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Title:	Welcome to the CD Notes Conference
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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

345.0. "CRIMSO BORN AGAIN!" by RENOIR::MCLEMAN (Jeff McLeman Worksystems Eng) Mon May 05 1986 11:21

    All right all you Crimso fans,
    
    LARKS TOUNGES in ASPIC, a 1973 release of King Crimson, is out on
    CD. I must say, my LP was on the verge of no return, and this little
    jewel came out just in time. Yes, limitations of the source tape
    can be found ( and some hiss), but aye, what a difference. And my
    friends over at E.G. records in the UK say, more are on the way.
    So you die-hard Crimso fans, hold on, the cd's are comming!!
    
    
    
    BTW--
    
    For you collectors,
    
    Keith Emerson and the Nice (1967-1969) are out on CD, too. All the
    good oldies like RONDO, Emerson's adaptation of the Intermezzo from
    the Karellia suite, ect. are on this CD. Now, any Nice fan knows
    that the 1967 era recordings are not all they were cracked up to
    be, but the CD does help the sound! As I stated, it is a collector's
    edition, but for me, it brings back memories.
    
    Jeff

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
345.1	Now I want "Islands" and "Red"	AMBER::EIRIKUR		`Mon May 05 1986 16:43`	17
	I have to second Jeff's recommendation of the Larks' Tongues CD. The CD is (to my ears) considerably better than the special half-speed LP was. The dynamics seem improved, too. This disc is a real treat. The life-like dynamic range between the delicate violin/koto parts and the sledgehammer electric guitar/electric bass is really something. This makes most modern, over-produced, rock recordings sound sick. I wonder if the limiting was applied during the LP mastering, and not on the master tape? Perhaps EG is working from the multitrack master. Now I need a sub-woofer. I know that the very low bass is trying to shake the house, and my two 10-inch woofers just can't do it. I got it at BCD. So, Jeff, where'd you find that Nice CD??? Eirikur
345.2	More on The Nice	BARTOK::ARNOLD	John E. Arnold	`Mon May 05 1986 17:34`	9
	I found "The NICE Collection" at Strawberries in Shrewsbury, MA. It's an import from England. I believe I got the only copy they had out in the racks but it might be worth a call to see if they'll get you one. As stated previously, the quality is what you'd expect from the old recordings but, still, these old Nice songs without surface noise and scratches are a worthwhile addition to my collection. Now if only "The 5 Bridge Suite" would come out on CD... - John -
345.3	aye	RENOIR::MCLEMAN	Jeff McLeman Worksystems Eng	`Mon May 05 1986 20:02`	10
	I found it at BCD. They had three copies when I was there. Aye, the 5 bridges would be fab! BTW-- I hope Starless and Bible Black apears. I really get into Fractured. Jeff
345.4	Red	SARAH::EIRIKUR		`Fri Jun 27 1986 19:55`	9
	Red. Need I say more? It's EG CD15. Lark's Tongues was CD7. Hmmm. It was the only copy at Newbury Comics, Harvard Square. The sound is really fine--I always thought the LP was muddy. There's something like tape saturation audible on "Fallen Angel." The CD medium really rescues those pieces that rely on silent pauses. I never learned to like them on my noisy early-seventies LP's. Eirikur
345.5		RENOIR::MCLEMAN	Jeff McLeman, Workstations Development	`Wed Jul 02 1986 17:10`	6
	Aye, yes My friend at EG says more titles are on the way!!! Jeff
345.6	"In the Wake of Poseidon," and "Lizard!"	SARAH::EIRIKUR		`Mon Sep 08 1986 15:20`	14
	I picked up "In the Wake of Poseidon," and "Lizard" at BCD this weekend. "In the Wake" has some not-so-great production/recording on the louder cuts. We're talking about 1970 and (I believe) a small studio. Still, it's a treat for my ears, the different Mellotron voices jump out of the mix--on the LP they seemed to merge into the murk at the back of the mix. "Lizard" sounds really fine. Both of these discs have a large dynamic range. I suspect greater than the LPs. No wonder the LPs had problems--I recall that the silence-to-thunder were hard on my 1970-era stereo. Strangely, although each cut has a great dynamic range, on the louder cuts the drums are always lifeless. Perhaps they were seriously compressed to avoid distortion on peaks.