joshnich Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 I vote for Van Morrisons Moondance. I love the record but the recording s**ks. I have three different vinyl issues-the original in mint condition, a Super Disk half speed pressing and a German issue in heavy virgin vinyl. Overkill yes. But I was looking to hear one of my favs from the recent past on my current system. I have to say the music still stands up (although his masterpiece is still Astral Weeks) but the fidelity is flat flat flat. Any other quality music that we should be weary of the fidelity? Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorcilantro Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 U Roy - Version Galore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Yeah, "Moondance" pretty much sucks but is heaven compared to "Who's Next." That has to be the worst recorded great lp of all time. BTW - Moondance is one of my all-time favorite lps. The cd version is significantly better but still not great. "Into The Mystic" may be the all-time best song never to be a hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HornPenguin Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Here's a pair. Saliva - Back Into Your System, and Saliva - Every Six Seconds. Two excellent rock works, both recordings suck! They are way over compressed, thin, bright, brittle, just plain horrible recordings. The engineers butchered a good band otherwise. Many of my old country recordings from the late 60's far surpass these. Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorcilantro Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Any Rolling Stones album....? Just from what my uncle always says so I dunno, just throwing it out there...most likely their older stuff. DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Transition Records. Nearly every one a gem and they all sound like crap . . . http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/transitn.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 ---------------- On 3/16/2004 11:44:00 PM garymd wrote: BTW - Moondance is one of my all-time favorite lps. The cd version is significantly better but still not great. "Into The Mystic" may be the all-time best song never to be a hit. ---------------- Ah, YES - Into The Mystic! I first became familiar with that song when it was used in some movie I watched a long time ago. I liked it so much from that one exposure that I sought out the album it was on. It is definitely one of my favorite single tracks of all time. it even has a great title! Those horn parts are glorious, as is Van's performance. Sound-wise, my CD really is not bad sounding either. I'd give it about a 6 for sound. (out of 10) As for my nomination for "great music / lousy sound, how about the first releases of Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True"? The LP and the first CD release both were pretty low-fi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnBob Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark." Her high notes on "Car on a Hill" on original lp, 1/2 speed mastered lp and CD have been known to chase dogs from the yard. Apparently the engineer didn't know what it meant when the needles on the vu meters disappeared to the right. Why they let Ms. Mitchell out of the studio without a retake is anybody's guess. The lp of Peter Paul & Mary's "Album" (not "Album 1700") "Hurry Sundown" is the working definition of inner groove distortion. Happily for me, the cd doesn't have this problem. Any number of Columbia classical albums from the 1970's. No real highs, lots of compression, soggy lows and old truck tires ground up and mixed in the vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I'm generally disappointed with the sonics on Todd Rundgren's albums, but I love the music. Seems strange, with Todd being such a techno-geek, that he didn't work things out a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 ---------------- On 3/17/2004 11:46:53 AM CaptnBob wrote: Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark." Her high notes on "Car on a Hill" on original lp, 1/2 speed mastered lp and CD have been known to chase dogs from the yard. Apparently the engineer didn't know what it meant when the needles on the vu meters disappeared to the right. Why they let Ms. Mitchell out of the studio without a retake is anybody's guess. ---------------- Actually, the engineer, Henry Lewy, is *not* to blame. He insists that the multi-tracks do *not* have that horrendously distorted part. Something must have gone wrong when the master was made. Why on earth the master was approved, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 ---------------- On 3/16/2004 11:44:00 PM garymd wrote: "Into The Mystic" may be the all-time best song never to be a hit. ---------------- That is a killer song...one fo my favorites..... Been in a few movies too....heard it last night during the wedding dance scene in AMERICAN WEDDING...and it is also in a movie that I forget name of....the one with Jason Robards who kinda gets stuck in a dream world of a teens body....or something...I think it was Dream A Little Dream or something...but that song made the movie...IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I also got hooked on Into The Mystic from a movie. It starred James Woods who played the husband role when a couple was adopting a pregnant teenager's baby. The teen who's name I cannot remember was playing it on their stereo when they came home one evening. Said her parents listened to that music while she was growing up. I think the couple took in the teen until the baby was born. Sound familiar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 ---------------- On 3/17/2004 2:25:26 PM garymd wrote: I also got hooked on Into The Mystic from a movie. It starred James Woods who played the husband role when a couple was adopting a pregnant teenager's baby. The teen who's name I cannot remember was playing it on their stereo when they came home one evening. Said her parents listened to that music while she was growing up. I think the couple took in the teen until the baby was born. Sound familiar? ---------------- Yeah.....Glenn close was wife...I think and that blonde girl ...ah whats her name was the teen....she was in Benny and Joon...Argggggggggggg..someone fill in her name.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olorin Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Mary Stuart Masterson -- Immediate Family. Supertramp's "Breakfast in America" has got to be one of the worst-sounding CD's I own. A shame, really, since it has some great songs on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 As for my nomination for "great music / lousy sound, how about the first releases of Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True"? The LP and the first CD release both were pretty low-fi. ---------------- What a coincidence. I was listening to Moondance when I posted this, and put the My Aim is True on right afterwards. I was starting to think that I needed a new stylus! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackBurner Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I'd have to say just about anything recorded by " rainbow " . One of my alltime guitar hero's is richie blackmore from that band but i've yet to hear a recording i could listen to for very long. Yet these guys were killer when they played live . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 After Garymd stole my best worst "Who's Next". I'll comment on this: "Any Rolling Stones album....? Just from what my uncle always says so I dunno, just throwing it out there...most likely their older stuff." Get a copy of "Let It Bleed". That LP is one of the best produced albums ever! Some of the Stone's LPs didn't make the mark though like "Stickey Fingers". I'm suprised that I am not the only Van Morrison fan here! His "Jackie Wilson Said" and "Saint Dominics Review" were two of the songs I auditioned my Khorns with in '77. I'll admit to having about a dozen Neil Diamond LPs too. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtaylor Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 On the early stones I've heard more than once that they used to mix down to a cassette and then back. Kindof a cheap compression? Dunno if it is fact. Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 ---------------- On 3/17/2004 4:13:56 PM 3dzapper wrote: After Garymd stole my best worst "Who's Next". I'll comment on this: "Any Rolling Stones album....? Just from what my uncle always says so I dunno, just throwing it out there...most likely their older stuff." Get a copy of "Let It Bleed". That LP is one of the best produced albums ever! Some of the Stone's LPs didn't make the mark though like "Stickey Fingers". I'm suprised that I am not the only Van Morrison fan here! His "Jackie Wilson Said" and "Saint Dominics Review" were two of the songs I auditioned my Khorns with in '77. I'll admit to having about a dozen Neil Diamond LPs too. Rick ---------------- Rick, What do you think of his new lp, "What's Wrong With This Picture?" It's on Blue Note. Great recording BTW. I've yet to hear a bad Van lp (content-wise). My son's best friend's mother is Van's cousin. Says he's a real A-hole. Won't have anything to do with his family. I've met them and they're really nice people too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 "Rick, What do you think of his new lp" The operatitive word there is "new". I haven't bought a new LP in over 15 years. I don't know if i am too cheap or too lazy to find a place that sells them, but one of the above. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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