You really know your music. Ignore the complaints that you talk too much. The more information the better in my opinion. Keep doing what you’re doing and thank you. Gratefully appreciated 👍👍👍
Albums that leap to my mind are The Babys - Broken Heart for production value and Supertramp - Breakfast in America & Crime of the Century for sheer audio quality. Put on your headphones for that Supertramp, close your eyes and they're right there in the room with you.
My personal Favorite Ludwig Cuts are: Zeppelin - II Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Yes - 90125 AC/DC - Back In Black AC/DC - For those about to Rock The Police - Synchronicity Rush - Moving Pictures ZZ Top - Fandango ZZ Top - Eliminator Dire Straits - Brother's In Arm
Really cool idea for a video series! I did a search on Discogs and I have 66 Bob Ludwig mastered albums (some CDs, some LPs). A few of my favorites: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms, Queen - A Night at the Opera (remaster), ZZ Top - Degüello, Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy, Rush - Moving Pictures.
1. Esquivel - Music From A Sparkling Planet 2. Opal - Early Recordings 3. Harry Partch - Delusion Of The Fury 4. The Original Telstar - The Tornados 5. Fred Lowery - Whistle A Happy Tune 6. RD Burman - Sholay OST 7. Lee Hazlewood - Love And Other Crimes 8. Ilayaraaja - Anakilli OST 9. Ilayaraaja - Azhagey Unnai Arathikiren 10. Born Bad - Volume Four
Wow ! Probably the most informative vinyl blog I’ve seen on here . Very interesting . You’ve got me checking my pressings now as I own a good few of these . Just one thing , don’t forget the excellent Emotional rescue Stones album from 1980.
I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. Thanks again for posting them. Lots to learn here from you and your viewers. It's nice to get an industry insiders view about fine recordings.
It always amazes me how you remember all the details without a teleprompter LOL I’ve been armed and dangerous in my local record stores with my lists from your presentations. In the past week found 3 Bob Seger records with WALLY Mint! and a bunch of KENDUN,Sterling Sound Productions. Thank You for sharing your knowledge enjoying every moment!
De gustibus. SD would, and probably is, good music to torture people with on infinite repeat. I'm glad you love them, but it is not from a lack of exposure that I can say, no! Cheers, Alan Tomlinson
The real story of the Buckingham Nicks album is that Mick was auditioning studios and the Sound City folks used the BN recordings as a demo of the studio. Mick then tracked down Lindsey to ask him to join FM. And yes, he didn't want another woman in the band at that time.
Another great video Tim! Gaucho is underrated for sure, that is routinely towards the bottom of any Steely Dan album ranking, but It’s one of my favourites I love it - and it sounds fantastic. Green is an incredible album, I particularly love the harder hitting stuff on Side 2 - the “Metal Side”. Very fond memories of playing that to death on my Sony Walkman wherever I went back in ‘88! Start me up! Now that is one of the all-time best album openings - Keith Richards is the man!! Iconic album cover too (tho of course Keith looks way cooler on the back than Mick does on the front.)
Keep it up,. I love your content and commentary on these albums -- you are helping me improve my vinyl collection. I love it when I already have one of your recommendations, as I feel I need to go on-line and hunt them down as soon as possible to give them a good listen on my system.
I am a huge fan of The Cars, and Heartbeat City is my all-time favorite album. Thank you for recommending "this side of paradise." I just bought a sealed copy and agree, it sounds like a continuation. Thanks!
Heartbeat City sounds excellent. Mastering is made easier if the original recording is of good quality, and engineer/mixer Mike Shipley was responsible for this one.
Great video, thanks for putting it out! One correction that you might want to make (possibly with a graphic): It was Donald Fagan who signed with Warner and made Nightfly, not Walter Becker. I'm sure that is what you meant to say but just wanted to mention it since I noticed the "video typo":). Thanks again for the content.
Any pre-1978 studio album by Gentle Giant deserves the inclusion in such lists... Yezda Urfa, being called "Gentle Giant on steroids" deserves it, as well. Yes - Fragile, Fantasy - Paint A Picture, Queen - I...
Tattoo You....WOW...You've done it again!! I followed your recommendation and found a Masterdisk RL pressing. It sounds like a fancy audiophile lp. Truly wonderful stuff. Thank you so much for improving my life!! Sound has a truly physiological effect on us....well on my anyways. Take Good Care, and Thanks again!!
