a sergio cd question

[walterphil]

just bought the 2 cd set of the 3 early sergio albums "in person at el matador!" "pele" & "favorite things" on the collectables label.

what a terrible reissue/mix "favorite things" is!
the worst distortion i've ever heard on a cd reissue.

did i just get a bum copy, or are they all this bad?

has it been released elsewhere?

it's such a lovely album

depressed & disgusted

walt 66

ps. (luckily i blasted my crystal clear copy of "crystal illusions" to clear the air, and my head)

 

[Mike]

I have “Favorite Things” on CD as a stand alone album – Atlantic 7567-80792-2 – and it sounds good to me. The CD was released in 1998 and appears to be out of print. You might find a copy at Gemm.

 

[DAN BOLTON]

I have that same CD, and didn't find it to be too bad...there isn't a lot of bass, but one album was live in the mid '60's, MY FAVORITE THINGS sounded a little "bright", but a lot of pop albums in the late '60's did, too...I didn't find it any worse than THE BEAT OF THE BRASS[but then, that's not saying much, I guess...]
The sound quality of PELE was the best, but it's also the latest album of the three.

I downloaded a couple of tracks from MFT, and they are a little on the "bright" side; I believe they were taken from an LP...I also have the reissue of DANSE MODERNO, and it has a bit of distortion in places. Maybe it's just the piano; some piano albums have a ringing" sound to them...when my father used to play his Roland, he'd play it kinda loud, and it rang like a freakin' bell.

My Pete Jolly album from VSOP doesn't ring, and it was recorded in the mid '60's, so not all piano albums exhibited this trait. Are piano albums difficult to master?

Dan

 

[walterphil]

thanks for your response dan & mike.
i'll pick up the single disc version

 

[Dave]

Are piano albums difficult to master?

Yes sometimes it is hard to entirely capture by a microphone, the comopleteness of an Acoustic Baby Grand...



Dave