There are two - the original and Bluesiana II. The follow up sounds even better.No breaking news here but Dr. John's Bluesiana Triangle CD sounds fantastic. Not sure if there's been a remix but the original release is stellar.
Thanks for this! I'm a big Dr. John fan and did not know about these. Just bought both as downloads from Qobuz.There are two - the original and Bluesiana II. The follow up sounds even better.
Hi there, Well, perhaps Miles' Trumpet isn't 'Distorted' but a few other instruments are !!Miles Davis, Kind of Blue: Don't want to make this list all about audiophile discs, but same deal as Pet Sounds: I don't know that I've heard Davis' trumpet sound less distorted than it does on this mastering. My favorite among the approximately 8,000 different reissues of this album.
Absolutely !! Great sound, / balance, Great musicians and playing and great ... Dynamics !!Lyle Lovett's first 5 albums are to me some of the best sounding CD's of popular music, or any music for that matter. It shows what digitally recorded popular music could have been if not for the loudness wars. They have never been remastered and don't need to be. The used CDs are cheap and even the streaming versions are dynamic (they sound quiet compared to other music but just turn them up a little).
And doesn't the Master sound SO Good !!??The 1984 CD release of Steely Dan - Aja.
MCA did a flat transfer of the original master tape.
I was just listening to it earlier this evening.And doesn't the Master sound SO Good !!??
Mmmmm as Rolling Stone once suggested, "A fine example of 'Dan under glass" LOL
This pure DSD version sounds excellent, but definitely will always have some distortion.. but also not a specific CD masterHi there, Well, perhaps Miles' Trumpet isn't 'Distorted' but a few other instruments are !!
"So What" .... Distortion in both channels but particularly BAD and loud in the right channel on the backing horns !!
"Freddie Freeloader" ... Clear distortion, both channels from the start but mainly in the right channel. Plus you first get to hear the slightly 'dissonant' piano.
"Blue in Green" ... surprisingly not too bad, they must have adjusted the input gain,..
"All Blues" ... there is some weird residual distortion in the right channel, but very noticeable distortion on the backing in the left channel, mainly at the beginning of the track and the piano almost sounds like it is 'clipping' the mic pre' towards the end, when the weird 'rattling' distortion returns in the right channel. It almost sounds like the instrument is filled with 'spittle' lol.
Early on, it would appear to simply be Too Much Level, into the console but later, it apparently has to do with a slightly 'dodgy' Noisy and distorting microphone, either capsule issues or psu/electronic issues ... Plus, unbelievably, the Piano is 'Out of Tune' !!
"Flamenco Sketches" ... if you listen very carefully, you can hear how certain areas of the Piano, are ever so slightly 'Out of Tune', not so much outright but within itself
If you have the corrected speed version the level of Miles' trumpet is seriously pushing the boundaries !! and I'd swear is 'clipping' something in the signal chain.
I6t was also this track when I first noticed the 'Tune' of the piano.
It matters Not, whether you have an Original Vinyl, CD or the later special 'corrected' speed CD, they are ALL from the Same 'Takes', ... there are NO 'Other' versions.
It WAS recorded onto 2 x machines, ... a Master & a 'Safety' copy but that is where and why the Speed issue arose, as the version initially pressed and used for years was from the machine that had the Speed, inadvertently & accidentally 'adjusted' ...
I have both an earlier "The Vinyl Classics" version and the later corrected speed release & had owned and listened to this for years and probably like Millions of others through time, Loved it.
I've been a Sound engineer for half my life and it honestly wasn't until I bought my new Fostex near field monitors for my computer setup and started 'Ripping' my CD's that I happened to notice the Severe distortion, especially in the Right channel,.. I honestly thought one of the Tweeters was having problems, until I put my headphones on.
It is such an 'Iconic' AND Fantastic album, I think we have all simply allowed ourselves to 'gloss-over' all the very noticeable Technical 'issues'.
BUT it can be a bit like a random 'squeak' or 'rattle' in your car,.. once you hear it .....
This is well documented and there is a great piece about it here:
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/miles-davis-cd-kind-of-blue-with-distortion.617990/post-16656786
https://vinylhavenblog.wordpress.co...ind-of-blue-the-good-the-bad-and-the-awesome/
But what is the analogue source they used? From the site's "About Us" page, it appears they use "found" reel to reel tapes rather than, say, original master tapes.This pure DSD version sounds excellent, but definitely will always have some distortion.. but not a CD master
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue - Includes Pitch Corrected Tracks
Artist(s): Trumpet – Miles Davis Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane Alto Saxophone – Julian Adderly Bass – Paul Chambers Drums – James Cobb Piano – Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly (Track 2) Recording Info: Recorded At Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, On March 2, 1959 (#1-3) And April 22, 1959...www.highdeftapetransfers.ca
H'mm could that be because the OP is orienting on the CD's, not streaming a song?And even if the CD title is in the database I can not be sure to get exactly this version CD or the album from streaming download.
Yeah, every now and then, (after not having listened to it in a while), you DO, ... it knocks your 'Socks Off' and you just sit there, literally 'Stunned' at How amazingly good the Playing & songs are, let alone how good the overall Sound is !!I was just listening to it earlier this evening.
Hmmm, well, I just listened to That version and I don't like itBut what is the analogue source they used? From the site's "About Us" page, it appears they use "found" reel to reel tapes rather than, say, original master tapes.
For this Davis title, their web page identifies the source only as "Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape." That could be anything.
Kind of Blue really nails it till about the middle of the CD and then I think gets a lil too mellow.My copy of Kind of Blue is a MoFi Super Bit mapping gold CD. Sounds better than most versions. Cannonball Adderly's Somethin' Else album is very good. Recorded a year before kind of blue by Rudy Van Gelder. Davis plays on several of the tracks and Adderly is who played sax on Kind of Blue. While excellent itself and maybe a better recording, it isn't as wonderful as Kind of Blue.
Had a question about one of your older comments in this thread. You were saying some releases were Remixes, but not remasters. Speaking about Steve Wilson Yes remixes. How can you have a remix without also doing a remaster? Perhaps you meant to differentiate between re-masters using original mixes vs remixes (which will require a new mastering as well).But what is the analogue source they used? From the site's "About Us" page, it appears they use "found" reel to reel tapes rather than, say, original master tapes.
For this Davis title, their web page identifies the source only as "Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape." That could be anything.
As a sound engineer, sometimes you wish people would just leave things alone and not 'mess' with things, seemingly believing They are capable of doing something that no one else has been able to previously,