Re: [ARSCLIST] early CD bashing

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I snatch up Columbia promo copies whenever I see them.  The classical 
promo copies are especially good, compared to the regular issues, even 
though the Columbia classical sound doesn't measure up to RCA, Mercury, 
EMI and Decca standards--mostly because of EQ decisions made--house 
sound?--the tapes and CD reissues sound much better than the LPs.  The 
cream of the crop, IMO, of classical records, produced domestically, are 
the Mercury Living Presence radio promo copies.  Outstanding in every 
way.  Recorded by some guy named Bob Fine, mastered by Piros, pressed at 
the RCA Indianapolis plant from the first master/mother/stampers.  First 
rate!
Phillip

Bob Olhsson wrote:
> It must be remembered that the very first pressings were always the principal sales tool for selling additional copies! The pressings were better (The VERY best pressings I ever encountered were RCA and Columbia DJ copies) and the early masters were rarely cut from "eq. production masters" which have been the source for many CD reissues.
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