Hello all,
Does anyone know why the compilers of the The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 1 used dubs from 45s for so many of the tracks? The sound quality is kind of all over the place. I don't want anyone to think I'm being critical for the sake of being critical; the compilers did an amazing job in general and I'm sure they did the very best they could with what they had available. The singles collection is still the easiest and least expensive access to 99.99% of Motown's output we have and it's proven invaluable to me in cases where my copy of a single is in a typical VD or Very Detroit [[read: trashed) condition.
That said, I bought the set for my father when it first came out and he was a wee bit disappointed in the first box. He dubbed all of his copies of the '59-'62 singles onto Fidelipacs when they were new[[er) in the 60s and 70s, so we've both been spoiled by superior sound in that regard.
Was this stuff taped over? Did it get lost in the move to the Donovan building, or LA? Did they "walk off" at some point à la Hoffman and the Buddy Holly and Ray Charles tapes?
Just curious,
Ben
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