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The London album recording sounds better on the Intrada release. I'd say less (or no) noise reduction was done this time and that sounds better to my ears. For example, the violins are more clear because of this, right from the first soft note of the "Main Title." The weird hissy/compressed sound, apparently inherent in the tapes/recording, is still there ("No Water" and "Night Raid" are perhaps the best examples of this.) It seems there's not much you can do to fix it without messing with the music and making it sound worse overall.
It's not as much as a revelation as the sound quality of The Eiger Sanction's album recording was on the Intrada release. The Masada album's improvement feels more incremental, but I do appreciate Intrada's care in presenting this recording in the best sound that the tapes and current technology could allow.
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The London album recording sounds better on the Intrada release. I'd say less (or no) noise reduction was done this time and that sounds better to my ears. For example, the violins are more clear because of this, right from the first soft note of the "Main Title." The weird hissy/compressed sound, apparently inherent in the tapes/recording, is still there ("No Water" and "Night Raid" are perhaps the best examples of this.) It seems there's not much you can do to fix it without messing with the music and making it sound worse overall.
I consider this good news. The London album has always had a unique rough-edged analogue sound, courtesy Mr. Tomlinson, a trait shared with several other all-time favorite soundtrack albums.
I'd put the singularity and excellence of the London album's sound in the same class of one-off soundtrack classics as the first Ben-Hur LP.
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I bought this set two winters ago, but had such a hectic holiday season that it ended up in storage at a relative's house, unlistened to.
Now, armed with a laptop and new optical disc drive, I prepare to be reunited with Intrada's latest Masada.
Those in the know, tell me. How much better is the sound of the London album? What are the really choice bits of the television score?
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Same here. Haven't found time to open this set.
I live in LA nearly full time under, shall we say, a "provisional" status. I've bought many score albums over the years I've lived here, yet most of them have been stored in a relative's out-of-town domicile since my LA life is at best precarious.
I'm counting on my laptop and suave new disc drive to capture just a fraction of the many gigabytes of audio recordings I've bought in the last ten years.
Wish me luck! Many potential pitfalls could derail the whole project.
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By the way, reading the original blurb in the first post, I've always wondered why Intrada omits the word "the" throughout. It seems to be recurring throughout their PR blurbs. I mean, it's useful for headlines and shorter texts, but weird to see it omitted in such a long text.
I always found it impossible to not read those in a Russian accent.
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I'm taking my first listen to CD4, the London recording.
My, my! How noise reduction software improvements are improving my cultural life these days!
This sounds worlds better than the old MCA/Varese releases.
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