Yet another Vinyl vs. CD/Digital debate

[Jack Bowling]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 02:49:04PM -0500, Sean Corbett wrote:
> >  90% of the best sounding records are made with equipment that would be
> >  called outdated today. Where were the realtime-vsts as Todd Runtgren
> >  made "Wave" with the Patti Smith Group? What about Laurie Andersons "Big
> >  Science? what about The Stooges? Get the record (I mean the real thing
> >  in black 12"), listen to "1969", "No Fun" or "We will fall" and you know
> >  how the sound of a record can help to make music a classic.
> 
> And where were your fancy new-fangled flying faders when Pink Floyd
> mixed down Dark Side of the Moon?  Nowhere to be seen.  They did it
> old-school, with each member of the band standing around the mixing
> console, each with several fingers full of faders, and mixed it on the
> fly.  One of the last great recordings to be mixed this way.  Not a
> one or a zero anywhere to be found, and it's one of the most
> incredible records ever made.
> 
Ask Dave Gilmour or any of the band, Alan Parsons was a big contributor
to the sound of DSOTM.

Jack