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From: sjc@angband.UUCP (Steve Correll)
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Subject: Re: Bernstein's new "West Side Story" (recording producer blues)
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Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 13:50:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 13:50:12 1985
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> It was interesting that this recording was being made by DGG and that
> they used Andrew Kazdin as a producer.  Is it mere coincidence that
> it has been years since DGG produced a recording that had any sense of
> space or ambience, and that Kazdin has been responsible for a number
> of CBS multi-mike monstrosities?

Readers in the NYC, DC, or San Francisco areas might be interested in
picking up a recent issue of the "Pulse" tabloid available for free at
Tower Records.  The cover sports a headline about "Restoring 20 year
old analog recordings for CDs", and inside is an interesting article
claiming that the record companies are hiring their old producers back
as consultants to perform miracles in remixing classic recordings for
CD reissue. It quotes Kazdin and other producers who used to work for
CBS; one of them (Kazdin?) claims that the problem with the old
Bernstein recordings is that Lenny used to demand "punch" and
"presence" when he listened to playbacks in the control room. He also
claims to have recanted his former preference for multi-miking, and
says he thinks that the DG engineers have convinced Bernstein to settle
for a more natural sound.

I was amused, because I don't like the sound of the Bernstein/DG live
recordings any better than I liked the sound of the Bernstein/Columbia
studio recordings.
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                                                           --Steve Correll
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