What Recordings Of Yours Did Not Age Well?


I happened to be scrolling through Napster in the Red Garland section and found "Red Alert", an album that I bought on vinyl in 1978 when I had a Sansui 771 receiver, Technics turntable with Shure V15 Type III, and generic 12 inch 3-way speakers.  I remember that I'd heard a tune from the album on the local FM jazz station and went out and bought the album the same day.  I hadn't listened to the album in 30 years.  I cued it up on Napster and sat down and listened to it.  Tidal and Amazon do not have this recording.  It was a pleasant listening experience, but nothing that would make me want to buy it today if I didn't own it....and if I never hear it again, I won't miss it.  For the life of me I can't remember what tune on the LP convinced me to buy it.  Back in 1978, I was very discriminating how I spent my money on recordings because I was recently out of college....and a music purchase had to really count.

Do you have any recordings that didn't age well in this regard?

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Overall, I haven't had too many recordings that haven't aged well. 

At least since I discovered prog, and all its subgenres (avant-prog, Zeuhl, Canterbury, symph, technical-metal, prog-meal, etc). 

Since I tend to only enjoy music with the following attributes: very high level of musicianship, complexity, deep and broad emotional and intellectual content, avoidance of verse>chorus>bridge format that relies on hooks, the music I listen to tends to age well, because those attributes don't fade. 

Great musicianship, a good level of complexity, etc, do not age, even if things like vintage synth sounds may. So, just because a Genesis, PFM, YES, or Univers Zero, recording from the '70's may have dated keyboard sounds, the music itself is just as creative, complex, extremely will played as it was back then. 

I also listen to plenty of Jazz (post bop, fusion, chamber jazz, M-Base, avant-garde jazz), and modern, avant-garde, atonal, serial and contemporary classical music, and these also age well  for much the same reasons as those listed above. 

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From 30 years ago, the music has not changed, but....you sure have. This is what I am reading into your experience. Enjoy !

Genesis!  Horrible lack of low end.  As though the high pass filter is on at 200-300Hz.   Great music horrible production.

As my system got better my U2 recordings became progressively flatter and more lifeless.  Which surprises me as Brian Eno is no slouch in the studio.