Jazz's Transition to CDs

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

heres an example of a must have early jazz cd over the lp i just found today- 

 

its so clean- so clean.  zero surface noise, and this album benefits a lot from that

Edited October 30, 2018 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[Dave James]

8 hours ago, JSngry said:

Would the tracking force have been significantly higher than that of a jukebox that played records vertically?

Let's just say that the in-car LP's had a life span of five plays and you had to clean out the vinyl shavings after every rotation.

[medjuck]

For some strange reason my parents had an 8 track player as part of their Hi Fi cabinet and a few 8 tracks as well.  

[Scott Dolan]

Growing up we had an 8-track player in almost every room pf our house. 

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

10 hours ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

heres an example of a must have early jazz cd over the lp i just found today- 

 

its so clean- so clean.  zero surface noise, and this album benefits a lot from that

"DIGITAL RECORDING" - WTF?

[paul secor]

22 hours ago, JSngry said:

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Hey, I didn't name the formats. Actually, it's a California thing, Earl Muntz, to be specific.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo-Pak

I'm pretty sure that my family had a Muntz TV set in 1951. Guess that really dates me.

[Scott Dolan]

You could have said that you saw pictures of it in an old family album and kept the mystery alive. 

[Dan Gould]

30 minutes ago, paul secor said:

I'm pretty sure that my family had a Muntz TV set in 1951. Guess that really dates me.

I'm in charge of birthdays posts Paul. I know how dated you are - and what happens in about a week. 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

6 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

"DIGITAL RECORDING" - WTF?

 

didnt catch that- lol

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

ok i got one 

 

 

i just heard this on cd for the 1st time today....oh. my. god.  it is 50-billion times better sounding than the lp, this title, i had it cranked to EIGHT on my JVC, i can hardly crank anything to eight.  do yourself a favor, burn your lp of this, pick this up.  maybe pick it up before you burn it.   but yea- you need this bad

[Scott Dolan]

It still all comes down to the mastering. A crappy master will sound just as bad on CD as it will on LP, and vice versa.  

[lipi]

On 29/10/2018 at 7:28 AM, JSngry said:

Yeah, age. I actually was around when 4-tracks were popular. And then 8-Tracks. Actually had a 7th grade math teacher who brought in her brand new Muntz(?) 4-Track player to class one day in 1969 to play the then brand new Blood Sweat & Tears album for us under the guise of "study time". She came from a family with oil money, drove a Jag, and shopped in Dallas every weekend. She was a "flashy" figure in little ol' Gladewater, but there was never any scandal around her. Mrs. Daniels was her name, and overall, she was cool.

The day she socked it to the Harper Valley PTA!

Also, as much as I enjoyed the earlier mention of Lunceford on 8-track, Lunceford goes on a two-sided 78 or 45. Clearly what you want on 8-track is boogie woogie.

Another useless thing I'll contribute to this thread is the observation that IT BLOWS MY FREAKIN' MIND that the shimmering-fairy-dust-moon-rock-cables-aligned-with-true-North-are-better-for-my-bat-like-hearing patrol did not comment on Kevin's post. Either someone was not paying attention, or we've all grown up a bit. In either case, cause for wild celebration: pointy hats and RIAA-eq-curve-adjusted party blowers for all!

[JSngry]

[felser]

17 hours ago, lipi said:

Another useless thing I'll contribute to this thread is the observation that IT BLOWS MY FREAKIN' MIND that the shimmering-fairy-dust-moon-rock-cables-aligned-with-true-North-are-better-for-my-bat-like-hearing patrol did not comment on Kevin's post. Either someone was not paying attention, or we've all grown up a bit. In either case, cause for wild celebration: pointy hats and RIAA-eq-curve-adjusted party blowers for all!

Edited November 14, 2018 by felser

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

is that a real HQ sounding album Jsngry, i listened to some samples, it reminded me of Ray Coniff style!

[JSngry]

At 3 3/4 ips, probably not so super-fi.

[Teasing the Korean]

On November 14, 2018 at 9:56 PM, JSngry said:

At 3 3/4 ips, probably not so super-fi.

Yeah, you need 7 1/2 IPS for reel-to-reel, and it's a roll of the dice even with those.  Still, if yo get a good 7.5 IPS reel tape, it can sound amazing.