In a message dated 23/02/00 4:32:18 AeOtaku@aol.com writes:
quoted 11 lines One of my huge personal pet peeves is when labels don't
> One of my huge personal pet peeves is when labels don't
> list RPM speeds on the records. I've had more than one
> experience getting a CD version of a record to find out I'd been
> playing it at the wrong speed. Whether or not the record happens
> to sound good at the wrong speed is merely happenstance:
> listeners should be able to evaluate the music as it was pressed
> to be played. Plus it really sucks when you talk to someone about
> a record and you are both effectively talking about different things
> due to the speed. It gets even more convoluted in electronic music
> with all the weird records out there that can easily be interpreted
> either way. List the RPM's!
And even when they do it is sometimes the wrong one - 45 as 33 rpm and vice
versa. I think the secret is to really listen in to the frequency dynamics
and pick up the real speed that it was recorded in. Just listen closely to
the bass and the claps.
e.g A scorpion's dream is a good example - at 33 rpm speed the bass/ claps
sounds are slightly more distorted and unusually slow, when sped up to 45
(real speed) you can hear the truer frequencies and track sounds a lot
smoother. This also fits with the Rachmad "fast sound". Rare to find his
tracks below 100 bpm
Ditto for those records which list as "play as any speed". Sonic Boom was a
prime suspect for this.
A_Zed
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