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The arrangements are mostly identical between the two albums. There are some very subtle differences in performance (i.e. an early flute solo in "I Love Paris"), and an occasional bit of color is either added or removed -- but even those aren't matters of extensive rewrites to any charts, nor does have every chart have tweaks --it's a few bars here or there where I imagine Legrand felt he could better get the effect he wanted, so he did so. It's a wonderful album, a sort of symphonic melange of tunes with some typically inventive Legrand arrangements.
As for my preference, I actually prefer the stereo album. The sound is cleaner, and it doesn't -- to my ear, anyway, but I'm not as attuned to this sort of thing -- have the sort of washy, over-spacious, "fake" stereo sound of some other albums of the time -- it's well-recorded and well-mixed. The original mono album is good too, and the different, slightly drier mixes on the arrangements do allow for different textures to be heard, but the latter album sounds and feels more like a Legrand album, if that makes any sense.
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Jan 25, 2021 - 2:06 PM
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OnyaBirri
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The arrangements are mostly identical between the two albums. There are some very subtle differences in performance (i.e. an early flute solo in "I Love Paris"), and an occasional bit of color is either added or removed -- but even those aren't matters of extensive rewrites to any charts, nor does have every chart have tweaks --it's a few bars here or there where I imagine Legrand felt he could better get the effect he wanted, so he did so. It's a wonderful album, a sort of symphonic melange of tunes with some typically inventive Legrand arrangements.
As for my preference, I actually prefer the stereo album. The sound is cleaner, and it doesn't -- to my ear, anyway, but I'm not as attuned to this sort of thing -- have the sort of washy, over-spacious, "fake" stereo sound of some other albums of the time -- it's well-recorded and well-mixed. The original mono album is good too, and the different, slightly drier mixes on the arrangements do allow for different textures to be heard, but the latter album sounds and feels more like a Legrand album, if that makes any sense.
Thank you for this! I imagine that in places, it may be hard to tell the difference between a subtle change in a arrangement or simply a different balance because of the miking that was used.
I have the stereo album and love it, and didn't know if the mono was worth seeking out.
If you remember the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, I have compared some of their earlier arrangements recorded in mono for RCA to the same tunes later recorded in stereo for United Artists. It isn't always easy to tell the difference between changes in balance and changes in orchestration.
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I've heard both albums but can not recall any differences.
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