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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1517
Total number of notes:13349

652.0. ""Ultimate Rascals"" by PUGET::WARREN () Mon Feb 23 1987 12:13

    I just bought " The Ultimate Rascals ". Unless you're a real fanatic
    I would't recommend it. While the later material on the disk sounds
    good, the first half is terrible. Hiss, distortion, lame production
    etc.etc.. As I've said in earlier notes, I have a lot of disks that
    are remakes of early to late sixties stuff, this one has to be about
    the worst. I find Santana's ABRAXAS and Led Zep II less objectionable.
    
    tom
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652.1AKOV68::BOYAJIANA disgrace to the forces of evilTue Feb 24 1987 07:126
    I disagree. While it's by no means a *great* disc, I don't find
    it objectionable at all. I'll admit that my liking of the material
    outweighs any production problems, but I still didn't notice any
    really poor mastering.
    
    --- jerry
652.2Once may not be enough.PUGET::WARRENTue Feb 24 1987 10:207
    Jerry,
    
    Maybe I just didn't like the Rascals as much as I thought I did.
    I'll give it another listen tonight, and will be more specific in
    the next note.
    
    tom
652.3MASTER::RDONAHUETue Feb 24 1987 11:212
    I didn't find the disc objectionable. I did read in Goldmine that at
    least one track was mastered from a record instead of master tape.
652.4BPOV09::DANEKThu Feb 26 1987 07:5412
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>   I didn't find the disc objectionable. I did read in Goldmine that at
    least one track was mastered from a record instead of master tape.

...that's probably why I thought I heard clicks and pops on one cut!  I really
liked the Rascal's music.  I didn't think it was all that bad...but I have
heard better re-releases of old music.  A choice of not getting the disc
because of quality versus not having the music at all...I'll get the disc,
without hesitation.

Dick
652.5Ok, I'll meet you half wayPUGET::WARRENThu Feb 26 1987 10:1411
    Well,
    
    I guess Dick said it better in .4. I listened to the disc again
    last night and it's primarily the first 4 or 5 cuts that sound bad
    to me. ( Good Lovin not included ) . The rest are OK to decent.
    
    The reason I bought the disk was that I wanted the music and was
    willing to take a chance on the quality, I just wasn't as pleased
    as I have been with the rest of the disks I have.
    
    tom who gets his Beatles disks at 17:00 today