HW : Too long albums (was NEW ALBUM ROCKS!!!!)

[Kenneth Magnusson]

Hi,

>    Though good songs and performances can carry bad production.  After
>all, first albums from the >Beatles and Black Sabbath involved simply
>walking into the studio and recording for about 13 hours >... and are
>still classics!

But that brings us close to a live situation, doesn't it ? I think that an
uninspired and overwork production is worse than an inspired
under-production. A fast and primitive production isn't synonymous with
bad. Bootlegs, for example, are generally better than official live
releases due to the atmosphere You get with the bootlegs, why aren't there
live-albums like All the world's a stage and Space Ritual anymore, well,
the sound is too good.

Anyway, I still think that the basic problem is the fact that artists don't
have to pick the gems anymore. Only a fraction of the lousy songs are lousy
due to bad or wrong type of production.

Kenneth


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