Hear Jazz 78 BILLIE HOLIDAY The Very Thought Of You VOCALION 4457 1938 ORIG
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Purchased recently from a radio stations' archive. Stored in a case in protective heavy green card stock covers. This one is in EX-/VG+ condition, showing very little age, as you can see by the scan! Very glossy with nearly no play wear or evidence of play. The HD audio sample is full range, so you can hear things you NEVER hear in the reissue recordings. Notice the slight reediness in her voice, the quiet breaking of the muted trumpet in the high end…the light pick noise on the chugging arch top rhythm guitars… all of these things are rolled out of the remastered versions we hear today… not just muted, but GONE… no way to enhance a recording when the frequencies are GONE… rolled off… not just lowered, but SHELVED… this is sad, in my opinion… at least give us a choice! That's why when I played this for my girlfriend the other night, she wanted to know who it was, because her version of this song on a CD, sounded like a pillow over the speaker! She was excited… bowled over at the fact that these frequencies actually existed back then, but for some reason were removed in later reissues… shame!
SIDE A: The Very Thought Of You SIDE B: I Can't Get Started
The original 78's while a little lacking in fidelity, DID in fact have a much better frequency spread than is represented in reissues we hear today. The remastering process often rolls off the high end, as they didn't think there was anything there worth hearing! I think different. I archived this using a special 78 stylus for my Shure m44 cartridge that really brings out the fullness of these old grooves! A truly splendid original, that you very rarely see anymore, much less in this amazing condition! Enjoy the full song, featured below in HD streaming audio with the trail on and trail out grooves…no filtration and no rolloff. A treat for your ears!
While there are a few artifacts in these old 78's, you are hearing what this 78 most likely sounded like when it was new. There is some surface noise and ticks that are artifacts from the pressing process… but the fact of the matter is, these were taken from fresh masters that sounded better than the source masters used for the CD and reissue versions we hear today… so it's entirely likely that this version will sound better than those in many ways, which is why these originals still sell! Thank you for coming by and happy listening! I have other Billie Holiday 78's that I will try to list tonight.
Billie Holiday 78 The Very Thought Of You HD AUDIO SAMPLE
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