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In Reply to: Personally, I love "Never A Dull Moment." posted by olddude55 on April 13, 2007 at 21:02:42:
but the sonics never leave me feeling great after listening to him. The music generally feels dull.
OLLY
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Maybe you have a later pressing or something.
Seems to me, if anything the mix is hot. Stewart's voice is close-miked and saturates the master tape.
But the instruments hit with a wallop. Bass especially, but also the drums.
Mandolin comes through beautifully, too.
It almost sounds to me like all of the tracks from Every Picture Tells A Story and Never A Dull Moment were recorded at the same session.
TAS chose Gasoline Alley as one of it's all-time best-sounding rock albums. I'm almost ashamed to say that I've had a copy for several years and have yet to play it.
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I have both a red Mercury copy of Gasoline Alley and even a UK Vertigo swirl and neither sound good to me. I love the music, particularly Cut Across Shorty, but the sonics are mediocre to my ears. On the other hand, Every Picture Tells a Story and Never a Dull Moment on red Mercury (Gilbert Kong cut) sound fantastic.Reading threads like this one make me wonder why the different perspections. Is it due to different views of what "good sound" is? Is it due to different systems? or is it the different pressings?
The solo drums on I'm Losing You from every pix are impressive indeed. I have every pix and never a dull moment on original merc red labels, but find the later skyscraper labels sound about as good.every picture tells a story and never a dull moment are my recommended stewart albums. I have quite a few others but mostly b/c each contains a track or two I really like. If I had to give up all but two, every picture and never a dull moment would be the keepers.
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