Whoever did the mastering for the Emmit Rhodes S/T (proably some Jr
engineer at
MCA - before the merger) proably grabbed a production master out of the vault,
threw it on the deck and mastered it without any extra EQ or noise reduction. 
I also have the "Mirror" and "Farewell to Paradise" reissues and you can hear
tape drop-outs now and then. I bet these were done from production masters
Dunhill-ABC sent to Japan in the early 70's and not the original first
generation tapes. 

I hope the original masters somewhere in the Universal USA vaults are in
better
shape. Its a shame that many master tapes from the 70's and even into the mid
80's are quickly deteriorating. Another reason to hang onto your vinyl!

Billy



At 11:31 PM 7/2/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a feeling that depends more upon the source material than anything,
>although the older the CD reissue the crappier the sound quality (due to
>advances in mastering tech).  The One Way titles that I do own sound fine,
>taking into account what the material is:  Producers, Eddie Jobson, Bo
>Hansson, Missing Persons, Poco...the worst of the lot is the Emitt Rhodes
>album, and I expected it to have weaker quality sound because of the
>limitations imposed by the circumstances of its' production (in the
>makeshift home studio circa 1970).  Even the Varese Sarabande Rhodes comp
>belies those limitations on that particular material, although it was better
>cared for in the remastering process.
>
>Of course, this is all nitpicking, and we should be glad that the stuff was
>converted to digital at all.  I have a feeling that a lot of stuff will
>never see the light of laser due to various reasons (deteriorated tapes,
>lack of popular interest, etc.) so I'm not gonna bitch too loudly.
>
>Brioohs  
>
>on 7/2/04 11:01 PM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org
>wrote:
>
>>> I'd think you best wait for someone else to reissue anything that came out
on
>>> One Way. Everyone one of those that I got were not done with any care or
>>> attention.... hissssssssss If it's something you don't care that much
about,
>>> then look for 'em cheap
>>> 
>>> RS
>> 
>> I am not sure as the CD is buried under all my other CDs but I think One
Way
>> reissued the debut by The Good Rats from old Kapp Records. I bought it
cause
>> my dad was the engineer on the original, and the CD reissue was horrible.
>> Lousy sound, tho some might say that was the band themselves. :)
>  
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio