Just spent a really enjoyable couple of house with Dave Lewis and Fi Carroll ,both musicians and writers and local neighbours.
Dave is a saxophonist he has played with everyone, currently with Chaz Jankel and the 'Blockheads' , Dave and Fi have just released a new album,
Dave Lewis' 1UP 'Under the same Sun' which was recorded direct to tape with no mastering.They wanted to compare the Cd and Vinyl editions, Fi said that the only differences was that the track order had to be altered to fit onto vinyl, recording was at Eascote Studios and the mixing and vinyl cutting was at Abbey Road.
It is a super album and very nice recording so highly recommended , we listened to both versions skipping between vinyl and CD ,roughly equalising volume and which did the musicians prefer, vinyl!
They said it just sounded more like being at the recording, it had a warmth and the instruments meshed rather than being compartmentalised as in the Cd version.
Extremely interesting to talk to them though ,to see the vinyl master being cut and to discuss the way the recording was made.
Worth checking out if you want to hear vinyl versus digital with the absolute minimum of production differences.
Keith.
Dave is a saxophonist he has played with everyone, currently with Chaz Jankel and the 'Blockheads' , Dave and Fi have just released a new album,
Dave Lewis' 1UP 'Under the same Sun' which was recorded direct to tape with no mastering.They wanted to compare the Cd and Vinyl editions, Fi said that the only differences was that the track order had to be altered to fit onto vinyl, recording was at Eascote Studios and the mixing and vinyl cutting was at Abbey Road.
It is a super album and very nice recording so highly recommended , we listened to both versions skipping between vinyl and CD ,roughly equalising volume and which did the musicians prefer, vinyl!
They said it just sounded more like being at the recording, it had a warmth and the instruments meshed rather than being compartmentalised as in the Cd version.
Extremely interesting to talk to them though ,to see the vinyl master being cut and to discuss the way the recording was made.
Worth checking out if you want to hear vinyl versus digital with the absolute minimum of production differences.
Keith.