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Paul Stamler wrote:
"David Looser" wrote in message
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OTOH I recently inherited a double LP re-issue of the Lew Stone
recordings of 1935. The technical quality varies, but the best are
superb. I was amused to hear his version of "Anything Goes" (which is
on the LP) used on the soundtrack of the 2008 film "Miss Pettigrew
Lives for a Day". It did not in any way sound like a "period"
recording, but it was Lew Stone's 1935 recording - I checked the
credits. It seems to me ironic that so many pop recordings of the
analogue tape era are technically inferior to pre-war direct-to-disc
78rpm ones.

It was a similar observation on the part of mastering engineer Doug Sax
that persuaded him to start Sheffield Records and release
direct-to-disk LPs.

Indeed. And when early digital recording arrived there was no
deterioration in the quality of what had previously been direct to disc
from the smaller companies.

What many seem to gloss over is that a power amp would be laughed at if
it had the same distortion figures as analogue tape. Let alone noise and
transient performance.

Of course those parameters may sound fine when trying to achieve a
particular sound - but isn't some form of magic like many would have you
believe. Especially those who hire out such things. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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