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Originally Posted by Larry F
As I go down memory lane these days, I notice how crummy many of the pop recordings are, starting around 1970 and ending with disco. Dry, up front drums, mush guitars, plectrum bass with lots of treble, and weird, just weird vocals that are double-tracked like crazy.
In contrast, I was just listening to Herman's Hermits, the Monkees, and the Hollies. Instruments were clearly defined and balanced.
My theory is that old school engineers were involved with the earlier bands. After that, wannabes with little experience got behind the board. Do you think this is true, or is there some other reason?
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I think I know what you mean. I was listening to the radio the other day and they played "Runaround Sue" by Dion, a song from the 50s, and it struck me how good the quality of the recording was, and that even with all the advances in technology since then it was hard to think how the actual output of recorded sound has improved since then.
Some 70s recordings do sound crappy; with the drums in particular sounding really muffled and flat, yet high in the mix as you say.