ArneW
03-05-2002, 07:25 AM
Hi,
on the Sinatrafamily forum Feinstein wrote:
Unfortunately, Sinatra's Reprise STUDIO (unlike his Capitol, Columbia, and RCA) recordings have NEVER been released with the sound quality that they deserve and potentially have. Post-processing done to the 3 and 4 track studio masters has robbed them of the great sound that was originally put down by Frank and the orchestra. Albums such as "Ring-a-Ding-Ding" are thin, overprocessed, and full of fake echo which is distracting. (…)
I don't agree, at least not for a lot of the early 1960s Reprise LP releases. There are some which sound awful and processed ("Ring-A-Ding-Ding", "Swingin' Brass") and some which are dynamic, punchy and don't lack any "breath of life" ("Sinatra-Basie", "I Remember Tommy", "Sinatra Swings", "Moonlight Sinatra").
(...) Many fans have heard a mono mixdown of tapes from the "Ring-a-Ding-Ding" sessions. It reveals that the original master tapes are alive, brilliant, and crisply recorded (...)
The sound is indeed faboulous. I sat with my mouth open when I listened to "Zing" for the first time - expecting the sound quality to be equal to the dreck that had been released as a bonus track to "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" by Reprise itself.
It's funny too that Dean Martin Reprise LP's and CD's from the same era sound FABULOUS (...)
Mmh, I have never thought them to be superior (strictly talking LPs, that is - the Bear Family stuff and Steve's "Robin" are fantastic, no doubt about that). Dino's later Reprise stuff is even worse than "Watertown". I have not heard a single Dean Martin album later than 1966 that sounds only half-decent. Au contraire: I cannot recall a Frank Sinatra Reprise album that sounds as muffled, flat, compressed, noisy and distorted (all at the same time) as Dino's "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am". Perhaps I only have the wrong pressings and Mr. Humorem can enlighten me?
Anyone care to comment? I thought this topic belongs here rather than on the Sinatrafamily roundtable.
Arne
on the Sinatrafamily forum Feinstein wrote:
Unfortunately, Sinatra's Reprise STUDIO (unlike his Capitol, Columbia, and RCA) recordings have NEVER been released with the sound quality that they deserve and potentially have. Post-processing done to the 3 and 4 track studio masters has robbed them of the great sound that was originally put down by Frank and the orchestra. Albums such as "Ring-a-Ding-Ding" are thin, overprocessed, and full of fake echo which is distracting. (…)
I don't agree, at least not for a lot of the early 1960s Reprise LP releases. There are some which sound awful and processed ("Ring-A-Ding-Ding", "Swingin' Brass") and some which are dynamic, punchy and don't lack any "breath of life" ("Sinatra-Basie", "I Remember Tommy", "Sinatra Swings", "Moonlight Sinatra").
(...) Many fans have heard a mono mixdown of tapes from the "Ring-a-Ding-Ding" sessions. It reveals that the original master tapes are alive, brilliant, and crisply recorded (...)
The sound is indeed faboulous. I sat with my mouth open when I listened to "Zing" for the first time - expecting the sound quality to be equal to the dreck that had been released as a bonus track to "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" by Reprise itself.
It's funny too that Dean Martin Reprise LP's and CD's from the same era sound FABULOUS (...)
Mmh, I have never thought them to be superior (strictly talking LPs, that is - the Bear Family stuff and Steve's "Robin" are fantastic, no doubt about that). Dino's later Reprise stuff is even worse than "Watertown". I have not heard a single Dean Martin album later than 1966 that sounds only half-decent. Au contraire: I cannot recall a Frank Sinatra Reprise album that sounds as muffled, flat, compressed, noisy and distorted (all at the same time) as Dino's "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am". Perhaps I only have the wrong pressings and Mr. Humorem can enlighten me?
Anyone care to comment? I thought this topic belongs here rather than on the Sinatrafamily roundtable.
Arne