@big_greg I always liked Stormbringer. I mean, it wasn’t Machine Head - by a long shot. Ritchie wasn’t as great on it for sure. I remember as a spotty high school freshman the year it came out that we liked and admired Coverdale and Hughes. For a time anyway. Hughes maybe had more lasting appeal to us (his stuff with Tommy Bolin being most excellent). Mostly we just didn’t know about much other heavy rock in 1974 in our provincial isolation. Turns out there was a lot of other great heavy music out there that we just had no clue about.
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@big_greg were you playing your OP from high school? My brother has my copy. Along with a big stack of my other high school era treasures. ….need to retrieve those. |
@reubent Re: Patto - Eponymous
a second and close listen (requires significant restraining of the involuntary head banging…) confirm no background hiss. Just significant clipping and distortion of vocals and guitar notes. Major distorted sibilance on the vocals, low fidelity on vocal and guitar track’s especially in the second and third sections, but no generalized noise or hiss. Contrast that with the drums and vibes which sound spectacular. Cymbals especially. Maybe the guitar and vocal mikes they used on that track were broken ( tubes?). Rest of side one is fine. |
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