danny
01-13-2011, 05:48 AM
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First of all,let me tell you something: i like the Straight Arrow label. Without doubt they are the kings of audience recordings. I like about 70% of their releases and even the less good ones are acceptable.
Unfortunately their new release belongs to the less good ones.
They managed to denoise the sound, but somehow it sounds flat and lifeless. Noise reduction ruined the sound. The sound is okay, but not very impressive.
The design is not the best either. A very unusual thing from this label. For my taste most of the pictures are too small. A few of the bigger ones suffer from low resolution.
Unlike they stated, not all pictures are from December 8. At least the pictures on page 7 and the picture for the alternate cover are from October 25, 1976 in Fort Wayne. Also I'm pretty sure that the last picture in the booklet is from the October tour and not from Vegas. All in all that's a little surprising as there are lots of pictures in very good quality from Elvis last Vegas engagement.
All in all a disappointing release.
First of all,let me tell you something: i like the Straight Arrow label. Without doubt they are the kings of audience recordings. I like about 70% of their releases and even the less good ones are acceptable.
Unfortunately their new release belongs to the less good ones.
They managed to denoise the sound, but somehow it sounds flat and lifeless. Noise reduction ruined the sound. The sound is okay, but not very impressive.
The design is not the best either. A very unusual thing from this label. For my taste most of the pictures are too small. A few of the bigger ones suffer from low resolution.
Unlike they stated, not all pictures are from December 8. At least the pictures on page 7 and the picture for the alternate cover are from October 25, 1976 in Fort Wayne. Also I'm pretty sure that the last picture in the booklet is from the October tour and not from Vegas. All in all that's a little surprising as there are lots of pictures in very good quality from Elvis last Vegas engagement.
All in all a disappointing release.