Con Job Ruins Doug Sax's Career!!!
Nov 7, 2017 6:04:59 GMT
Post by antiram on Nov 7, 2017 6:04:59 GMT
Heavens to Murgatroyd was the first thought I had when I saw this startling news:
Incorrect Mastering Credits: Professional Reputations affected
It sounds ghastly and it is!!
Now eventually through research I was surprised to discover that in Europe many of the digitally remastered versions of Pink Floyd were not the Sax versions at all! I had been conned! This seemed greatly unfair on Doug Sax, who was, of course, a highly respected mastering engineer. Nevertheless, my opinion over a number of years was that this guy was seriously overrated. Now I know different.
I was wondering what other instances of incorrect mastering credits are out there and whether they are anywhere in the league of confusion that the Pink Floyd catalogue in European countries represents?
The kid is right. I was gonna buy those 90's Floyd CeeDees until I heard the scuttlebutt: "Pssst! Don't buy the Floyds!! They're spoiled!!! By fucking Doug SAX!!! Most inconsistent mastering jobs ever!" There went, let's see... something like $400 of my [1990s] dollars right back into my pocket.
I spent it instead on a compete set of Tommy James and the Shondells' albums and a Partridge Family lunchbox, which are mastered fucking brilliantly (yes, lunchbox too), and Sax be damned.
Now we find out that some printer in Europe conspired to ruin Sax's professional reputation! Motherfucking scoundrels.
Come back, Doug Sax! All is forgiven!! You aren't overrated, you are highly respected!!
*I am unaware of any other credit screw ups. Glad you were able to sort out the Sax Floyd collection.
Well, that's one solution...
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/incorrect-mastering-credits-professional-reputations-affected.712122/
Incorrect Mastering Credits: Professional Reputations affected
It sounds ghastly and it is!!
Somerset Scholar said:
For over 20 years I believed that I had purchased the Doug Sax versions of the Pink Floyd studio albums in the mid nineties. Some sounded really good but others were actually pretty poor. Of course, I knew that they were all Doug Sax versions as it clearly stated that in the booklets. All I knew from my listening experience was that this guy seemed pretty inconsistent in his mastering of this iconic catalogue and that is putting it mildly! Wish You Were Here in particular was muddy and flat. No life in it at all. It was easily bettered by an original UK CD. Contrast this to Obscured by Clouds, which was rich and detailed. Quite beautiful. Due to my listening experience it was odd that so many praised on here praised the Sax versions!Now eventually through research I was surprised to discover that in Europe many of the digitally remastered versions of Pink Floyd were not the Sax versions at all! I had been conned! This seemed greatly unfair on Doug Sax, who was, of course, a highly respected mastering engineer. Nevertheless, my opinion over a number of years was that this guy was seriously overrated. Now I know different.
I was wondering what other instances of incorrect mastering credits are out there and whether they are anywhere in the league of confusion that the Pink Floyd catalogue in European countries represents?
The kid is right. I was gonna buy those 90's Floyd CeeDees until I heard the scuttlebutt: "Pssst! Don't buy the Floyds!! They're spoiled!!! By fucking Doug SAX!!! Most inconsistent mastering jobs ever!" There went, let's see... something like $400 of my [1990s] dollars right back into my pocket.
I spent it instead on a compete set of Tommy James and the Shondells' albums and a Partridge Family lunchbox, which are mastered fucking brilliantly (yes, lunchbox too), and Sax be damned.
Now we find out that some printer in Europe conspired to ruin Sax's professional reputation! Motherfucking scoundrels.
Come back, Doug Sax! All is forgiven!! You aren't overrated, you are highly respected!!
Pinknik said:
I write MASTERED BY STEVE HOFFMAN on all my CD-Rs. **I am unaware of any other credit screw ups. Glad you were able to sort out the Sax Floyd collection.
Well, that's one solution...
forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/incorrect-mastering-credits-professional-reputations-affected.712122/
