More of the Music of Tony Bennett
More of the Music of Count Basie
Years ago we thought the Emus reissues were the best sounding pressings of this album, but we was wrong and we don’t mind admitting it. We live and learn just like anybody else who plays different pressings of their favorite albums in search of the best sounding versions.
We don’t know it all and we’ve never claimed to. Having done shootouts for thousands upon thousands of titles, we’re bound to make mistakes from time to time. What could be more predictable?
Our erroneous comment from years back went a little something like this:
The originals we have played are uniformly horrible sounding compared to these wonderful reissues – the tonality here is Right On The Money.
The originals tend to be harsh and shrill, and on a big band record like this one, that is simply not a sound that can be tolerated, much less enjoyed.
But the right originals do not have those problems, and those are the ones we offer our customers, along with the better pressings on Emus.
Findings Overturned
We’re so used to the conventional wisdom being wrong, and having our own previous findings overturned by new ones, that in listing after listing we take the time to point out just how wrong we were. (And of course why we think we are correct now.)
A common misperception among those visiting the site is that we think we know it all. Nothing could be further from the truth.
We learn something new about records with practically every shootout.