Comments on: Hard Time Remastering Blues http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/ These files are only up for a limited time only. Please do not link to these files for any reason. The site will be updated every day of the working week. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:32:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mike p http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-470 mike p Wed, 03 Aug 2005 18:09:20 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-470 Cool... would you mind divulging some other "pre-war blues circles." This has been my only refuge. This place is great, but even better is the fact that others exist. Cool… would you mind divulging some other “pre-war blues circles.” This has been my only refuge. This place is great, but even better is the fact that others exist.

]]> By: peter patnaik http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-468 peter patnaik Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:23:42 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-468 the timing of the songs leads me to believe that they aren't slowed down much, but songs like Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues sound much slower than the Document recordings for some reason. The Skip James and Charley Patton Sets that both went under these new remasterings have been all the talk around some pre-war blues circles, I guess the rest of the world hasn't caught up yet. the timing of the songs leads me to believe that they aren’t slowed down much, but songs like Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues sound much slower than the Document recordings for some reason.

The Skip James and Charley Patton Sets that both went under these new remasterings have been all the talk around some pre-war blues circles, I guess the rest of the world hasn’t caught up yet.

]]> By: mike p http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-467 mike p Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:39:08 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-467 The Yazoo website is kind of slow to update. I also looked around for a while to find the new cd. For being "highly touted", you'd think it'd be a little bit easier to find some information about it. I found one other review of the cd. It's called "Hard Time Killin' Floor" -- Yazoo 2075 Here's a link to it at Amazon, but you could order directly from Yazoo for cheaper. http://tinyurl.com/ckb9e I have a hard time believing that they've slowed down the songs considering that all of the Document recordings are ever so slightly longer. The Yazoo website is kind of slow to update. I also looked around for a while to find the new cd. For being “highly touted”, you’d think it’d be a little bit easier to find some information about it. I found one other review of the cd. It’s called “Hard Time Killin’ Floor” — Yazoo 2075

Here’s a link to it at Amazon, but you could order directly from Yazoo for cheaper.
http://tinyurl.com/ckb9e

I have a hard time believing that they’ve slowed down the songs considering that all of the Document recordings are ever so slightly longer.

]]> By: Rob http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-466 Rob Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:54:22 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-466 Re: "It sounds like they’ve slowed the songs down just a touch", if Yazoo is using 78s as their source (it sure sounds like it), the speed might be explained by proper (or improper, I guess) playback of the 78s. The speed at which 78s were recorded varied widely (folks more knowledgeable than I have said anywhere from under 70 rpm to as high as 90rpm). I gather that speeds were fairly standard for any given label, even though they varied more widely between labels, so perhaps the folks at Yazoo did more research to figure out the proper speed. Re: “It sounds like they’ve slowed the songs down just a touch”, if Yazoo is using 78s as their source (it sure sounds like it), the speed might be explained by proper (or improper, I guess) playback of the 78s. The speed at which 78s were recorded varied widely (folks more knowledgeable than I have said anywhere from under 70 rpm to as high as 90rpm). I gather that speeds were fairly standard for any given label, even though they varied more widely between labels, so perhaps the folks at Yazoo did more research to figure out the proper speed.

]]> By: Steve H http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-465 Steve H Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:16:13 +0000 http://prewarblues.org/2005/08/hard-time-remastering-blues/#comment-465 Hey Peter -- how did you get the Yazoo CD? I was just on the Yazoo website, and can't find it? ~ Steve Hey Peter — how did you get the Yazoo CD? I was just on the Yazoo website, and can’t find it?
~ Steve

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