Keef wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 10:26 |
I assume if Brian's hearing problms is one reason why he did not like stereo recordings? |
Bob Olhsson wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 12:15 | ||
Not at all. Brian was into the same style of production and the same musicians as Phil Spector. It is very dependent on using huge amounts of chamber reverb that just plain doesn't work in stereo. Our mid '60s Motown recordings had the same problem. Most people are shocked by how much more exciting the mono mixes sound. Brian and Spector tried to block the release of stereo versions and it got picked up by the press. |
Keef wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 18:21 |
Dont' tell people who want surround sound that mono is exciting, they will laugh in your face. Mono homogonizes the music. It sounds all together in your face. That's not how it is when you go to concerts, classical or rock. |
Keef wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 18:21 |
Dont' tell people who want surround sound that mono is exciting, they will laugh in your face. Mono homogonizes the music. It sounds all together in your face. That's not how it is when you go to concerts, classical or rock. Having some separation so you can distinguish parts at least for me sounds better. I have yet to get excited about a mono recording. |
Keef wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 13:21 | ||||
Dont' tell people who want surround sound that mono is exciting, they will laugh in your face. Mono homogonizes the music. It sounds all together in your face. That's not how it is when you go to concerts, classical or rock. Having some separation so you can distinguish parts at least for me sounds better. I have yet to get excited about a mono recording. It is true though that the reverb they used back then did not work in stereo which I think was a key factor. |
Austin Ince wrote on Wed, 19 January 2005 14:29 |
What about old Beethoven, his stuff has got to have been covered more that Brian Wilson's. |
Jon Autry wrote on Thu, 20 January 2005 00:49 |
Well, I have yet to get excited about a surround mix and I am often tempted to cynically laugh at the failure so far (at least in my opinion) for anyone to create music/surround mixes that justify the ridiculous format(s). |