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Re: [ARSCLIST] early CD bashing
On 08/01/07, phillip holmes wrote:
> 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.
That has been my experience with Columbia LPs, especially if you mean
recent CD transfers.
> 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
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