cliveb wrote: > Of course it hit #1 because of the reputation of its personnel, not > because of its content. I recall being totally underwhelmed by it, > despite having enjoyed a lot of Cream's output. Blind Faith was a > classic example of a manufactured supergroup that failed to deliver. > > > I doubt it. Record companies have a history of treating their inventory > with utter disregard. Amazing when you think that the master tapes are > their core assests. It wouldn't surprise me if most early generation > copy masters of historic recordings that come to light are in the hands > of individuals who were not employees of the record company itself but > around the recording sessions and "liberated" a personal copy. > > A 45 year old early generation copy tape that's been hidden away by > someone close to the artist is going to yield a better source than a > later generation copy tape that's been slung in the record company's > storage facility, even if the latter is 15 years younger. > > Or of course it could simply be that the 2001 release was prepared less > competently than the 2014 release, as you hypothesise :)
I hear you, Clive, although I can't say I agree with your opinion on its content. "Do What You Want" is a jam session filler, but "Presence Of The Lord" still has many fans & speaking strictly for myself, I like the bass riff in "Sea Of Joy". Obviously we all like different things. That's a good thing. Dave :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
