[78-L] Sony"s Robert Johnson commemorative

[David Lennick]

Can we have them at 60RPM please?

dl

On 2/18/2011 11:36 AM, Martin Fisher wrote:
> Allright.  I didn't stop and count to 10 before this response so just
> FORGIVE ME!  I realize they're going for the mass market....BUT....
>
> 45 rpm vinyl?  Don't any of the original 78 metals exist??  Take a lesson
> from HISTORIC MASTERS.  Now that'd be worth the price instead of 45 rpm
> versions of the same old 3rd generation (OK, they might not be working from
> successive generations) digitally hacked up crap we've been subjected to in
> the last two incarnations.  Did they resolve the pitch problems on this
> one???
>
> Just venting.  I don't expect answers.
>
> Martin
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> - From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [mailto:78-l-
> - bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Cary Ginell
> - Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 8:59 AM
> - To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> - Subject: [78-L] Sony"s Robert Johnson commemorative
> -
> -
> - http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032491?refCatId=16
> -
> - At $349 it's pretty pricey, but they've found some ways to enhance the
> - same ol' 29 tracks.
> -
> - I can understand including songs by Furry Lewis, Tommy Johnson, and
> - others in the set, but to add totally unrelated hillbilly and Mexican
> - items just because they were recorded at the same location and session
> - is a bit of a stretch. "Gasp! Do you think they breathed the same air
> - as Johnson??? Oooh! we HAVE to have that!" Fortunately, the tracks by
> - the Light Crust Doughboys, Crystal Springs Ramblers, etc. aren't too
> - bad. But I doubt any blues aficionado will want to sit through
> - recordings by Zeke Williams&  his Rambling Cowboys. I like 'em, but not
> - everyone will. Very strange.
> -
> - Cary Ginell
> -
> - __________________