One of the great Robert Ludwig masters which I never see anyone talking about (but they should be), is 'The Stranger' Billy Joel. Masterdisk 'RL' in the dead wax. Great video!
@@Universityofvinyl Fortunately ‘RL’ pressings of ‘The Stranger’ aren’t too terribly difficult to track down, once you’re on the lookout for it. Columbia issued White Label Promos of ‘The Stranger’ for the ‘RL’ pressings, so that helps it to stick out a little more while searching for it.
Does RL have to be on it to be a Ludwig. I've seen discussions about Roxy Avalon about this. If it says Ludwig on the back of the album but not in wax is it still guaranteed he did the whole process?
This is my first time watching any of your videos. Excellent information. I especially found the Gaucho story to be interesting! I love how you did a double take when you said "You Might Think" during the Rick Ocasek part. Anyway, looking forward to watching your other videos and also to pulling some of these albums out for closer inspection when I get home.
Gaucho is a great album, my favorite track off of it is Time Out of Mind. Raised on Radio by Journey was also mastered by RL. If you don't have it you need to get it, sounds incredible and not a bad song on the whole album! - Russ
Hello, This is my second time watching this video. I wanted to hear about "Steely Dan's Gaucho" album. Wow, what a history about it. I checked my copy and it is a "MASERTDISCK" RL. Great video.
Buckingham Nicks is an absolute gem. If they had re-recorded it as Fleetwood Mac it would have been as successfull as the other two original FM albums with Lindsay and Stevie , no doubt!
Sorry (or happy) to say, I was a 90's kid and had zero idea what that Journey album was... still not a priority, but I may give it a second look now in a garage sale.
Thank You so much for this informative & fun video on Mr. Ludwig. He is on my Top 5 fav remastering engineers. I subscribed to your channel. Thanks For Doing This Work.
Great video and thank you. To preface, I am a veteran recording engineer of over 30 years and I have worked with most of the mastering engineers that you mention. I have worked with Bob Ludwig many times and I hold him in the most highest regard - he's a legend and true craftsman. However, there a few things that need to be clarified. The mastering engineer is given the master tapes that have been created by the band, producer and, ultimately, the RECORDING ENGINEER. All of the records that you mention are great sounding records but, if you have never heard the unmastered recording and compared it to the mastered version, then you have no legs to stand on. Therefore, to attribute the great sounding final product only to the mastering engineer is completely incorrect. A mastering engineer will spend one or 2 days on a project and the result will hopefully add 10 to 15% to the final work - an amount measured by the professionals involved and not the listener. Whereas, the band, producer and RECORDING ENGINEER will spend weeks, months and even years creating the musical and sonic artwork that is then sent to the mastering engineer. To give the credit for a great sounding record to only the mastering engineer is uninformed and frankly insulting . The Grammy's have a specific category for Artists, Producers and Recording Engineers. They don't have one for Mastering Engineer because it is impossible to quantify - as I mentioned above.
Thanks much for your comment...is this Randy by chance? I definitely agree with you RE the artists & engineers are the ones who create the final mixed down art and mastering is just the "final step". I've spoken of and highlighted recording engineers in other videos. The main "thrust" of these mastering engineer videos is just to highlight great pressings that were done by specific mastering engineers. I don't mean to belittle or ignore the other people involved. Appreciate you watching and thanks for your feedback.
No Surrender and Bobbie Jean are two of my favorites on the Born in the U.S.A. as well, Downbound Train is another, great riff. I agree with you, these songs are very personal to me. Thank you.
So I took some time today to organize my collection and while organizing I would randomly grab a record to play. I played She's The Boss by Mick Jagger, Think Visual by The Kinks and Sting's ...Nothing Like The Sun. along with several others. I hadn't play these three in a while and took notice of the great sound. After playing each record, thanks to you, I checked to see who mastered the record. These three were all mastered by Robert Ludwig and it shows.
Hello, can you tell us what speakers you use with your Marantz 2230. Also do you the built in phonostage or do you have a separate one? If you have mentioned this on previous videos i apologize im new to your channel. I have a marantz 2225 myself and wanted some advice. Thank you.
Hi! I have a pair of vintage Boston Acoustics A200s which my 2230 seems to power very nicely. I don’t have a separate phono stage but might consider one. I have a room tour video where I go into more detail. Thanks for watching!
