a lot of the 90s desert rock stuff is appalling.
a lot of the 90s desert rock stuff is appalling.
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I'm joe.
Lou Reed's self-titled solo album wins first prize. Great songs murdered by ham-fisted production and godawful drumming. Hearing the Velvets' versions of some of these songs reinforces just how bad the production on 'Lou Reed' is. Nice cover art though.
Second prize goes to Blondie's Parallel Lines, but I suspect this is more a pressing than a production problem. The album (a German vinyl copy) sounds like it was recorded through a blanket, but I have a copy of the single of 'Sunday Girl' and that's fine.
This was good info! I like PJH, but haven't realized until recently.
I have one vinyl, the reissue of her 1995 effort, To Bring You My Love... I'll thread carefully in stocking up on her other efforts...
(If you like PJH, try Marianne Faithful - Before The Poison, a production where both PJH and Nick Cave influences the sound! Sounds stunning on vinyl too!)
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I'm Paul.
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I'm Simon.
I think 'Raw Power' must be the most notorious candidate for a poorly produced LP. The guitars come crashing in and out of the mix, the drums thudding away in the background and the bass guitar barely audible. The thing is it's probably the greatest rock record ever and just shouldn't sound any other way. In fact its impact would be diminished if it sounded any other way. Me and my mate used to laugh at the audacity of the fact that they actually released it the way it sounded.
If I could quote Julian Cope - ' The first time I ever played “Raw Power” I thought there was something wrong with my stereo.
The second time I played it, I knew there was something wrong with my immediate surroundings.
The third time I played it, I knew there was something wrong with music: Namely, with 99% of my record collection and 99.9% of all the records I had ever heard: past, present AND future.'
Simon.