SH Spotlight I'm asked stuff: Favorite mastering engineer, best BOSTON CD, best TRAVELING WILBURYS CD, etc..

That means theres 4 forum members who have a copy. Good catch Steve.

 

I agree with that one for sure!

 

Thanks Steve for the reply, love me a bit (lot) of Cheap Trick. Not sure if you followed them up to 1980 but here’s a track produced by George Martin and Geoff Emerick (RIP) where they decideced to give the full ‘George H’ treatment to a CT song

Your Aerosmith Rocks comment (not to be confused with the toys in the attic sacd), the idea thats been raised is that the label destroyed the copies when cancelling their sacd program so only a few have appeared in the wild with one selling on ebay for a couple of grand U$. Maybe part of your retirement fund... im guessing its a hi rez transfer of vic anesinis 1992 catalogue remix, would love your opinion on how it sounds

 

Now that you have spent the majority of your career doing what you do, I imagine you have had exposure to every aspect of the music industry. Not counting becoming a rock star, what other music profession have you found the most interesting, and would have pursued if you were much younger?

 

I don't think they were destroyed. That was only speculation here based on how so few members were able to snag a copy. I still think a lot of those 500 copies are still around in peoples attics and basements.

 

So Monkees CD people (like me) haven't really heard them with the extra sound body
that's present on the master tapes/LPs? Has any CD version come close?

 

Do you have any favorite on-going Steve Hoffman forum threads you follow?

For instance I've spent hours reading the CBS/Columbia Triangle Symbol thread and the various Different Steely Dan CD Masterings threads to little personal benefit, just pleasant wastes of time

 

@Steve Hoffman, what do you think about MQA?

 

No response from this yet. Perhaps the lack of response answers my question. I understand if you don't want to touch this one.

 

Love this thread!

So what is the big fish recording that has eluded you?
And the one that got a way?

 

This is really sad

 

Yeah, it seems to be a forum thing, no one knows for sure so conjecture becomes fact over time. Happens a lot unfortunately.

 

Actually, it was the late 1980s when the major labels quit their vinyl releases.

 

They also help you sing in tune if you’re performing.

Ok. My question(s).
Who is your favorite bass player?

What’s your favorite Beatles album?

 

Perhaps I should rephrase my question in some other way than “what happened to him?” - that sounds kind of harsh.

Would you be willing to elaborate on how your mastering styles differ? Without giving away any of your trade secrets, I’d love to hear any info you can provide on that, whether it’s differences in philosophy, approach, workflow, whatever.

 

Wow. Wyman surprises me. Most of my favorite Stones basslines I found out later were played by Keef or Ronnie (Sympathy, Shattered, Emotional Rescue).

For Beatles album?...how about early, middle, and late...

 

This is a problem since most of the goods come from the tracks unearthed in the remaster serieses. No good versions of these gems at all.