Re: Blowout Comb

Travis Brinster (tbrinst@primenet.com)
Tue, 5 Dec 1995 14:14:34 -0700 (MST)

At 09:48 AM 12/5/95 PST, Gordon K. Hurd wrote:
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>In regards to Digable, I was wondering why I never really listen to Blowout
>Comb, so I pulled it out of the crates. The songs are good, very good. I
>found myself getting into it, except for one major point. I think the mix,
>i.e., the sound quality, is poor. I don't know much about putting together
>a record or about how they are "supposed" to sound, but the fidelity on my
>copy of Blowout Comb is low, low, low. I have to turn it up twice as high
>as an average LP that I usually play. I think this had a lot to do with my
>stuffing it away and not listening to it for months. Anyway, just my
>observation.

I agree. The cd version is kind of murky, too. After reading through this
thread, I also pulled it back out of my collection, and gave it another
listen. I guess that it wasn't as bad as I had originally thought.
However, the overall sound and feel of the work isn't as appealing to me as
the music on "Reachin'".

BTW, I saw Digable on the "Comb" tour and thought that they were pretty
lackluster. there seemed to be something going on, and I don't want to
conjecture, but Ladybug seemed to be really out of it. It was a good time,
though, especially since the opening act (Spearhead) just blew everybody
away. I'd never heard of them before. Franti was incredible.

a few cents to throw in.

T
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