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Bob, has anyone else told you that for the last two weeks there's been an annoying "short" in the high treble frequencies? It constantly cuts in and out without letup over the course of your recent countdowns, so that it alternately sounds like CD and old-fashioned AM quality. But it's neither all one nor the other, and it's awfully hard to listen to. This is an obvious problem, and I know you've been trying to remove some of these bugs from your mp3 files lately; please don't stop. Actually, this gives me an idea I've been wanting to suggest for some time: Why not feature more original 45s on your countdowns instead of the CD versions? We all originally grooved to these records on hi-fi, stereo, and AM radio anyway, we fondly remember them that way at the core of our being, and listening to them in sterilized high-treble CD quality makes me feel something's been compromised, like watching colorized B&W classic movies. IMHO featuring more original 45s (in reasonably playable condition, minimally needle-fried) would give your programs a much more authentically nostalgic feel because we'd be hearing them as we first did a generation or more ago. Actually, this gets into even more interesting territory because today's standard-played LP versions frequently have subtle and often undesirable differences from the singles. A good example is the Mamas and Papas' "Creeque Alley" and "Words of Love," both of which feature brass and an additional piano in the 45 versions that Top 40 stations everywhere played when they first came out. Like many 45s of the day they're mixed more tightly, and the latter (Words of Love) fleshes out the sick trumpet in the instrumental break. And I can point out many more great Top 40 hits like that. You just don't hear them on the radio anymore; in a way they've become lost oldies. IMHO I think your programs would greatly benefit from unearthing some of these forgotten gems, don't you? Jeff
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Posted By: Jeff on: 12/11/2006 18:33:12 EST