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| 1. That's What They Say 2. What To Do 3. Peggy Sue Got Married 4. That Makes It Tough 5. Crying Waiting Hoping 6. Learning The Game. STEREO: 7. Studio talk 8. That's What They Say 9. Crying Waiting Hoping* 10. Count-in 11. Learning The Game 12. Peggy Sue Got Married* 13. Studio talk 14. What To Do 15. Studio talk 16. That Makes It Tough (* mono created stereo) |
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Buddy Holly with The Jack Hansen Combo: THAT MAKES IT SOUND SO MUCH BETTER - CD version. Buddy Holly's 'apartment tapes' are well-known, particularly the six songs he wrote in December 1958 and recorded on his Ampex 401A tape-recorder. These were heard first in the overdubbed versions produced by Jack Hansen in 1959 and 1960. Many fans prefer Buddy's original guitar and vocal demos to the later overdubbed versions. But the Jack Hansen versions - using some of New York's finest session musicians, who were never really a Combo - are still the ones that most fans remember. There were many flaws in the overdubbing, emphasised by the fact that Buddy Holly never envisaged the tracks he made being used to create commercial releases and thus did not stick to strict tempo timing. And the equipment used to mix the original 3-track tapes was primitive compared to today's computer-based technology. Modern technological advances have enabled us to remix the tracks and errors in timing have also been corrected by producer Chris Hopkins. Chris spent many hours on each track, creating the best versions you will ever hear of the six recordings. All have been remixed into mono and stereo versions ... you will hear instruments you never heard before and the overall quality will surprise you! The CD comes with a 36-page illustrated booklet with full details about the recordings and the re-mastering process.
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(2011/ROLLERCOASTER) 16 tracks (27:12) Gatefold digipac with 36 page booklet and numbered Fan-Club membercard. Remastered 1958 Sessions with the Jack Hansen Combo and the Ray Charles Singers. Buddy Holly fans will be familiar with the tracks on this album, but will never have heard them in such startling fidelity as they are presented here. The original overdubs made in 1959 and 1960 were recorded on fairly primitive equipment and the copy tape used originally of Buddy Holly's voice and guitar demos also lacked fidelity. Producer Chris Hopkins has spent many hours on the original recordings, creating correctly timed and superb quality re-mixes of the tracks. Chris has achived more than we ever thought possible and we believe the sound on this album cannot be bettered. (2011/ROLLERCOASTER) 16 tracks (27:12) Gatefold digipac with 36 page booklet and numbered Fan-Club membercard. Remastered 1958 Sessions with the Jack Hansen Combo and the Ray Charles Singers. Buddy Holly fans will be familiar with the tracks on this album, but will never have heard them in such startling fidelity as they are presented here. The original overdubs made in 1959 and 1960 were recorded on fairly primitive equipment and the copy tape used originally of Buddy Holly's voice and guitar demos also lacked fidelity. Producer Chris Hopkins has spent many hours on the original recordings, creating correctly timed and superb quality re-mixes of the tracks. Chris has achived more than we ever thought possible and we believe the sound on this album cannot be bettered.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Chris Hopkins has remastered the famous 'Apartment Tapes', the booklet goes into all the technical detail you could ever want. The six songs are here in both mono and stereo plus some chat.
Holly collectors and general fans will have all these tracks countless times BUT not in this quality! Crystal clear, I have listened through headphones and heard passages and phrases I'd never heard before.
Well done Chris and John Beecher at Rollercoaster for bringing these delights to the public!
It really 'Makes It Sound Better'.
Holly collectors and general fans will have all these tracks countless times BUT not in this quality! Crystal clear, I have listened through headphones and heard passages and phrases I'd never heard before.
Well done Chris and John Beecher at Rollercoaster for bringing these delights to the public!
It really 'Makes It Sound Better'.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
I've always had a soft spot for these 6 tracks which may be due to their inclusion on the Buddy Holly Story Vol 2, one of the first albums that I bought with my own earnings when a 14 year old paperboy back in 1960. It is much more likely to be due to the fact, as is the reason I'm still listening to them, that they're extremely good songs illustrating that the quality of the artist's creativity was showing no sign of flagging despite the business and domestic upheaval that he was going through at the time, December 1958.
For me, because I didn't know any different then, the Jack Hansen overdubs were the original tracks but, we now know that Mr Hansen got some musicians together to add a backing to Holly's home tape. This in it's own way should answer any possible criticism that in working on the original tapes now, people are, in some way, trying to change the course of music history but, if that's your view, this is exactly what Jack Hansen was doing and what Norman Petty did later when he used The Fireballs for overdubs.
Using the technology available to him in the 21st Century, Chris Hopkins has done a great job in ironing out the imperfections, in things like tempo, to present the music as it would've sounded had Holly and the musicians been able to share a studio or, at least,been in sync.
