On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:46:29 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:
http://krakow.msnbc.msn.com:80/archi...29/338888.aspx
" CDs contain only
about half of that recorded information"
Obviously true. Vinyl records the analog half and CD
records the digital half. Where's the beef?
I'm right now listening to a CD collection that has BOTH
halves, arrived just today from England, where they manage to
get this delicate balance right sometimes...
Anyway, it's called _The Roots of Taj Mahal_ and besides
having both the original analog (although beautifully
transfered and massaged) and the modern digital halves
preserved. Excellent work on the Son House (very respectful
yet amazingly modern sound) and the Blind Willie Johnson,
especially.
It includes Leadbelly's "Lining Track" and John Hurt's
"Frankie and Albert" if yer not already convinced.
And the original (?, but great!, Lemon Jefferson) "Corrina".
Sweet, sweet, sweet.
Thanks, as always,
Chris Hornbeck
"The camera is an instrument that teachs one how to see
without a camera" -Dorothea Lange