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

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  1. Steve Hoffman

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    It's like movie film. It breaks, loses a few frames so the correct frames are spliced in from another copy. Saves the film.

    I've patched damaged masters from: Safety copies, dupes, EQ dubs, cassette running masters, 8-track running masters, open reel running masters, LP vinyl, 45 RPM vinyl, and so on. No one ever noticed, or at least they never mentioned it..
     
    Steve Hoffman, May 5, 2022
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  2. spherical

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    oh..now i get it. When i hear the words "safety" in regards to tape, I think of the safety tape or leader that is put before and after the tape that has the music. Maybe it's not called safety tape, though. I do get what you are saying now, about "safety copies". thanks, Steve.
     
    spherical, May 5, 2022
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  3. 420JJJazz666

    420JJJazz666 RIP my Dad — 1955-2023

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    Steve, do you know who did the MCA/Impulse 80s release of Ahmad Jamal - Awakening? It has an Artisan symbol in the deadwax but no initials.

    I know you worked on some titles in the "digitally remastered" Impulse series, and have said you went uncredited for some of them.
     
    420JJJazz666, May 6, 2022
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  4. Steve Hoffman

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    My friend Johnny Golden. One of the best.
     
    Steve Hoffman, May 6, 2022
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  5. Steve Hoffman

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    A safety is just a protection copy of the original. Like a dupe negative in film or whatever. An audio safety in those days meant recording from one tape machine to another, making a flat copy or a 1:1 copy without adding any EQ & stuff. Just a straight copy of the original. Not the same as an EQ cutting master. That's a dub of the mastering moves used to cut a record so the moves don't have to be repeated, just play the EQ copy and cut your record. See?
     
    Steve Hoffman, May 6, 2022
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  6. Dalziel53

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    Dalziel53, May 6, 2022
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  7. spherical

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    Got it. Thanks, again.
     
    spherical, May 6, 2022
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  8. phillyal1

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    I thought that I once read that George Martin attributed his hearing loss to the hard rock bands that he worked with post-Beatles :)
     
    phillyal1, May 6, 2022
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  9. Steve Hoffman

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    Loud horn monitors, bad amps that clipped, full volume all the time. Dreadful.
     
    Steve Hoffman, May 6, 2022
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  10. Steve Hoffman

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    I was there when it was just 50 cats and cat pee everywhere. They fixed it up later, I hear.
     
    Steve Hoffman, May 6, 2022
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  11. Aftermath

    Aftermath Senior Member

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    Oh my! :shake:

    They did indeed fix it up. There's a giant 1950s Zenith radio in the kitchen that sounds insanely good.
     
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    Aftermath, May 6, 2022
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  12. Aleksander86

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    @Steve Hoffman Steve, do you recommend any Count Basie records with Lester Young, either on vinyl or CD? I'm mostly interested in Pres (or Prez), though of course any Basie without Pres recommendations are welcome as well.
     
    Aleksander86, Jun 8, 2022
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  13. Steve Hoffman

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    Sorry, I can't. My Basie collection ends in 1942, except for a few later examples..
     
    Steve Hoffman, Jun 8, 2022
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    jhw59, Jun 8, 2022
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  15. Aleksander86

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    Thanks Steve. And do you recommend any particular Basie pressing?
     
    Aleksander86, Jun 8, 2022
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  16. rjp

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    crosby, stills & nash question:

    you did the couch album and 'daylight again', any chance of a remaster of the boat album and 'live it up' and 'after the storm'?

    the first 2 were just outstanding by the way.

    :tiphat:
     
    rjp, Jun 8, 2022
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  17. Steve Hoffman

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    Thanks. Not by me, audiophile days are over for stuff like this. The majors are holding everything.
     
    Steve Hoffman, Jun 8, 2022
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  18. Steve Hoffman

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    No idea, I just play my old 78's..
     
    Steve Hoffman, Jun 8, 2022
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  19. Aleksander86

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    Thanks.
     
    Aleksander86, Jun 8, 2022
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  20. rjp

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    sad isn't it?
     
    rjp, Jun 8, 2022
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  21. David P. Hill

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    I think Steve did the "couch" lp and the "boat" lp for Audio Fidelity gold cds.
     
    David P. Hill, Jun 8, 2022
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  22. jkauff

    jkauff Senior Member

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    But now you can get everything in Apple Spatial Audio or Apple Lossless--if you fork out the monthly fee for Apple Music, and can find equipment that can play them.

    Nobody knows what "audiophile mastering" is anyway.
     
    jkauff, Jun 8, 2022
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  23. rjp

    rjp Senior Member

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    yes.
     
    rjp, Jun 8, 2022
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  24. rjp

    rjp Senior Member

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    i'm glad i'm old, seriously.
     
    rjp, Jun 8, 2022
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  25. sunspot42

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    Any idea why that is?
     
    sunspot42, Jun 8, 2022
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