Solid information and observations. To my ears, in particular too many 70s and 80s recordings and their mastering were done by assassins wielding gaggles of microphones and mixing boards with scores of tracks. So many musicians caged in lifeless cubicles with artificial hall reverb clumsily infused post production.
I’ve recordings that sound like they were pieced together with glue and a Ouija board. Non cohesive jumble, compressed with diffuse sound stage. Listen to the incomparable Patrick Williams’ Threshold. The whole thing is acoustically impaled by uneven reverb, overdubs and clutter.
Some have figured it out… again. This new series with Jan Willem de Vriend, amazing on all levels.