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--- In , "Bob Cannistraro"
<cannistraro@e...> wrote:
> Dear Eric
>
> No No No! you misunderstood me.
>
> Cream was a wall of thick, detailed, fascinating sound. A Jazz band,
> almost. Practically created a genre.
>
> It is the RECORDING that was wimpy. Mainly Fresh Cream in a Stereo
> mix - like so many albums from the 60's, I want the mono mixes. They
> have a lot more power.
>
> Boulder Bob
Bob -
Now I understand what you meant, and I agree totally. And I also
agree about the power of MONO, which made so many records from the
50's and 60's sound so good and so powerful. I am a huge fan of the
work of the great Phil Spector, whose slogan was "Back To Mono." I
even have a button that says that.
But you know - there's a flip side, or a good side, to the coin of the
primitive, low-tech recording technology of 40 or 50 years ago. To my
ears, anyway, part of the charm of listening to the vintage Ventures
records is all the tinny midrange on those records, especially the
guitar sounds. I'll admit that sometimes I EQ in more bottom end when
listening, depending on which of their records it is, but I actually
LIKE all that midrange, same as I do on many classic 60's records.
And you know, there are some modern day acts which deliberately mix
their records with lots of shelving and emphasis on midrange. Two
good examples are many of the records produced by the great Pete
Anderson for Dwight Yoakam, the alt-country guy, or some of the
records done by the Canadian root-rock band Blue Rodeo.
BACK TO MONO!! Bring on the midrange!! And TURN UP THE REVERB!!
Eric
