Rudy Van Gelda remasters
Posted by: JeremyB on 02 November 2008
Just got this through the mail.
This is the remaster by RVG, 24 bit transfer reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna I have been comparing to my friend's 1987 transfer by "Ron McMaster" (is that really a person?
) also produced by Michael Cuscuna.
Apart from the fact that the remaster is much louder and compressed, I was staggered at the difference. Stanley Turrentine's sax is so important to many tracks and drives the rhythm as much as the rhythm section itself but it has lost much of its expressive qualities, almost like it's been added on top in the new version. Everyone seems to be playing in isolation and the drums are so much louder in the mix I can't believe this was all done with only a 2 track master, that is quite an achievement. Even the organ has lost much of it's "watery" quality. There's just no space left, no exquisite pauses and dynamics and most of the texture is all gone. To make everything worse the noise floor even sounds way higher. Did anyone else notice this? What's the story?
This is the remaster by RVG, 24 bit transfer reissue produced by Michael Cuscuna I have been comparing to my friend's 1987 transfer by "Ron McMaster" (is that really a person?
) also produced by Michael Cuscuna.Apart from the fact that the remaster is much louder and compressed, I was staggered at the difference. Stanley Turrentine's sax is so important to many tracks and drives the rhythm as much as the rhythm section itself but it has lost much of its expressive qualities, almost like it's been added on top in the new version. Everyone seems to be playing in isolation and the drums are so much louder in the mix I can't believe this was all done with only a 2 track master, that is quite an achievement. Even the organ has lost much of it's "watery" quality. There's just no space left, no exquisite pauses and dynamics and most of the texture is all gone. To make everything worse the noise floor even sounds way higher. Did anyone else notice this? What's the story?