Frank Zappa - Buffalo
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:34 pm
I just got this today, and have been digesting it as well as I can.
All in all, it's pretty good. A bit pricey (I've become a bit spoiled by the current, $16.99-for-two-discs Stage pricing), and the packaging is the usual, flimsy Barfko assembly, but otherwise it's damn good. I'm astounded by how much I like the 1980s band, given my general apathy towards that other document of this tour (Tinsel-town). We got some really formative performances along with some really fun performances, in addition to rarely-heard arrangements of prominent tracks ("Honey").
Cons? The mastering is a bit questionable. WAYY too loud, with that "crispy" compression applied that I abhor (for lack of a better explanation, waveforms subjected to this have the usual brickwall look, but also have "frizzy" peaks above, which usually means that high-frequency impulses--cymbols, for example--are pumping along). Bah. Not everything can be Doug Sax quality, I guess. Pity, as the level of compression obscures some tasty Vinnie drumwork.
All in all, a decent purchase. I like. More please.
All in all, it's pretty good. A bit pricey (I've become a bit spoiled by the current, $16.99-for-two-discs Stage pricing), and the packaging is the usual, flimsy Barfko assembly, but otherwise it's damn good. I'm astounded by how much I like the 1980s band, given my general apathy towards that other document of this tour (Tinsel-town). We got some really formative performances along with some really fun performances, in addition to rarely-heard arrangements of prominent tracks ("Honey").
Cons? The mastering is a bit questionable. WAYY too loud, with that "crispy" compression applied that I abhor (for lack of a better explanation, waveforms subjected to this have the usual brickwall look, but also have "frizzy" peaks above, which usually means that high-frequency impulses--cymbols, for example--are pumping along). Bah. Not everything can be Doug Sax quality, I guess. Pity, as the level of compression obscures some tasty Vinnie drumwork.
All in all, a decent purchase. I like. More please.