The discussion on the relative merits of vinyl and CD prompted me to dig
out my
vinyl copy of STAS (bought in 1968 for $3.49). I hadn't listened to it
in 12 years
since I bought the CD. I have always been annoyed at the tape hiss left
on the CD
("Why couldn't they have done a better mastering job!" etc. etc.) but
compared to
vinyl the CD wins hands down, much clearer guitar, better highs.Which brings me to another subject. Another poster mentioned a loss of reverb on CDs. In my experience transferring vinyl or tape to CD, overuse of the de-noiser will kill reverb. I've used this side-effect successfully on audience-recorded bootlegs where there is too much "room sound" but it may explain why they left some hiss on STAS. Does anyone know of a better re-master of STAS? I love that album. Speaking of bootlegs, most of the CDs I have are pretty awful soundwise. Probably copies of copies of copies etc. We need to locate the original vinyl or good quality tapes to make good master CDs. If anyone in Eastern Ontario has any Joni bootlegs and wants them on CD, contact me. I would send copies to the archive in SC Doug Merrickville Ont.
