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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
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Subject: Re: Favorite Pop/Rock CDs ?
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 23:24:39 EDT
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>     Try Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky". Digital recording/mastering,
>sounds really good. My second choice is Dire Straits "Love Over Gold". Not
>a digital recording, but still sounds very good.

Sorry, I wish it were true.  "Eye In The Sky," like all recent Alan
Parsons recordings, is an analog recording mixed onto the Sony PCM
1610 digital recorder.  A tiny bit of tape hiss not withstanding, this
is an excellent sounding disk.

However your confusion is just one more example of the need for clear
and consistant labeling on all CDs.  I am hoping Sony/Philips or
whomever licences manufacturers to use the CD format will require it,
since it now seems unlikely that the record companies will do it
voluntarily.  I believe all CDs should prominently display 4 important
pieces of information:
1. Whether the original recording is digital or analog.
2. Whether the mixing was digital or analog.
3. Whether the master tape from which the CD master is produced is
   digital or analog.
4. The total playing time of the disk.

Ben Broder
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