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In Reply to: RE: Good sounding version of Evan's "Portrait in Jazz" ? posted by Tweaker456 on July 14, 2017 at 16:36:04
You can get a used copy of the 20 bit mastering CD on Amazon for $6.87. I have this and the sound quality is quite good.
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Your suggestion is probably a better recording than the one I just bought but I wanted only the original tunes without any bonus tracks. It's amazing how many issues there are of this one recording. The Hallmark label recording is the only one I could find after some more research that had only the original 9 tunes. Thanks, T456
"The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced."
- Q, 2365
I guess I didn't really pay attention to the no extra tracks portion of your request even though I empathize with you on that point. Too often reissues upset the flow of an original release by inserting the extra tracks in places they shouldn't be as is certainly the case with the suggestion I made. I suppose this is intended to add value, but all too often it's just disruptive.
Very disruptive. I consider it blasphemy. I'm actually considering going through some of my discs to see if there are non bonus track alternatives. I really strongly dislike them. T456
"The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced."
- Q, 2365
This is, of course, the result of the maximum playing time of a CD being greater then that of an LP. For some reason the less discriminating believe that every possible minute available has to contain something or they are not getting value. It's as if one had a book that runs to 500 pages but they have to print 800 simply because they can! Presumably in this analogy those extra 300 pages would consist of the author's crossings out :-)
So we suffer alternative takes or other studio garbage that the original producer has had the wisdom to reject. Offhand I can only think of one alternative take on a CD that adds much to my former knowledge of the piece. Mostly at the very best they are listen to once and never again. Sometimes they are not even complete takes e.g. the band starts then it all falls apart after a minute and they stop. What is the value to the listener in that?
There is also the issue of the original sequence of tracks which may have required some thought on the producer's behalf. Placing alternative takes in the midst of this is indeed blasphemy.
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