worse entertainer or performer of all time??

Frogman

This is the first time, after all these years on the 'goN, that I disagree with something that Albert has written. I think that there is value in a thread like this. I think that the expressed opinions say almost as much about the musical tastes and acumen of the writers, as do expressions of likes.

I guess my reply was more a rhetorical answer to Rpeluso than fact.

I've learned from this thread and even amused by it, especially the back and forth between members.

I am surprised by some of the responses, particularly
"Yaw-nie witless Houston". One of the greatest voices I've ever had the pleasure of listening to at her best, regardless of the waste of her immense talent. Oh well.

To Albert Porter, I believe you are the Agoner with Soundlab monoliths, and a part/full-time recording engineer. If yes to the latter, then can you inform or enlighten us why the sound quality of Derek and the Dominoes' " Layla" blows. I launched a thread of my own inquiring as to WHY OF THIS, and so far got one response claiming the LP, CD SACD,, all are mediocre in sound quality.

Tom Dowd was the exec producer of the project. Seems a shame, if not tragic, that some of the greatest electric guitar playing sounds like it is coming through a linen screen with little texture, or separation of instruments....If you don't know... Ok,... but if you have a few ideas as to the "why" of this mess of a recording, please answer straight up, without BS or inside jokes

Tubegroover-Many of us on Agon agree that Whitney Houston's music sucked! Her younger voice was techincally fine but IMO lacked heart and emotion, almost like she was singing in a drug induced coma. Screaming r&b divas are not my favorite genre of music. Her contemporaies Regina Belle-Miki Howard-Patti Labelle and Teena Marie sang with more heartfelt emotion and had better songs/production during that time period.

Sunnyjim

To Albert Porter, I believe you are the Agoner with Soundlab monoliths, and a part/full-time recording engineer. If yes to the latter, then can you inform or enlighten us why the sound quality of Derek and the Dominoes' " Layla" blows.

I owned Sound-Lab speakers for more than 10 years but never was a recording engineer. I was the factory rep for JBL Commercial many years ago and worked with a recording engineer at a music store when I first graduated from college.

Perhaps the source of confusion?

I have "Derek and The Dominoes" on LP but no digital versions. The recording of Layla I have is both compressed and bandwidth limited.

Eric Clapton Unplugged and Nirvana Unplugged represent very nice rock sound, at least my LP copies. You may have to consider "Layla," like I do my old blues collection.

Frequently these old blues labels are musically primitive, at least from a technical standpoint. Many songs are over driven to the point of distortion. I listen to them anyway because they're important to me.