BOC: revamped set

John A Swartz jswartz at MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG
Thu Apr 30 09:54:38 EDT 1998


>I think the sound quality on the first album may have been
intentionally 'ambiguous,' to highlight the sense of mystery conveyed
by a lot of the lyrics.  That first record still sounds pretty spooky
all these years later.

Well, the first record was done on 8-track, so that may have something
to do with it.  My guess is that budgetary and technology restraints,
and the fact that really heavy mixes that we hear on CDs today were
pretty much non-existant back then had more to do with it.  The first
record DOES still sound good, but it's more a reflection of the music
itself, I think, and not the mix/sound quality.

John



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