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| From | ronald and karen sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: wynn tribs dion universal |
| Date | Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:34:07 -0800 |
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Kinks poorly recorded? I think not. You'd have to look pretty hard to find
music as powerful recorded in this day and age. I have had long discussions
about this very matter. "The Snare doesn't have to be the loudest sound on a
record." Nor does everything have to be lined up on your ProTools grid. I think
that modern sheen is much more dated, and makes everything sound so much alike.
Just listen to some of those XTC albums (which I do like) with that big gated
snare. It just sounds so stiff now.
I enjoyed the Kinks tribs ok. Great hearing some of those songs reinterpreted,
but there aren't any of those covers that better the original.
RS
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> another type of tribute i like is taking great music from a great band that
> was poorly recorded in say, the sixties, and giving it the benefit of up to
> date recording technology. take for example, the early kinks (60s catalog)
> -- great material, great band, but i rarely listen to their early recordings
> because of the thin dated sound of the recordings. if the right bands were
> involved, i'd snatch up a modern trib of this stuff. come to think of it,
> there is a kinks trib or two out already, isn't there? i recall hearing
> that fountains of wayne, whom i love, do "Better Days". in fact i have a
> video of them doing this on one of the late night shows, shortly after 9/11
> if i do recall. simply great. any comments on the kinks trib(s)?
>
-- Ronald Sanchez
Director Of A&R
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www.CareerRecords.com
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