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Originally Posted by Steve G  ...there were a lot more great musicians back then. There was a lot more work, which means more working musicians, which means a greater pool to choose from. The greats of today are just as good, if not better than the greats of yesterday, there are just fewer of them. |
Exactly.
The older engineers and musicians I've asked seem to agree that a lot went to hell when headphones were introduced. I never asked Al but I'll never forget the tears streaming down his face while some of the Henry Mancini tracks he recorded were played on a vintage three channel Mac 30/604 monitor setup at an AES convention.
When Vinyl Ruled, 2000-09i
Incidentally, Voyle Gilmore told me that a lot of the Capital Sinatra albums were actually recorded at this same studio, Radio Recorders, because Sinatra preferred it. It was originally built by RCA Victor.
What I heard there changed my entire outlook on recording. I fear we've let the desire to "fix-it" walk all over both the music and the audio quality.