Another Well Recorded Album that Should Be More Popular with Audiophiles
The copies we liked best were the biggest and richest, the least thin and dry. Many of the brighter copies also had sibilance problems which the richer and tubier ones did not.
On some of the Rod Stewart albums that we happen to know well, the British pressings are clearly superior; the first two Rod Stewart albums come immediately to mind. After that, strange as it may seem, all the best pressings are domestic. This album is certainly no exception.
I remember bringing back a few Brit copies from England many years ago and being surprised that they were so thick, dull and dubby sounding. Of course, they were; the album was recorded right here in the good old US of A. The master tapes are here. The Brit pressings sound dubby because they are made from copy tapes.
If there is any doubt, the following is a list of the studios in which Atlantic Crossing was recorded.
- A&R, NY
- Criteria, Miami, FL
- Wally Heider, Los Angeles, CA
- Hi Recording and
- Muscle Shoals Sound, AL
