It was all tube and was about 30 Watts or somethin. There were 10 speakers in it. My dad (and all of us) loved it, and our house became the party central for the next 15 years. I used to put Jimi Hendrix on it and turn the volume up to 10. It was "rich & spongy", and I wonder what happened to it also.
At least we still get to hear that older stuff recorded and mixed with TUBES.
You know, thats one of my gripes about these remixes of old stuff like Derek and the Dominoes, The Beatles etc etc. Theres no way first off that you are going to have the intensity and reference of that time period... or drugs. <laughing!> Youre also not going to have the same input of the musicians. AND OF COURSE THE SAME TWEAKED EQUIPMENT.
Anyone who has tried to recall a mix knows that often there is "SOMETHING MISSING" or different even tho you have made notes or used the recall feature of the board. Now that doesnt mean that some of those old mixes shouldnt be remixed... but if they were classic to begin with...
Im straying, arent I?