[78-L] Count John McCormack Vol. VII, 1904-1906. "Produced to Pearl Quality Criteria"

[Don Cox]

On 09/01/2013, Ryan Wolfe wrote:

> In my experience the transfers on Pearl are always varying quality.
> One of the worst CD's of 78's I've ever heard was the Mary Garden one
> they did, unbearable surface noise that sounds like when you play a
> Dolby tape of a noisy 78 with the Dolby turned off. .
> 
> Some McCormack ones I have on Pearl, like "Where The River Shannon
> Flows" exhibit all the same types of problems you mention.
> 
> Or "Music Of The Night" a collection of his late sides that was done
> by the late, esteemed Roger Beardsley, which unfortuately has
> artificial reverb and fake stereo-izing applied.
> 
> I'm a big fan of McCormacks's late HMV sides and pick them up on 78's
> when I can. But on my to do list is to acquire the complete set of
> late recordings (on Pearl) that was transferred by Ward Marston. I'm
> pretty confident that it will be good.

How about the 9 CDs of acoustics on Naxos, also engineered by 
Ward Marston ?

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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