1/ couldn’t the conductor have ran a comb through his hair? did he not know he was being filmed?

2/ R&J is one of those “classical” pieces that makes me want to go out and kill at random.

3/ it’s kinda beautiful / tragic to see how much human interaction went on in making the product. Contemplate that this example is probably a decent yardstick for production of everything.

Mention is made of how every sound is faithfully reproduced over a wide range of volume to give the listener an exact impression of how it would sound if the listener was in the venue (or something along those lines) To often today, Everything seems to be packed and jammed at maximum volume. I miss the dynamic. For reference I point to the “Best of Mountain” album. On vinyl, it was a totally kick ass record. I played the grooves right off it when I was in my 20’s. Found it ‘re-mastered’ on CD a few years back, and I cannot listen to it. It is just a roar of noise.

Another thing, look at all of the people in the physical production that have been put out of work by the webbernet. Once the music is captured and and mastered and digitized, it is posted for download. The record pressers, inspectors, packers (as well as package makers), warehousers, shippers, drivers, distributors and retailers are eliminated from the process.

I guess a compilation album has it’s own issues: sounds like (pardon the pun) they punched up all the tracks to a similar noise level. Classical pieces needless to say do need to maintain a set dynamic range. Remastering may have been more of a disservice to the album.

Agree on the second part.