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No-one is as cool on the sax as Getz. This takes me away to an afternoon spent sipping gin & tonics while hearing this on the deck of a hotel on a small Bahamian out-island—Hopetown on Elbow Cay to be exact—with the palm leaves blowin' in the gentle breeze comin off the aqua blue ocean water, and the pristine white sand. Ooaahhh~~~~~one of life's perfect moments.
Oh my lord I am so jealous..
How did they record such high quality back in recording’s infancy? Amazing!
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As many have said below, vacuum tubes and other analogue equipment -- including delicate microphones suspended on springs. But I'm going to add that no one was playing loudly. It's a lot easier to isolate instruments and vocals when they're not being played at top volume. Quieter noises doesn't push mikes and recording devices to their limits, and distortion happens when devices reach their limit.
All analogue signal chain. Maybe even tubes in the mixing console.
PROBABLY tubes in the mixing console, at that time! And tube Neumann condenser mics, tube compressor/ limiters!
They had people who knew what they were doing. Listen to some old Decca classical recordings of whole orchestras from the 50's done with two microphones.
All analogue signal chain. Maybe even tubes in the mixing console.
How did they record such high quality back in recording’s infancy? Amazing!
I wouldn't call this era "recording's infancy"; this was recorded around 1963 or '64. It does sound fantastic though.
Now that hit the spot this morning! Sublime..
You bet! It hit more than one spot for me!
Vespers, femme fatales smoking Gaulloises and Misty. Straight out of a Vettriano...
Where's the singing Butler?
1963!!!!! Wow I was 11 years old. What a great sound. My Dad loved this too.!
Same here. Sublime sound.....
I think I heard this on the main-mix a month ago while driving home in the rain with our Friday-night pizza, and again today, while working from home, on the mellow-mix (because it's a rainy Monday) - Long Live RP and all the Jazz played here!! And sun, come out and play now that spring is here in the PNW!!
I think it had something to do with glowing vacuum tubes.
Yep! Probably! A different type of harmonic distortion! Tubes emphasize even harmonics, giving a warmer sound, while solid state (transistors) emphasize odd harmonics, giving a more articulate sound!
Why no tango?
Or samba?
Something is going on here...
How did they record such high quality back in recording’s infancy? Amazing!
I think it had something to do with glowing vacuum tubes.
How did they record such high quality back in recording’s infancy? Amazing!
They had people who knew what they were doing. Listen to some old Decca classical recordings of whole orchestras from the 50's done with two microphones.
When I was 8 years old I found an LP called Jerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz in my ex stepdads stuff. After playing it I never looked at the man the same way again. He was a secret hipster.
He was also a not-so-secret hipster for a number of years.
That was my first exposure to this song.
such a thing? …………. Sorry...…………...couldn't resist!
How did they record such high quality back in recording’s infancy? Amazing!
I reckon the main thing making the recording sound like great quality is really the quality of the musician playing the instrument so well. The quality of the recording hardware, room, reverb etc is only going to make a very subtle difference compared to the difference of having Stan Getz playing the instrument vs somebody else