RE: Certain eras seem to have their own sounds.

Posted by radiodaddy (A) on March 20, 2025 at 06:58:20

In Reply to: Certain eras seem to have their own sounds. posted by ghost of olddude55 on March 13, 2025 at 04:40:51:

My take is that, especially in the 1950s, most records (jazz inlcuded) were recorded 'live' with few overdubs. A good engineer, knowing that there would be limited chances to tinker with it afterward, would place the mikes and musicians, set the levels etc to maximize the quality of reproduction. Miles and Teo marked the move in jazz away from this toward the cut-and-paste/jigsaw puzzle approach to recordmaking favored by rockers.

As mulitracking and overdubbing became the norm with the growth of pop and rock, this attention to detail before the machines were turned on became less critical. The vagaries of tape recording such as hiss, tape wear and such conspired to reduce quality ('Bridge Over Troubled Water' by S&G a prime example; also, see Mike Oldfield losing the first version of 'Ommadawn' when the tape head wore through the master due to overuse). The temptation to throw in everything but the kitchen sink afforded by multitracking led to questionable artistic and sonic choices.

Plus, drugs...

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