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Smackdown! - 1958 vs 2008

Bob R

Active Member
Help out a foggy memory old fart here. I was looking through my burned discs and found a half dozen with this title.

A quick search through the bag o bricks which is now S&V brought me to this thread:

http://forums.soundandvisionmag.com...ding-improved-in-50-years&highlight=smackdown

It seems some member from Astana, Kazakhstan in collabiration with a very irritating guy made recording of 50's music and posed the question above.

So, did I make these for some of you and forget to send them? Or does any body want a copy?

There are eight songs in wma format and they sound pretty darn good.


If I bump into the songlist I'll post it here.
 
Ah, here is the song list. that irritating dude posted it on page 8 of the thread

Song List


Track 1 (analog)

Malletoba Spank

– This selection is from the "Ellington Jazz Party in Stereo" album, recorded in 1959. It features Duke Ellington on piano with in an unusual arrangement featuring from left to right, vibraphone, xylophone, another vibraphone, another xylophone, a glockenspiel and a marimba. This is augmented with an assortment of kettle drums, bongos, a tambourine, and a triangle, all backed by the Duke Ellington band.
Track 2 (digital)

Sidney –

By Terence Blanchard from the CD, Wandering Moon (Sony Classical SK 89111) ©2000;
A very well recorded studio album with little natural sounding instruments and a "in the room with you" ambience.
Track 3 (analog)

"The Look of Love" from the "Casino Royale" Soundtrack –

This recording from 1967 features an instrumental version of Dusty Springfield’s hit song from the film. It features an intimate solo saxophone.
Track 4 (digital)

Blue Skies –

By Tierney Sutton from the CD, I’m with the Band (Telarc CD-83616) ©2005
A live performance in front of an audience at Birdland, New York City, with limited microphones, captured to a DSD recorder with little to no processing. The ambience of the room is present, but the sound is more upfront and intimate than would be experienced in the audience. This track was edited at the very beginning and end to fade in and fade out the applause.
Track 5 (analog)

Cry Me a River –

This song is from the Ella Fitzgerald album "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie". It was recorded in Hollywood, California on June 22 and 23rd, 1961.
Track 6 (digital)

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams –

By Keith Jarrett from the CD, Whisper Not (ECM 1724/25) ©2000
A recording of a live 1999 performance in Paris, this is a very intimate recording with natural sound and dynamics. You can hear Keith singing along with the melody he is playing in the background, which is a blast.
Track 7 (analog)

Duke’s Place –

This song is from the album "Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington – Recording Together for the First Time". It was recorded on April 3rd, 1961. This song has one of the most remarkably realistic sounding trumpet solos I’ve heard, played by Louis Armstrong. This is backed up by a swinging bass line laid down by Mort Herbert, and drums played by Danny Barcelona – both sidemen from Louis Armstrong’s band, with Duke Ellington on piano.
Track 8 (digital)

I know What You Do –

By **bleep** Hyman from the CD, From the Age of Swing (Reference RecordingsRR-59CD) ©1994
Recorded from a single-take live performance in an empty Concert Hall A, SUNY Purchase, New York. The recording technique captures the sound you would hear if you were sitting in the ideal center seat in the concert hall, with all the ambience of the hall captured in full.


Message Edited by IrritateGuy on 04-25-2008 10:22 PM
 
Oh, man... I remember this thread.

I didn't do the test, but I will say that I've heard some late 50s/early 60s recordings that sounded really nice to my ears. Granted, those were probably intentionally hi-fi, which I suppose means they will sound better than your average Dee Dee Sharp rendition of "Mashed Potato Time". Granted, today's pop music sounds pretty bad, too.

And, sadly, I've heard enough supposed hi-fi SACD/DVD-A that sucked bad, too. But then again I've heard some modern hi-fi that truly sounds awesome. So it can be done right in modern times. That said... again... not having heard the tracks in this smackdown, but rather just basing it off of a little selective memory retention from my own experiences, I am tempted to say I like the sound of the late 50s and 60s better overall, which I don't know if that makes those recordings necessarily more accurate or realistic than much of today's modern music recordings, I'll admit. Regardless, it's kind of a sad state for somebody, either for me or the recording industry.
 
I've retained those tunes if anyone wants to revisit that scenario.

Rope
 
Hey Bob, haven't talked to you in a long time. I need to look around my place for some "old S&V stuff"
 
Hey Barn.

You are right, no talk for a while.

How is retirement treating you?

I'm starting to feel too old for the gang here. :scared-yipes: It's my fault, I know. I just don't feel like chatting as much as I used to.

Time to ramp it up a little.

:music-rockout:
 
These are a bunch of young rich kids....they think $150 a month is cheap for a program provider. Thats $1800 a year....thats take home pay for me for a month.
Retirement is good. Don't have any more work stress. What are you doing these days ?
 
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