So, if, like me, these tracks are among your favorites: they've never sounded better.
If that were not enough, the package includes a great choice of photographs and an extremely informative booklet containing pieces on the creation of the original recordings and the methods used to digitally improve them.
For me, because I didn't know any different then, the Jack Hansen overdubs were the original tracks but, we now know that Mr Hansen got some musicians together to add a backing to Holly's home tape. This in it's own way should answer any possible criticism that in working on the original tapes now, people are, in some way, trying to change the course of music history but, if that's your view, this is exactly what Jack Hansen was doing and what Norman Petty did later when he used The Fireballs for overdubs.
Using the technology available to him in the 21st Century, Chris Hopkins has done a great job in ironing out the imperfections, in things like tempo, to present the music as it would've sounded had Holly and the musicians been able to share a studio or, at least,been in sync.
So, if, like me, these tracks are among your favorites: they've never sounded better.
If that were not enough, the package includes a great choice of photographs and an extremely informative booklet containing pieces on the creation of the original recordings and the methods used to digitally improve them.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
OK, let's suppose you have been a Buddy Holly fan over many years, and your collection already includes most or all of his recorded work...
In 1979 or thereabouts, your enthusiasm may have been such that you decided to fork out quite a lot of money for MCA Coral's excellent 6 album box set "The Complete Buddy Holly", superbly documented by John Beecher and Malcolm Jones, and packaged to a very high standard.
And then let's suppose that, in recent years, you decided to transcribe your vinyl (or cassette) Buddy Holly tracks to your rapidly growing digital library, for the huge enjoyment and convenience that's in it.
And then let's suppose that, as part of the transcription process, you chose to fine tune the audio tracks using Sonar, or Pro Tools, or equivalent, adding just the right amount of compression, tweaking the EQ to suit your room and sound system, and maybe fixing some of the timing errors in the "originals" (the opening to "That Makes It Tough" would be the obvious example).
If this is the case, then my opinion is that you should save your money and disregard this over-hyped over-priced offering. It will not sound as good, in my opinion, as what you already have. There is very very little in this RollerCoaster Records issue which you do not already own (seconds rather than minutes).
The sound quality is very unpleasant to my ears, very very trebly, and the listener gets the impression that these producers had their aural faculties shot to hell many years ago, such that they can no longer pick up the higher frequencies on a good original. So why are they claiming to have achieved top quality results?? In my opinion, it's because they have fallen into the trap of believing their own bullshet. This CD sounds pretty lousy to me. Yes, I realise it's a totally subjective view. How could it be otherwise??
Why have I decided not to return this to Amazon and ask for a refund?? Because one of the accompanying booklets - the John Beecher content, anyway - is very good, and I think I'd like to hang on to it.
(The other accompanying booklet is a RollerCoaster Records catalogue, which I threw away).
In 1979 or thereabouts, your enthusiasm may have been such that you decided to fork out quite a lot of money for MCA Coral's excellent 6 album box set "The Complete Buddy Holly", superbly documented by John Beecher and Malcolm Jones, and packaged to a very high standard.
And then let's suppose that, in recent years, you decided to transcribe your vinyl (or cassette) Buddy Holly tracks to your rapidly growing digital library, for the huge enjoyment and convenience that's in it.
And then let's suppose that, as part of the transcription process, you chose to fine tune the audio tracks using Sonar, or Pro Tools, or equivalent, adding just the right amount of compression, tweaking the EQ to suit your room and sound system, and maybe fixing some of the timing errors in the "originals" (the opening to "That Makes It Tough" would be the obvious example).
If this is the case, then my opinion is that you should save your money and disregard this over-hyped over-priced offering. It will not sound as good, in my opinion, as what you already have. There is very very little in this RollerCoaster Records issue which you do not already own (seconds rather than minutes).
The sound quality is very unpleasant to my ears, very very trebly, and the listener gets the impression that these producers had their aural faculties shot to hell many years ago, such that they can no longer pick up the higher frequencies on a good original. So why are they claiming to have achieved top quality results?? In my opinion, it's because they have fallen into the trap of believing their own bullshet. This CD sounds pretty lousy to me. Yes, I realise it's a totally subjective view. How could it be otherwise??
Why have I decided not to return this to Amazon and ask for a refund?? Because one of the accompanying booklets - the John Beecher content, anyway - is very good, and I think I'd like to hang on to it.
(The other accompanying booklet is a RollerCoaster Records catalogue, which I threw away).
Most Recent Customer Reviews
much,much better
this is surely the most important buddy holly release for many years.order was delivered in just a few days,exellently packaged,the reviews pre release are spot on. Read more
Published 2 months ago by casey1
A true labour of love
I have loved the music on this CD since I acquired The Buddy Holly Story: Volume 2 in the early 1960s. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Keith Randall
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