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In Reply to: RE: Back in the day, I owned a commercial RTR of The Mystic Moods Orchestra's "Stormy Weekend." posted by Analog Scott on September 24, 2022 at 07:40:00:
I am focusing on one comparison... way back when.
Back then, "hi-res rips from the original master tapes" were as yet undreamt of.
Compared to the LP, the RTR of the Roger Williams album was amazing.
Back then, please remember, there was a constant struggle in the record biz between the aspirations of the artists and the engineers, and the iron-fisted control of the bean counters.
Labels such as Westminster started out as audiophile labels with thick pressings and deluxe jackets. Then, they got popular enough to be worth acquiring by another company, and then the bean counters went about "de-flavorizing" the product.
Remember "Dynagroove"? A thin cheap pressing with a fancy name and lots of BS.
Brad Miller began doing half-speed mastering and Japanese pressings because he was so disappointed in the Philips LP pressings of his "Mystic Moods Orchestra" LPs. And the 1973 war in the Mideast and the Arab Oil Embrago only made things worse. NB, the first three MFSL LP titles were INDEED, "Mystic Moods Orchestra" LPs.
Today, different story. There are half a dozen reissue firms making world-class pressings, and the choice among hi-res streams and downloads is mind-boggling.
Back in the 1960s, things were different.
Now, if you buy a Time Machine and load it up with a $25,000 SME turntable and a $5,000 cartridge of your choice, and go visit the younger me and set up said turntable, it will blow away my Shure/Garrard setup, and perhaps the open-reel tapes will not sound so amazing.
amb,
john
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- I speak of circa Anno Domini 1970... - John Marks 10:25:59 09/24/22 (0)
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