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Posted by Mike Slater
on October 5, 2008, 7:29 pm, in reply to "Re: "The Essential Jim Reeves" "
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You're very welcome, Gianluca! Your observations about the Bear Family mastering sounds pretty accurate, but I was quite pleased with the mastering, although, yes, there were a few differences in some of the mixing. I, myself, noticed a remarkable difference on "Is It Really Over". The strings sound a bit softer on this version than on some other CD's I've heard. I also noticed that the backing vocals are missing completely on "Not Until The Next Time". If you listen to this track on the "Distant Drums" album, you'll see what I mean.
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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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