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That is one of my pet hates as well. Totally unrealistic from a audience point of view.
I wouldn’t say I hate the effect, but it is unnatural and can be a bit jarring. I’m definitely a fan of how Rudy did things.
That is one of my pet hates as well. Totally unrealistic from a audience point of view.
It hasn’t stopped me buying some recordings for instance the otherwise generally excellent ECM ones mentioned. It seems a really strange choice for Manfred Eicher and his engineers to make especially those where he has chosen a recording space because of the particular characteristics it imparts to the sound stage and ambience of the final recording.I wouldn’t say I hate the effect, but it is unnatural and can be a bit jarring. I’m definitely a fan of how Rudy did things.
That is one of my pet hates as well. Totally unrealistic from a audience point of view.
I’m amazed they screwed-up that up, that is hysterical!
There is a point somewhere where the drum kit actually moves a bit when Rudy fades up either the sax or piano channel (can’t remember which). I don’t care about this sort of thing, its all part of the charm of the vintage tech and bleed from live recording.
I only played the YouTube stream, but even on this the SQ seems to be excellent and the playing is stunning. Fabulous interplay intelligent between Elvin and Joe Farrell and although Elvin’s drum solo towards the end is a bit long it is all dammed good.
I’ll be in for a vinyl copy of this. The CD is on Amazon at £10.99 as Decca Records? The Vinyl LP says Artist TBC and only one Disk at £21.07 and EGA music Group? Hope this doesn’t mean the European Pressing will be different as has happened before and not all analogue?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Elvin+Jones+revival+Live+at+pookies&i=popular&crid=3SVIDQBGLA306&sprefix=elvin+jones+revival+live+at+pookies,popular,155&ref=nb_sb_noss
UK Amazon don’t seem to know what they are doing with pre orders a lot of the time now. Either wrongly identified as when I posted this or over priced on the pre orders and then drops after release as with Blue Train. The US Blue Note store has been the 3 LP version at $54.98 and the 2 CD version at $29.98. So I would expect around this in £’s in the UK. They also still have the release date as 18th November.The cd is £51.32 from the link seems waaaay too much for a cd
For what it's worth as he isn't going to admit the reverse publicly Kevin Gray when discussing the Tone Poet releases on the 45rpm Audiophile's Youtube channel said that there are improvements over the Music Matters Blue Train which he put down to improvements he made when he went from his old Acoustech studio where the MM's where mastered to his current Cohearant studio where he did the TP's.
I wasn’t going to bother with the stereo version as I’ve just bought a secondhand 1993 pressing (Direct Metal Mastering, so there!) but at that price...I'm skipping Blue Trane, but for those who want the stereo double pack, this guy has it for £42 plus postage, which I think is cheaper than most. I've bought quite a few things from him with no issues.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19536522...d=link&campid=5338728743&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
Apart from 20% VAT what other charges did you get hit with? Been looking at the repressing of the Complete Riverside Albums by Bill Evans and trying to work out if it’s worth importing directly. Mind you with the current £ vs $ exchange rate I’m starting to reconsider!Still not played the stereo yet, as I had a package of AP Prestige LPs from Acoustic Sounds arrive from the US which I’ve been going through since then. Really need to catch up on a few recent releases - I’m getting snowed under.
Apart from 20% VAT what other charges did you get hit with? Been looking at the repressing of the Complete Riverside Albums by Bill Evans and trying to work out if it’s worth importing directly. Mind you with the current £ vs $ exchange rate I’m starting to reconsider!
thanks Greg. Do let me know if you get VAT added. Did you use FedEx?Didn’t get charged any VAT, just postage ($58 approx). Total inc postage was about $300 for 6 LPs.
It’s possible I’ll receive an invoice in the next few days but I don’t know.
thanks Greg. Do let me know if you get VAT added. Did you use FedEx?