[atlantaprog] Re: Byrne, Police, Etc.


On Dec 26, 2007, at 1:12 PM, Andrew Tegethoff wrote:
I'd rather hear 4-track tape hiss on a killer GbV tune, or crappy Chateau D'Herouville room noise on "Just Want to See His Face" from "Exile on Main Street".
Maybe, but I don't think that makes great sound a "false" goal, just not the *first* one. I'd rather hear those things *than a great record of a tune that sucked*, yes, but if there were some way of cleaning up those old recordings, I'd be all for it. Beside, this idea has led over the last quarter-century to lots of crappy music that *also sounds* crappy because the people who made it apparently confused the crappy sound with the great song. Lots of people don't seem to understand how little you need to make a good recording of *some* sort, if you're willing to live within certain limitations. Just think of all those old classical orchestral records that were recorded with three mikes above the conductor's head--the prime expense was probably paying all the players.

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