[BC] They can't give 'em away!

[Thomas G. Osenkowsky]

This was the MAJOR problem in early CD pressings!
The EQ required for vinyl was impressed on CD and
the result was a horrendous sound. It would be like
listening to pre-emphasized FM without de-emphasis
on the receiver end. Not exactly correct in frequency
response terms, but I think you get the point. Processors
employed for LP pressings had very different
characteristics than ones we are used to.

I was demonstrating this to a friend a few weeks ago.
I compared "Both Sides Now" off a 1987 CD of the
"Wildflowers" by Judy Collins. The liner note on the
back states "This 1967 release was recorded in state-of-
the-art analog."

The term "Master Tape" has many meanings. WHICH
"Master Tape"? Probably not the studio multitrack master
from which you can entirely remix the song. The submaster
from which the multitracks were mixed down to (the best).
The LP master? Single master? Both may have been EQ'd
and processed for vinyl and those you DO NOT want.
I got an education on this from Bill Inglot, Rhino's
mastering engineer.

Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE

> I think that's the biggest difference between the sound of a CD compared
to
> an LP. The only *fair* test would be to get a CD that was made from the
same
> master tapes as an LP, and compare those.