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Wounded Bird records
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:46 pm
by Xenu
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.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:53 pm
by lukpac
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.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:09 pm
by Xenu
Interesting. Why'd they stop using the One-Way name?
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:26 pm
by Mike Hunte
I've got one Wounded Bird release - the Hollies reunion album. Sounds like a straight transfer to my ears. Awful record though.
I'll probably end up getting the Byrds '73 reunion album at some point too. I have the WEA import version that lops off part of 'See The Sky About To Rain'.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:11 pm
by lukpac
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.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:05 pm
by dudelsack
One Way was sold, I think, to Alliance Entertainment, which went bankrupt and morphed into AEC One Stop group. (IIRC - maybe I'm confusing it with pre-Sanctuary Castle).
AEC One Stop owns allmusic.com.
Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:47 pm
by Xenu
Tangled web, eh?
Has anybody here heard the Argent disc?