Re: [Zappa-List] Re: The "3 doomed Warner Brothers LPs": how do you think they REALLY sound?

[jcoonk]

As with all things Frank, I think your answer lies in "all of the above"... Was FZ saying the Panther LP's were inferior to take a stab at WB? Probably. Were those LP's "sonically inferior" in his estimation? Well, have you ever known FZ not to fuck around with a recording (for the advancement of his Project/Object) to make it "better" - think "The Old Masters" boxes here... Were the LP's actually "sonically inferior" to what was eventually released on disk - 'Crislu's Brilliance'? Probably not... If you read much of what FZ had to say about sonic reproduction, you know that really incredible things can be done, easier now in the digital age - create a "room", where specific sounds occur in different places, etc. And he's right of course. But there's a caveat. All recorded sound, in it's reproduction, is controlled by the quality of the equipment broadcasting it; i.e. you're not going to get much dynamic range from a boom-box. This brings the point down to it's ridiculous roots, but the point is valid. I'd wager the sound system that FZ listened to was a tad sight better than mine... And I do have better than a boom-box. To my ears, I don't hear an incredible sonic difference from my WB LP's and my Lather disks... Checking this all out for yourself was work? Boring work? "Say buddy, you need a hobby." ; {)- SOFA ----- Original Message ----- From: myrtleedop To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:29 PM Subject: [Zappa-List] Re: The "3 doomed Warner Brothers LPs": how do you think they REALLY sound? I know, but this is the whole point! We had been told all along by the Master himself that those Panter LPs were shitty records. Now I find that no, they don't sound like shitty records. And you confer with me that the differences are very subtle... It WAS boring but hey, I did the whole work! :O) Could it be that even Spencer Chrislu didn't have access anymore to those original specs for the Lather remastering project? Thus the CD sounding similar to the LPs'? Anyone has a good copy of the original Lather 4-LP version that would shed a little light on this? Or did Zappa just badmouthed Warner Brothers in order to boycott their releases? For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Zappa-List" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.