Nat Cole question for Steve

[ArneW]

Steve,

I was just listening to "You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)" from Nat Cole's Greatest Hits on DCC. Wow! This sounds just as good as the other tracks, I hardly can believe it was recorded in 1946! How do you do such a transfer from an original metal mother? Is it played back just like an LP on a turntable? I always thought that anything pre-1950 had this "vintage sound" we know from old movies, like one was singing into a bucket or sth. Was this originally recorded on tape? Is it lost or just "unplayable"? How sad I didn't get around earlier to your Nat Cole treatments - "Greatest Hits" is my first one, and I now I have to have the two other releases. I am becoming an addict, i guess.

Yours, Arne

[Steve Hoffman]

That was a transfer from a 16" disc. Capitol didn't start using tape until late 1948.

Sounds good, eh? Sure, why not? It wasn't the dark ages, although many people imagine that it was.

Glad you like it!

[ArneW]

Thanks a lot. That was really fast! BTW, I listened to my mono copy of "Strangers In The Night" last night - it's amazing how different it sounds when you haven't played it for a long time. Guess I should look for a cleaner copy; it really has a lot to it.

Arne