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In Reply to: RE: Joni Mitchell's recordings sound quality posted by magiccarpetride on May 04, 2017 at 09:18:26
Her debut album "Song to a Seagull is one of my favorites for sound quality.I learned something new today from Wikipedia about the recording of this album, produced by David Crosby:
"...Crosby wanted Mitchell to sound pure and natural, so he asked her to sing into the studio grand piano, and set up extra microphones to capture her voice repeating off the strings; unfortunately the set up captured too much ambient noise, resulting in excessive tape hiss, which could only be removed post-production at the cost of the high sounds in the audio range, which gives the album a flat feel"
Maybe they mean 'flat' as in some of the highs have been filtered out, but it's still a fine recording. Listen to "Sisotowbell Lane", for instance.
Edits: 05/05/17Follow Ups:
WTF? or from the too much acid files...
"...Crosby wanted Mitchell to sound pure and natural, so he asked her to sing into the studio grand piano, and set up extra microphones to capture her voice repeating off the strings..."
Her debut album "Song to a Seagull is one of my favorites for sound quality.
Sadly, I haven't heard that album yet. Joni herself complained bitterly about David Crosby and how he ruined that record for her with his ham-fisted approach to recording, mixing, and producing it. That fiasco (in her own words) forced her to take reins and from that time on take charge of producing her records.
But your observations are interesting, and now I'm really curious to hear that record...
I will be interested to hear your impression after listening. The tracks preceding and following Sisotowbell lane are nice too. By the way I am not specifically referring to vinyl, the same qualities are evident on CD or good quality streaming (I listen mostly with Spotify premium).When I was in high school (early to mid 70's) I had a friend who also liked Joni's music, she went to a concert of hers to take photos for the school newspaper. She said once Joni started singing she completely forgot about anything else. She came back with an empty roll of film!
Edits: 05/05/17
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