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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 156.1 | | MANANA::DICKSON | | Wed Jul 31 1985 13:14 | 3 |
| I have it too. The orchestra is not the modern Glenn Miller orchestra,
but they are using the original arrangements and the leader is the
leader of the modern GMO.
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| 156.2 | | TIGER::PRYOR | | Wed Jul 31 1985 15:37 | 3 |
| Does this recording include any songs with vocals? If so, is there any
attempt to mimic the original singer? How closely does this re-make
recreate the sound of the original recordings?
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| 156.3 | | OBIWAN::SCHORR | | Wed Jul 31 1985 18:05 | 6 |
| YES THERE ARE VOCALS. THE LINER NOTES ARE NOT VERY GOOD SO THEY ONLY MENTION
MEL TORME AND OTHERS BUT DON'T TELL YOU WHAT SONG. THE INTENTION WAS TO
GIVE YOU THE FEEL OF THE MUSIC LIVE ALTHOUGH THEY SAY THEY USED OLDER
MICS. IT IS THE AS CLOSE TO A LIVE PERFORMANCE AS I HAVE HEARD FROM
A STERO SYSTEM.
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| 156.4 | | NEXUS::COOPER | | Wed Jul 31 1985 19:02 | 4 |
| THE VOLCALS ARE NOT MEL TORME BUT AN EQUAL SOUND-ALIKE. ALSO IF YOU
LIKED THIS CD DAVE BRUBECKS ALBUM " TIME OUT " WAS RELEASED FROM
THE ORIGINAL MASTER. IT IS AN ANOLG RECORDING BUT THE ORIGINAL
COUMBIA RELEASE WAS SUPPURB. TRY IT YOU'LL LIKE IT..
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| 156.5 | | OBIWAN::SCHORR | | Thu Aug 01 1985 09:13 | 2 |
| I reread the liner notes and they mention Mel Torme as appearing
on the album.
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| 156.6 | | ASYLUM::STRAIT | | Thu Aug 01 1985 12:45 | 13 |
| As stated in the liner notes, they attempted to get vocalists
who sounded like the originals, but they also located two
'ringers', Mel Torme and Julius LaRosa. Mel is most noted
for the whistling in 'Chatanooga Choo-Choo', and Julius was
the singer who was 'black-balled' by Milton Berle. My step-
father (a musician himself) says that the performances are
so close to the originals that they even play the mistakes.
I personally love this particular recording and play it at
least once a week.
Jeff
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| 156.7 | | MANANA::DICKSON | | Thu Aug 01 1985 13:00 | 2 |
| TV trivia time: Julius LaRosa was "black-balled" by Arthur Godfrey,
not Milton Berle. Fired him right on the show.
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| 156.8 | | ASYLUM::STRAIT | | Fri Aug 02 1985 14:08 | 12 |
| re: .6 & .7
You are right of course, I remembered correctly last night.
Thanks for the correction.
... Point to Ponder ...
Why is it that when you have a 50/50 shot at getting something
right, you usually pick the wrong 50?
Jeff
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| 156.9 | | MOTHER::RHINE | | Mon Aug 05 1985 00:38 | 7 |
| I too enjoy the Glenn Miller CD. I have heard only scratchy old original
Miller recordings having been born at the end of WWII. My parents, who heard
the original orchestra live a few times tell me that the arrangements are
true but that the Miller orchestra had a much mellower sound than the CD.
The CD has a very brassy and "technical" sound. There is something to be
said about tube amps. and other obsolete audio technology that introduces
enough distortion to create a mellow sound!
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| 156.10 | | AMBER::KAEPPLEIN | | Mon Aug 05 1985 19:24 | 16 |
| RE: .9
... As opposed the new audio technology that introduces enough distortion
to create a harsh sound! ...or it could be the producer who wanted a "hot"
sounding recording and boosted up the high-end.
Horay for your parents. Despite the age of their ears and the decline of
high-end response that age brings, they recognized the fact that the CD sounded
more harsh/bright ( less "mellow" ) than the live performance.
I'm sorry to chime in and spoil your wonderful CD party, but I couldn't resist
the invitation. Tubes and turntables are hardly "obsolete" if they sound
better and more correctly reproduce live music.
Mark
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| 156.11 | | MOTHER::RHINE | | Mon Aug 05 1985 23:10 | 6 |
| RE .10
It looks like we are in violent agreement, except that I am willing to put
up with a little harshness to avoid the clicks and pops that I have found
on almost every record I have bought in 10 years. Maybe the CD and a tube
amp are a good combination.
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| 156.12 | | AKOV68::BOYAJIAN | | Tue Aug 06 1985 01:21 | 3 |
| And maybe an equalizer to take down the high end a bit?
--- jerry
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| 156.13 | | THORBY::MARRA | | Tue Aug 06 1985 14:47 | 1 |
| par for the course...
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| 156.14 | | AMBER::KAEPPLEIN | | Tue Aug 06 1985 18:48 | 14 |
| Instead of an eq, $20 worth of polypropelene capacitors would solve the problem.
In net.audio, someone replaced some of the lousy electrolytics in the analog
audio circuitry of a $200 Magnavox 1040/Phillips and got the smoothness of
a Mission.
To be fair to the CD, I have to say that most of the problems in its sound
are due to cheap audio circuit components that exist in mass market cd players
and receivers.
Good solid state electronics sounds as good as good tube electronics, so
the world doesn't need a cd player with tube analog circuits (but what a
concept!). A tube amp fed by a CD won't sound better - GIGO.
Mark
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| 156.15 | | VIKING::MCNALL | | Thu Aug 22 1985 16:25 | 7 |
| Also,
If a CD sounds harsh it's not the result of the digital
technology the CD is based on. Either the original source signal used
to master the CD was harsh or subsequent playback electronics have made
it harsh.
/ralph/pcsg-uia
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