Dreadful Vinyl

Posted by: Mr Underhill on 08 April 2015

I love my LPs, so much so that I am archiving them at 9624 .....but, every now and then I run across an album that is in perfect condition but was mastered atrociously.

 

Yesterday I needle dropped Genesis' Genesis and Duke. The former is nothing to write home about but Duke is simply dreadful, not unlistenable but there is little bass heft and lacks sheer guts. I suspect that they were trying to squeeze too much onto one album ...or could this be an early digital recording?

 

If I was looking to do a demo and wanted to 'prove' that CD is better than LP then I suspect this would be on the menu!

 

M

Posted on: 08 April 2015 by MDS

Not sure, Mr Underhill.  My CD version of Duke is pretty awful, too, which is why I never play it. 

Posted on: 08 April 2015 by Mr Underhill
Originally Posted by MDS:

Not sure, Mr Underhill.  My CD version of Duke is pretty awful, too, which is why I never play it. 

 

I've got a few of the tracks on a number of CDs so I'll do a comparison .....but, I'm too busy listening to music I really like at the moment.