Evan
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Post by Evan on Mar 31, 2016 15:13:07 GMT
Haha, no worries, Alun. Would you say you settled on mono, though, or is it just happenstance that you ended up with them? I'd say that Canadian first press of Porgy is an absolute treat to listen to. Are Canadian Columbia originals in general considered the sonic equal of their American counterparts, does anybody know? I just got one of In a Silent Way and it sounds superb, a nice upgrade on my Japanese copy, though I've never heard a US one.
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Post by alvaropinto on Apr 2, 2016 8:18:13 GMT
Hi all, this is my first contribution to this Forum s and so hope it will be a good start! As far as the stereo/mono option is concern, I always rely on the list of RVG recording at dgmono and try to figure out more or less from when stereo stopped to be a experiment and become the real thing. Of course, Davis recordings at Columbia were not mara by Van Gelder but in any case I would reject any stereo version of a recording prior to the end of 1958 beginning of 1959. Miles ahead was recorded in 1957 so I would't go for it. I have a mono first pressing of that and sounds awsome! But I also have some others(always 1st USA pressings) from Columbia and from the same period in Stereo and it sounds also great so... I think it's just a question of taste.
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Post by bassman on Apr 3, 2016 7:58:36 GMT
Hi all, this is my first contribution to this Forum s and so hope it will be a good start! As far as the stereo/mono option is concern, I always rely on the list of RVG recording at dgmono and try to figure out more or less from when stereo stopped to be a experiment and become the real thing. Of course, Davis recordings at Columbia were not mara by Van Gelder but in any case I would reject any stereo version of a recording prior to the end of 1958 beginning of 1959. Miles ahead was recorded in 1957 so I would't go for it. I have a mono first pressing of that and sounds awsome! But I also have some others(always 1st USA pressings) from Columbia and from the same period in Stereo and it sounds also great so... I think it's just a question of taste. It's a question of taste, I agree, Alvaro. Just take Cal Tjader's May 24, 1956 session on Fantasy - very, very early for a stereo recording. However, if you don't mind "hard panning" you will find it absolutely marvellous, frequency range and all, far better than myriads of recordings that were made decades later when stereo had "become the real thing", to quote your statement. The more sophisticated the technology, the more ways to mess it up.
As for "Miles Ahead", there's the Phil Schaap stereo version I referred to a little earlier. I think it's great, and I honestly couldn't think of any reason for you to dislike it.
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