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4.0 out of 5 stars
(REVISED REVIEW): SOMETHING NOT RIGHT ABOUT THE SOUND...., 16 Aug 2010
By Syd - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Golden State Funk (Audio CD)
I am not an expert on how they master these cuts from vinyl, but I hear they use a software program to get the tics out, and if you go too far it reduces the `presence.' Or sometimes they use something called 'noiseshaping.' I do not know for sure. But maybe that is what happened here. This does not sound like all the other rare funk I have heard and enjoyed greatly so far. I have heard other Ace (which is usually great) and BGP, but the sound of this is different. A lot of these tracks are stereo, too, (unusual for rare funk) but it all sounds one dimensional, flat, a mile away and strangely mono. It all sounds so uniform, too. The jacket says `Sound Mastering LTD', and I checked others I have and they were o.k. Something is not right here. Maybe it was the particular guy who mastered this, but I think it all sounds strangely uniform...see Southern Funkin', same strange sound....(LATER) I have been listening to this again, and have raised the rating to four stars, because the music is so good and it is such an important release and I do not want to scare anyone. While I still hold this does not sound like the Jazz Man releases, Outta Sight, or New Orleans Funk, this is still really good, I deleted the word `dreadful' as a description of the sound quality. I like this...
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