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Posted by Gianluca Cludi
on October 1, 2008, 6:57 am, in reply to "Re: "The Essential Jim Reeves" "
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Thank you Mike for all these informations, after all I am only a (rare) italian Jim's fan (even born 2 year after
his death) and obviosly I don't know the exact sound of the original Jim's singles and albums.
I know Jim's songs only throgh the some various anthology on Lps and cds printed (or avaiable) in
Europe in the past 25-30 years.
About Bear Family: I am a great fan of the Bear products (I have buy over the years more than 150 box-sets
of this label, included 4 box of Jim!) and I am sure who the Bear Family care and perfectionism for the sound quality
can reveal sometimes nuances and details often buried on the original sound of Lps, singles or others label's anthology.
And sometimes the original master tapes Bear used are not, both for mistake or for audio quality priority, exactly the
same as that used for originals lps and singles.
My only audio criticism about Bear Family Jim's 16 cd box is for the mastering often too soft (is a 1993 mastering after all)
and, on some stereo songs, new 1993 mixes with the backing a little too behind Jim's voice rather than the original releases
or following best-of anthologies of Jim.
Yours sincerely to you Mike and all Jim's fans all around the world.
Gianluca from Italy
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