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Erik_Snow
Empress Valley nearly always downgrade the recordings before pressing them. If it wasn't for that, they'd be one of the very few labels that is still relevant.....
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Erik_Snow
Empress Valley nearly always downgrade the recordings before pressing them. If it wasn't for that, they'd be one of the very few labels that is still relevant.....
The remark applies to Tarantura too. Thye find exclusive recordings that were previously unknown and... they butcher them at the mastering stage!
It was heartbreaking to see TR release all these lovely audience recordings made by Japanese taper Mr Peach (the Mike Millard of the East... he was that good) and brickwalling them like crazy till they sounded like crap.
The good guys at Dime could have done a 100x better job at transferring these lovely tapes than the hacks at TR...
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Erik_Snow
not a great performance either, compared to Europe and US 1978, but that's not the bootlegers fault
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dcba
Louisiana shows were often considered "quickies" (show you play absent-mindedly before moving to bigger, larger, more important markets/towns like NY or L.A.).
Of course there's one glorious exception to this : the Stones gigs in Baton Rouge in 75!
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landlocked54
The EVSD prices for this set are unbelievable, if you can find one.
Thanks for the remaster.
Would be nice to see some non label factory pressed discs of this set available.