Hey all,
Anybody have much experience with this label?
I ask because I noticed that they reissued Argent's "Argent" backed with "Circus" (two totally opposite albums, I should point out...the first, and the second to last...in fact, I thought it was a pirate for the longest time!), and I was wondering about the quality of each. Prior issues of "Argent" have either been hiss-fests or have been drowned in no-noise, while Circus has never seen an actual CD issuage before.
Wounded Bird records
Wounded Bird records
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AFAIK, the main person behind WB was originally behind One Way. Same goofy borders around the covers, for example.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, they generally use the masters and don't do much in terms of mastering. That is to say, the tape might not sound the best, but I don't think they do much (*maybe* some EQ?) to screw things up.
I posted those Mason Proffit clips a few months ago. The EQ is way off (why?), but there weren't any other problems, and I was able to fix that easy enough.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, they generally use the masters and don't do much in terms of mastering. That is to say, the tape might not sound the best, but I don't think they do much (*maybe* some EQ?) to screw things up.
I posted those Mason Proffit clips a few months ago. The EQ is way off (why?), but there weren't any other problems, and I was able to fix that easy enough.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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Xenu wrote:Interesting. Why'd they stop using the One-Way name?
I don't know the details, but AFAIK One Way continued for a time after that guy left.
http://www.artist-shop.com/wounded/
It was not too long ago that Terry Wachsmuth helped start One Way Records for which he was head of A&R. Recently Terry left One Way to start Wounded Bird Records and continue his efforts to re-release classic albums that would otherwise never see the light of day on CD!
The One Way website hasn't been updated for years, although I did actually get a response about something within the past year or so.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
