From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1167 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Wednesday, September 10 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1167 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Hejira -- first generation master [c Karma ] NJC Re: Hejira - first generation master [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: Hejira master tape [Dave Blackburn ] Re: Hejira master tape [Dave Blackburn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 13:14:43 +0000 From: c Karma Subject: Re: Hejira -- first generation master Congratulations Dave! If Petersen makes it available to PONO, I'll join up! How many 2 track tapes are usually struck from the multitrack for mastering? Might Bernie Grundman have used this one to score the wax? Would love a film documenting all of the current and past crop of hot LA producers from Perry and Asher to Pharrell brought together to listen on their choice of reference headphones, and then discuss. Your bucket is still half full. Luv to Robin. CC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 08:08:08 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: NJC Re: Hejira - first generation master Very exciting. Take a cassette recorder and bootleg it. :) Bob NP: Ryan Adams, "My Wrecking Ball" From: Dave Blackburn To: JMDL JMDL , Date: 09/08/2014 08:51 PM Subject: Hejira - first generation master Sent by: owner-joni@smoe.org Hi all, A local audiophile named Kip Peterson has a sound system and playback environment to die for, with discrete monoblock amps, ribbon speakers the size of front doors, an astonishing turntable driven by Kevlar thread from a mechanically isolated motor, a top of the line CD player with outboard D to A converters, and a Studer 2 track half inch tape deck. In addition to a stunning vinyl and CD collection, Kip has a collection of master tapes of famous albums that were used to press the vinyl albums from - in other words exactly what came out of the mastering studio with the mixes cut together into the album. He has just purchased, at great expense, the first generation analog master tape of Hejira, and has invited Robin and me over tomorrow to listen through it. For me this is pretty much the Holy Grail, right here in Fallbrook! I think the rest of my bucket list has become irrelevant. Dave - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 08:53:25 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Hejira master tape Thats kind of you Laurie (and Sue). However, this is not raw unedited session tapes of multiple takes with chatter, but a production master sent to the pressing plant in the Netherlands, with the songs in order. Since mastering back then involved cutting a laquer master on a lathe for vinyl pressing, this tape would be a first gen copy of what came off the board at A&M, exactly what Henry and Joni intended us to hear. I will certainly write a report, though describing a sound is ultimately only as good as the adjectives you can find. In the audiophile world they speak of a sound being forward (i.e. in the room right in front of you) and what I have heard in Kips room before was exactly that. It is the sound of tape but its also the sound of a good console, and on the other end a lack of smear from components and speakers that accurately reveal everything in the source. The ribbon speakers Kip owns are softer in timbre than normal tweeters and have a more buttery top end with no listening fatigue. Bright tweeters are said to exhibit tizz which is momentarily exciting but quickly lead to ear fatigue. Dave On Sep 9, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Laurie Antonioli wrote: > Hearing those tapes will be a spiritual experience. It will go into your bones. Please describe in detail. That, and all the takes, the between takes talking. Goodness. And....I agree...if anyone should have the honor of hearing this, you and Robin have earned your seats. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 08:53:25 -0700 From: Dave Blackburn Subject: Re: Hejira master tape Thats kind of you Laurie (and Sue). However, this is not raw unedited session tapes of multiple takes with chatter, but a production master sent to the pressing plant in the Netherlands, with the songs in order. Since mastering back then involved cutting a laquer master on a lathe for vinyl pressing, this tape would be a first gen copy of what came off the board at A&M, exactly what Henry and Joni intended us to hear. I will certainly write a report, though describing a sound is ultimately only as good as the adjectives you can find. In the audiophile world they speak of a sound being forward (i.e. in the room right in front of you) and what I have heard in Kips room before was exactly that. It is the sound of tape but its also the sound of a good console, and on the other end a lack of smear from components and speakers that accurately reveal everything in the source. The ribbon speakers Kip owns are softer in timbre than normal tweeters and have a more buttery top end with no listening fatigue. Bright tweeters are said to exhibit tizz which is momentarily exciting but quickly lead to ear fatigue. Dave On Sep 9, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Laurie Antonioli wrote: > Hearing those tapes will be a spiritual experience. It will go into your bones. Please describe in detail. That, and all the takes, the between takes talking. Goodness. And....I agree...if anyone should have the honor of hearing this, you and Robin have earned your seats. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1167 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------