The notes state that "digital recording is not magic, so where imperfections exists in original source recordings, they have been removed only insofar as heir removal will not cause a loss in the sound of the music." The credits in this regard are:
Though in LP format, they purport to be digital remasters from original source recordings, which at best would be the tapes that RCA made from the original masters back in the late 1940s or so before destroying the latter. The 1970s LPs sounded a bit muddier to my ears, but I did not make a direct A-B comparison.
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I recall it sounding better to my ears than the 8x2 series of LPs issued in the 1970s (based on my comparison between the above and one 2x LP set my brother-in-law bought decades ago). I don't know much about the reputations of these gentlemen, though I think Backer did an excellent job with some of the early (late 1980s) CD reissues of RCA material, including the single CD Benny Goodman compilation from 1987 (which might be the best single CD Goodman RCA Victor compilation). The notes state that "digital recording is not magic, so where imperfections exists in original source recordings, they have been removed only insofar as heir removal will not cause a loss in the sound of the music." The credits in this regard are:ĭigital Remastering and Production - Steven Miller
Easily the best mastering engineer of music of this vintage who is still alive.Ĭlick to expand.That's what I have. It would've been part of a "Centennial" series of reissues that RCA/Sony put out, and I know his mastering for the Coleman Hawkins one is exemplary. Finally, a great Goodman LP mastered from a hi-fi analog tape recording.Īlso Doug Pomeroy might have mastered an excellent compilation released around 2000. Sony released an excellent box set in the '00s. The small combo records with Charlie Christian Or you can burn a copy and do your own EQ. I'm not aware of any other (much less better) transfer, so it's either this or the crappy old one. Unfortuately, Schapp used a terribly thin and harsh EQ.
Tough, Phil Schaap found the original disc recordings and so for the first time in many decades, RCA was able to remaster the music from the original sources. The "chamber" or small group jazz recordsĪ 1995 set by RCA is not ideal but it may be your only real choice outside of unauthorized collections. Start with "Benny Goodman Plays Fletcher Henderson" and "Benny Goodman Plays Jimmy Mundy." (Those are the names of arrangers Goodman used, and Fletcher Henderson was the most important and best of them.) Your best bet are the Hep CD's someone else mentioned here, which were done by John R.T.
RCA put a 3CD set in the early days of jazz CD reissues that was NoNoised to death. Off the top of my head, the essential stuff for any Benny Goodman fan, in chronological order, with notes:
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