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It was posted over at chimai that the new Morricone release "Butterfly",[ is a terrible recording, distorted mush and sounds as though it was recorded in a swimming pool. Ah well but it should never have been released like this, does no service to the Maestro].
I don't know if anyone here was thinking of ordering this cd (I know I was) after reading this however I've now changed my mind.
Thanks to Reduced Wolf for posting this on chimai, and apologies for "borrowing portions of your post"
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I have the LaserLight issue. Where does that stand in the rankings, or is that about as good as it's going to get?
It's a really nice score, by the way - very delicate.
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'I also owned the vinyl LP release (I can't recall the label) ... now that was rubbish ... crackles and pops throughout.'
Not sure what LP release you had, but the General Music France release I have is a beautiful stereo recording without much noise at all. Perhaps more interesting than this though is that a number of the pieces sound like different takes, even though I do not believe they are. Just that the recording is so much better on the LP, the echoing harps for instance really stand out on the LP, making the cues sounds completely different to the mono Prometheous recording.
So if you want to appreciate the score to BUTTERFLY in full you need the CD and the LP. But I cannot comment on the quality of the Dagored CD release (I am surprised it is so bad even though they may have mastered it from the vinyl, that should be no excuse for a bad sounding CD).
Dave
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Nov 1, 2008 - 5:28 AM
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MusicMad
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I completely agree. The LP contains different tracks compared with the CD. The sound of the General Music France LP and escpecially of the German vinyl album is crystal clear, simply excellent. So if you want to enjoy the score in the most complete form, try to get one of these vinyl album and combine it with the Prometheus/Laserlight CD.
But ignore the Dagored CD, which is a mess...
Not sure what LP release you had, but the General Music France release I have is a beautiful stereo recording without much noise at all. Perhaps more interesting than this though is that a number of the pieces sound like different takes, even though I do not believe they are. Just that the recording is so much better on the LP, the echoing harps for instance really stand out on the LP, making the cues sounds completely different to the mono Prometheous recording.
So if you want to appreciate the score to BUTTERFLY in full you need the CD and the LP. But I cannot comment on the quality of the Dagored CD release (I am surprised it is so bad even though they may have mastered it from the vinyl, that should be no excuse for a bad sounding CD).
Dave
Thanks, Malena, for the correction re: Dagored (I should have checked but wrote from memory).
The vinyl LP I had (have? - not sure if it's still in the box on the garage) was the US Applause Records release.
Like so many US vinyl albums (MCA releases of Somewhere In Time and Out Of Africa come quickly to mind) the quality was awful. The music clarity may be better (my hi-fi then was probably not that good to notice) but the constant surface noise meant that the CD release is vastly superior.
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Nice... artwork.
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