Have we got used to bad recording or no?

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I’m afraid it is even worse than that. There are versions of the same material.

I guess it was who Mike posted a link some time ago where Michael Fremer told about his involvement in the Quincy Jones vs. Micheal Jackson estate legal case. The point was that Quincy has a legal right to the final say on any released version of his work. The estate had released the 25th Anniversary version of the ‘Bad’ album w/o his consent, and muddled an originally great recording down to DR3. And it sounds awful, lots of the artistic effort is lost, e.g. layering of the choirs. Quincy Jones actually won the case.

Point being, as customary for vinyl lovers, now also buyers of other formats need to be careful about which version to buy.




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That has been the case since with cd's since 1985, spot the irony....!! What I'm pretty much saying is recording studio's or the people that apply the filters should be made to go through a license to occupy the booth & record, "said music" as in a rating of how authentic they will let the soundtrack remain..... , how real it sounds...., the unadulterated tapes etc etc/.... Why oh why can't we have an industry standard for recording!!!!!!!!!!!