Guth
Appreciative User
My listening today is a proper reflection of just how varied my musical tastes are. I’m currently listening to the Beastie Boys album “Check Your Head” as I am getting ready to cue up the new album by the NYC-based saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh titled “Heart” which just arrived in the mail.
Not only do I really enjoy Sabbagh’s playing, but I also appreciate the fact that he goes to great effort to ensure that his LPs are totally analog (recorded, mixed, and mastered without ever being converted to digital). In fact, Sabbagh has created his own record label “Analog Tone Factory”, whose purpose is to create all analog recordings — both LPs and reel to reel tapes from a variety of artists (though they also offer CDs and hi-resolution digital files for those who prefer those formats). This is not unlike Pentax or MiNT producing film cameras in this day and age. That said, I’m not a format warrior — in addition to my LPs, I also enjoy listening to CDs, streaming sources, and from time to time even cassettes. But given that the vast majority of LPs contain music that has been digitized, I will admit that I am somewhat surprised that so many people are willing to pay what they do for records these days while going on and on about analog sound. Once again, the parallels between photography and music reproduction are seemingly endless.
Not only do I really enjoy Sabbagh’s playing, but I also appreciate the fact that he goes to great effort to ensure that his LPs are totally analog (recorded, mixed, and mastered without ever being converted to digital). In fact, Sabbagh has created his own record label “Analog Tone Factory”, whose purpose is to create all analog recordings — both LPs and reel to reel tapes from a variety of artists (though they also offer CDs and hi-resolution digital files for those who prefer those formats). This is not unlike Pentax or MiNT producing film cameras in this day and age. That said, I’m not a format warrior — in addition to my LPs, I also enjoy listening to CDs, streaming sources, and from time to time even cassettes. But given that the vast majority of LPs contain music that has been digitized, I will admit that I am somewhat surprised that so many people are willing to pay what they do for records these days while going on and on about analog sound. Once again, the parallels between photography and music reproduction are seemingly endless.
