|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
24.21.163.226
In Reply to: RE: So what did happen in the 80's that made the 70s look so good posted by airtime on August 22, 2016 at 08:17:45
IMHO much 80s music was unfocused and austere, much like the switch to black components in the 80s.
Follow Ups:
A fair amount of the music of the 60s was very organic. Even in rock you had mixes of folk, simple vocals both male and female, smaller musical studio tracking with virtually little to no over dubbing.
Music was a simpler affair back then. I can see in the 80s it began to be more complicated and less coherent. You would think that you needed MORE detail. But with louder multi tracking and distortion added intentionally - you DON'T! Just loud was good enough.
Fewer classical albums were being sold. And there was an early transition happening. LPs were getting really crappy in quality. I remember I bought a Zepplin album and returned it like five times because they were all warped, "pre scratched" and thin as a wafer. I finally gave up and never bought that recording even to this day.
All my Led Zeppelin records are flat thick and quiet. But then they are early pressings that were bought for a dollar at thrift stores. CD was the best thing that ever happened to my record collection! It was slim pickings for good sounding 80's records, bu they did exist. Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa and Dire Straights are a few that I can think of of hand that were putting out great sounding records in the 80's. Reissues were among the worst of the pack, and don't ever buy an RCA Gold series classical record. No matter how good the original recording, the Gold series will suck in every way possible.Dave
Edits: 08/28/16
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: