SH Spotlight Nat King Cole "The Very Thought Of You" -New multi-channel SACD question for Steve H.

Hi Steve,

I have been listening to the 3 track layer of this SACD this weekend and really do like it.

It sounds to me like the 3 track layer may just be a flat transfer from the tape, with the same amount of echo added as you used on the stereo mix. The main difference I noticed is the stereo mix has more bass and is warmer sounding. The 3 track layer bass sounds more like the bass on the original mono mix. Would you care to share some of the EQ moves you did or equipment you used to warm the stereo mix up?

I also noticed the center track with Nat's vocal has bass and piano on it, so I imagine that made the mix a bit more diffcult to do. Any moves made on his voice would also raise or lower those instruments as well.

I would just be curious to hear what you did with the 3 tracks, how much mixing was involved, etc., ..... thanks!

 

I love this album. Although the high points aren't as high as "Love Is The Thing," I think that overall it's a better collection of songs. And this new SACD version is to die for. I can't wait for the rest of the series...

 

Thanks for the response, Steve. That explains what I was hearing. I was wondering how you got rid of all that hiss I hear in the 3 track and mono versions.

 

Hey Steve...that story about Karla at the mixing console with you was lovely. Has she done any other work at the studio with you since then? Just wondering. She has a really good ear for music and its subtleties, just like her husband! It's easy to understand why you married her! I wish I'd been as lucky...

 

cool

By the way the SACD sounds phenomenal

 

I've already asked my local dealer for an offer on this. Unfortunately, no reply thus far

 

Great story.

 

Steve, you're a lucky guy...you get to do what you love most with the people you love most! How many other folks get to say that...and mean it?

 

Thanks for posting all that Info , i just got this Sacd last week & i have to say i can not stop spinning it , this may be my favorite thing you have put out (allthough i have many more to add to my collection) .
I could not be enjoying this any more than i am , and to be able to have all 3 versions/Mixes on this is such a treat , you get to hear different things on each version , right now i am loving the stereo version the most ..... not sure why , but i just love the way it sounds , the 3-track "spread" is amazing as well getting to hear the vocal that clear & up front .

A++++ job to Steve & Kevin for putting out something i enjoy so much , thanks !

 

I'm sure I know the answer to this, but is there any way to rip the SACD stereo layer mono tracks to FLAC? I do quite a lot of listening in the car and I really want to have the mono version to the listen to. Currently, the only way I can listen to the mono version is at home and free time at home slim lately.

 

not really - well, not in the digital domain.

 

I figured. Personally, I would have paid extra for a second disc that contained the RB, mono version. Much more flexibility that way. Such is life. I can always pump it out of the receiver and into my computer. One of these days when I'm feeling ambitious, I'll do that.

 

I am a new NKC fan and bought all of the currently released SACD's and am loving them...I keep asking myself why I ignored him for so many years? Oh well...at least he's in my musical life now!

A quick question about the song 'The Very Thought Of You'...at the 3:20 mark when he says the word 'thought' there is a distortion there that is quite noticable and hard to ignore. It's on both the Stereo and Mono versions so I assume it's on the master.

I was hoping Steve or a super fan could let me know what that noise is? The disc is so beautifully recorded that I'm surprised something like that would have slipped by without being corrected at the time it was recorded. I assume there was nothing that could be done for the SACD release so I'm curious how a noise like that made it out of the shop back in the late 50s? I realize the recording is 50plus years old but the rest sounds so perfect!

 

anyone?

 

true...still what a great recording. amazing work on it and the other sacd's- you can tell it was a labor of love...can't wait for the rest to be released!

 

Unfortunately, you have no choice.

 

It could be because it's the end of a hard week of work...but I'm not sure what you mean? are they not being released anytime soon or something?

 

Exactly. Some have been delayed more than a year. Most recently, the release dates for two have been removed from AS's site, which would indicate that they cannot commit to a hard release date.

 

Four SACDs are out now (at least on Amazon). How many more are planned?

 

Three.