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I got Gerry Mulligan-The steam age, on the older A&M tan tabel pressing. and it sounds really good. I don't just mean the music, it is a quiet LP with full sound, great separation of different instruments. Was this a "house" sound. Did A&M do a good job on most of their earlier stuff? Norm
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i'm trying to find out more about what A&M's studio setup was, you know, their equiptment, mics etc. i mean what's better than early carpenters albums or brasil '66 or herb "owner-man" alpert. i'm writing an albums worth of tunes that kinda fall under the songwriting aesthetic of some of the A&M artists. i'd really like to try to go all the way and get that awesome sound as well.
I still remember buying the A&M (US) version of Supertramp's "Crime of the Century", and thinking "Man, this is great stuff, too bad the pressing sucks!" (Now, I am not sure if 1973 is "early enough" to qualify for the intent of this thread, but thought I would chime in anyway.)I went through two or three copies of that album, and never found a decent one, until I finally left A&M behind, and got the MFSL. (Oh and btw, the Speakers corner version is excellent as well.)
I'll have to have a critical listen to my copy of Crime of the Century this weekend.
I agree Alpert and Moss took great care in the recording and mastering a catalogue of Pop artists included in my collection are the Carpenters, The Tubes, Lani Hall, Herb Alpert, Baja Marimba Band, The Winter Consort, Joe Cocker, Gino Vanelli and so on. Some of my best sounding Lps are A&M.
My A&M pressing of Chuck Mangiones "Childern of Sanchez" is excellent
and the 'A&M Audiophile Series' pressings of the Supertramp LP's are as good as or better (in many ways) than their MFSL counterparts.
Me, I'm just a lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk....
-Ray
I generally try to pick up the A&M albums just because
I think they were trying to produce good music. And if
they sold a million that's not necessarily a bad thing.They were smart. I didn't fully appreciate that until
I heard a Longet album on another label. Those people
tried to place her out front where A&M generally used
her as a part of an ensemble with a bunch of other
ambient noise.
Seems she had a soft voice--- sexy though.
a skier named Spyder. But she was not convicted.
Henry
good labels, re recording quality, IME.
Henry
whether you like his music or not, Herb Alphert was a musician who made musically tight well composed music. I always thought this contributed to the quality of A&M produced vinyl.
Henry
as I find A&M to be a very label to listen to. Most if not all are extremely well recorded and reasonably quiet.
OLLY
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