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Old 9th February 2010   #583
Dave_Amels
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Originally Posted by DJGoody View Post
The Daptones records are essentially carbon copies of things done 35 years ago. To me, that's far from brave. It may be good, but it is certainly not innovative. I get this feeling that a lot of the discussion about using 8 tracks, or "going old school" is about people trying to be hip, or cool, or have some cache.
It wasn't easy 35 years and it's next to impossible to do now which is why Daptone deserves so much credit. There's an incredible amount of skill and knowledge needed to be able to pull this off... That's why there's been so much curiosity by people who are interested in recording.
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