no one ever seems to say this so i will say it again...
many older records were done through a fairchild limiter and more importantly were hotter in the upper mids and cut louder. I find this to be very true with 1500 series blue notes vs the remasters. I am not saying one is better than the other but the scully westrex lathe and the upper mid boost was a real "hot" sound that people liked, and the audiophile crowd doesn't do that.
chess is the same. "muddy waters folk singer" sounds good no mater what issue you have, but the original has an agressive midrange that is very much a sound of old blues. I think it fits. And, i have wondered for a long time that if some mastered blue notes they way they used to be mastered, if it would be really popular or a huge failure.
many older records were done through a fairchild limiter and more importantly were hotter in the upper mids and cut louder. I find this to be very true with 1500 series blue notes vs the remasters. I am not saying one is better than the other but the scully westrex lathe and the upper mid boost was a real "hot" sound that people liked, and the audiophile crowd doesn't do that.
chess is the same. "muddy waters folk singer" sounds good no mater what issue you have, but the original has an agressive midrange that is very much a sound of old blues. I think it fits. And, i have wondered for a long time that if some mastered blue notes they way they used to be mastered, if it would be really popular or a huge failure.