Louis Armstrong complet Hot 5 & 7

[David Ayers]

So who got this set???? The suspense is killing me.

[AllenLowe]

one bizarre negative on the Columbia Louis set - there is audible CEDAR distortion at the beginning of Weatherbird - unforgiveable -

[AllenLowe]

I actually don't know anything behind-the-scenes here, as I have not talked to Phil in probably 5 years - the mastering on the box seems generally OK, but hearing that weird and completely unnecessary artificat (as Weatherbird is a very easy track to work on - I have CEDAR myself) - means somebody at Sony was asleep at the wheel -

[AllenLowe]

I actually have never listened to the Schaap Benny Goodman - maybe if I get up the urge I'll pick it up and do a before and after with CEDAR -

Edited February 21, 2005 by AllenLowe

[Christiern]

The "sizzle" Schaap gave us could have been greatly reduced, perhaps eliminated, without loss of signal. It was an abomination as sound restoration goes.

[John L]

  AllenLowe said:

one bizarre negative on the Columbia Louis set - there is audible CEDAR distortion at the beginning of Weatherbird - unforgiveable -

Anybody that sticks his Cedar into Weatherbird is taking his jazz life into his hands.

[AllenLowe]

wel, getting it in is not too difficult - it's getting it OUT that's a problem -