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Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?
Oh come on! Do I have to put a smiley face after something when I'm
being a smarty pants? But seriously, long after the cockroaches have
taken over, I figure some 78s will still be playable. Not so with CDs.
Sony did promise "perfect sound forever" when they foisted an imperfect
format on us. I do like SACD and DVD-A. They sound great but are dead
formats. I can hear all kinds of problems with CD compared to SACD and
good vinyl. CD wasn't perfect and it doesn't last forever. Also, I
compared Blue Note 78 of T. Monk to the 10" LP version, and the 78 blew
the LP away. There are obvious reasons if you get past your initial
shock. The 78 was at it's maturity and LP was new. You were running
more than twice as fast with 78 and it was probably much easier to
master 78 than LP. So 78 can sound very good. Also, I'd imagine that
what was going to the cutting head was somewhat limited compared to what
is available with modern microphones and consoles.
Phillip
Tom Fine wrote:
OK, no offense but anyone who hears "perfect sound" on 78 has tin
ears! That medium is low-fidelity by any serious definition. The only
reason I can see listening to a 78 is if the performance is so to your
taste that you can imagine it sounding good -- because what's coming
off those grooves ain't near sounding good!
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message ----- From: "phillip holmes"
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Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] discography of "direct-to-disk revival"?
Perfect sound forever (unlike CD, they may actually last forever).
steven c wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick"
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Norman Field, over on 78-L, has referred a couple of times to a
trad jazz
band
recording for a British label that had decided to produce its first
LP and
hadn't acquired any tape equipment yet, so that was D2D in 1950!
Well, I have thousands of direct-to-disc recordings...all 78's!
Steven C. Barr