For All You CCR Fans

By chance, I was listening to CCR last evening and "Favorite Son" came up in the rotation. It put a whole new spin on the post 9-11 flag waving. All night the thought "God, I hope I don't have to go through that again." kept running through my head.

Just the reaction of a VN vet (two trips, Calvary and Rangers) who thought the protesters were right befor he went, and knew they were right when he got back.

Question authority.

Best regards, Dave.

I totally disagree with the above asessment regarding the new 180 g releases. From the first song on "Revival" I felt something was wrong. I have not listened to my old copies in a while but I know a poor mix/production when I hear one. Wow, what a disapointment!!! Just to prove it to myself, I waited 2 weeks and listened again and compared it to two old pressings. My flimsy blue labeled Fantasy copy smokes the new release. And baby I mean smokes!
I am seriously thinking about returning the rest or unopened titles or holding on to them for later resale.
Anyone else compare the new to old releases?
GerardFF

Gerardff,

Thank you for taking the time to respond. In deference to your claims, I decided to try to duplicate your results by comparing my "originals" to the new 180 gram reissues. I could not. IMHO, the 180 gram reissues were superior to the originals. I haven't compared Cosmo's Factory to the Mofi version, but I intend to soon.

I wonder if you might have gotten a defective lp. Either way, as much as these lps cost, I think you are justified in taking it up with Acoustic Sounds.

Best wishes

Kinsekd,
Thanks for the reply, even if it goes against my claims. But I still stand by my ears. Here is why.
Green River 180g:
1. The vocal of Fogerty is really buried to the rear of the ss. It's very grainy sounding, almost raspy. The earlier version is much, much smoother and silkier. The vocal is more forward in the ss.
2. The drums are really forward in the mix, left side dominate and are not ceneterd as I would expect. They are most pronounced thoughout the LP and dominate the the lead and rhythm guitars. Drums should never be dominate over the stringed instruments like that.
3 On one cut inparticular, I forget at the moment which song, but the solo guitar comes in and you expect it to take over and just kick, but it is actually muted and very recessed. The early version is just as you would expect, forward in scope and dominating the music as it should.
4. The layering of the mix is quite obvious. What I mean is it sounds as if you have 5 separate tracks played together to represent the song. I read a review recently of a phono stage where it was said that the mixof the LP was more obvious and you could hear the separate tracks as they were layed down and combined. At the time I had no idea what he was referring to since I had never heard a LP sound that way. But as I listened to "Green River" it came to me that this was what I was hearing. As far as I am concerned it makes for a much less "musical" experience. Again, the earlier pressings sound as if all the band were recorded together in one room and not in separate rooms on separate tracks.
I found "Cosmos Factory" not much better.
While my system is goodand resolving it is not overly resolving/detailed as others I have heard. But it also shows when a LP has been recorded/produced poorly.
I really do not understand it either. I really cannot imagine why the earlier versions would sound so much better. I cannot imagine what would have happened to them that would make a copy defective. It certainly is quiet, no pops, etc.

Kinsekd,
Thanks for the reply, even if it goes against my claims. But I still stand by my ears. Here is why.
Green River 180g:
1. The vocal of Fogerty is really buried to the rear of the ss. It's very grainy sounding, almost raspy. The earlier version is much, much smoother and silkier. The vocal is more forward in the ss.
2. The drums are really forward in the mix, left side dominate and are not ceneterd as I would expect. They are most pronounced thoughout the LP and dominate the the lead and rhythm guitars. Drums should never be dominate over the stringed instruments like that.
3 On one cut inparticular, I forget at the moment which song, but the solo guitar comes in and you expect it to take over and just kick, but it is actually muted and very recessed. The early version is just as you would expect, forward in scope and dominating the music as it should.
4. The layering of the mix is quite obvious. What I mean is it sounds as if you have 5 separate tracks played together to represent the song. I read a review recently of a phono stage where it was said that the mixof the LP was more obvious and you could hear the separate tracks as they were layed down and combined. At the time I had no idea what he was referring to since I had never heard a LP sound that way. But as I listened to "Green River" it came to me that this was what I was hearing. As far as I am concerned it makes for a much less "musical" experience. Again, the earlier pressings sound as if all the band were recorded together in one room and not in separate rooms on separate tracks.
I found "Cosmos Factory" not much better.
While my system is goodand resolving it is not overly resolving/detailed as others I have heard. But it also shows when a LP has been recorded/produced poorly.
I really do not understand it either. I really cannot imagine why the earlier versions would sound so much better. I cannot imagine what would have happened to them that would make a copy defective. It certainly is quiet, no pops, etc.