So boys and girls, Clapton has a new LP coming out "I Still Do" that appears to have been recorded on a 16 track tape deck and is being cut by Bernie Grundman from 'a' tape at 45 RPM. So, does that mean the 16 track tape stayed in the analog realm all the way to Bernie Grundman when he cut the LP? Here is where things get dicey. We know it was recorded on a 16 track tape deck. We know it was mastered by Bob Ludwig. What we don't know is if Bob Ludwig took the 16 track tape and made a digital master from it and then a tape was made from the digital master and used by Bernie Grundman to cut the LP.
It's getting so hard to know anymore if LPs that are being released are really AAA because there isn't much truth in lending now days. All kinds of labels are saying things to suggest their LPs are being cut from the original master tapes, but we know the way they weasel word it you really have to read between the lines.
It's getting so hard to know anymore if LPs that are being released are really AAA because there isn't much truth in lending now days. All kinds of labels are saying things to suggest their LPs are being cut from the original master tapes, but we know the way they weasel word it you really have to read between the lines.
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