tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post4219482161021928039..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: The Chieftainstowniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-58521445722197800272010-09-01T22:39:59.817-04:002010-09-01T22:39:59.817-04:00Me too. And a friend just mailed me the latest wit...Me too. And a friend just mailed me the latest with the Chieftains in Mexico. <br />they just never get stale.<br />Upgrade the Ipod.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-6403108657234445672010-08-31T15:17:06.687-04:002010-08-31T15:17:06.687-04:00Well...here's another perspective.
The early ...Well...here's another perspective.<br /><br />The early Chieftains CDs were recorded live to tape, for the most part, with the band all playing together. The sound of the wood and the wire, the chuff of the whistles, the squeek of the pipes and the creak of leather is all part of the experience. Besides, this recording format creates a warmth and immediacy to the audio. These albums were designed to be listened to on LP's, which in fact is what the tapes were mastered for. When the Chisftains various labels re-released the early albums, they just burned CDs from the original masters.<br /><br />While these CDs are a bit shiny and thin, they still offer way more depth, clarity and fidelity than the hyper-compressed MP3 format used by iTunes. MP3 compression cuts a lot of top and bottom information which is supposedly inaudible; to anyone who cares, the difference is very noticeable. <br /><br />If you really love this music, leave it in CD world, and keep them as a guilty pleasure. If you must burn them, fuck with the iTunes format, and burn them as .wav files. At least then you will preserve the hi and low end this music was mean't to have.Hallettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-17636657752424506842010-08-31T09:56:46.132-04:002010-08-31T09:56:46.132-04:00Your significant other may hate me for this, but w...Your significant other may hate me for this, but when you need a long-out-of-print CD, musicstack.com is the place to go. Leaves eBay in the dust when it comes to that sort of thing.Jay Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661907550740768119noreply@blogger.com