Bob Ludwig is THE God of mastering. Before I ever knew what master was, I knew that I had some albums that sounds great (good stereo, sound stage, presence of instruments, clarity in higher frequencies, etc.) and other that didn’t. The only common factor was that all of the great sounding albums were mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk - none of the dull or otherwise poor sounding albums were.
Hey UV... This was a lot of fun!... You present a smart and informative platform for all things music.... Gaucho needs more buzz---a contemporary and sophisticated album, it's like The Long Run was to Hotel California(see Aja!), a tough act to follow....Thank you for the intel on this one and Take Care, Ghostrider Rick
After I watched this video I stopped by a local antique store that also sells used vinyl records...and I found the Escape album from Journey ... it has the Maserdisk mark on the dead wax .... Thank you for recommending it! It's sounds amazing...and I paid $15 ... it's in very good condition! Hopefully I will be able to find the rest of them...
Need to get a Ludwig copy of BITU, but I do have Tunnel of Love (1987), also mastered by RL and easily available. I recall preferring TOL to BITU for sonic clarity, less reverb and distortion tricks with Bruce’s vocal. Side 2 on TOL also is an absolute no-song-skip gem.
Great video again. I cheched my record collection. 7 from 10 i have, good rate and you're 100 % right, they sounds amazing. Buckingham/ Nicks i will check out. Greetings from 🇩🇪
I'd say that many albums that came out under the perceived genre of "yacht rock" were superbly produced sonically (usually by Ludwig or Grundman to name a few); and even within that genre, the roster of who's yacht rock and who isn't is still up for debate. I do have that Boys and Girls LP which I found for under $10! - Red
Great video... lots of good info about the music behind the music. Love your setup....looks like you have a Sony PS-70 or 75 turntable with Nagaoka 110 cartridge connected to a smaller Marantz receiver? Can't beat those Sony turntables for pure good sound. Once you experience a turntable with a Biotracer tonearm, you may never go back! Also, your other system with the Sansui and H/K 730 receiver.... Harman Kardon are so under the radar and one of the best buys in vintage audio.... no Marantz tax on these! 😂Now I need to find my copy of Buckingham Nick's to see if it has the Sterling Stamp!
David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name should be #1. Just saying… It will blow your mind. I have three different pressings. All good and a bit different.
Your knowledge about personel and music is impressive, very informative. But it's worth mentioning that sound of record is not only mastering, it is mainly great mix what we hear. That's why I would include masters mixing engineers like Bob Clearmountain, Bill Schnee or Bruce Swedien to credit list.
I’m sitting quite smug at the moment as even as a teenager I had bought 7 out of 10 of those albums . I think 2 under rated CD,s are Journey Raised on Radio and Bruce Hornsby The Way It Is . They sound fantastic even on a fairly average sound system. Excellent production and Engineering.
Found 3 so far in my collection. Gaucho which I already knew was RL, Born the the USA and Boys and Girls which I had just found for $2 a couple of weeks ago and bought on a whim. All great sounding and very different recordings. Thanks for the info. Have you done one for AZ yet?
WOW! No wonder you are going so strong, you went from 2000 subscribers a year ago to nearly 60,000 now! 😲 Ah, Gaucho... My very favourite Steely Dan album by FAR! The sound quality when I first heard it on my system (I bought it shortly after it came out) was bloody AMAZING! At the time my friend and I would use that as one of the Demo albums on my system. I had always thought it was one of the first digitally mastered albums, but apparently recently I heard that it actually was not digitally mastered. I'll hafta go back and check out the song you like best, I only really remember the stellar Hey 19 and even better yet, Babylon Sisters. My humble apologies, but I am not really a Singer/Songwriter person. Vocals/stories just don't usually interest me. As a guitar player and composer (using both expressions *extremely* loosely) the instrumentation, compositions, and arrangements are what I like. Although, I DID sample the Bryan Ferry and I must admit that it has nice, almost hypnotic arrangements. And yes, again... 😊 I think Heaven on Tattoo You is one of *THE* most beautiful songs I've heard. And *YES!* You can talk about Zeppelin *ANY* time you want mate! 😁
Hello! Today was my first class at the University. Enjoyed the Gaucho (love the Dan) and Tattoo You stories. I know B.L. had nothing to do with the Beatles Abbey Road but what is your opinion of the work done on that record (production, engineering)? Thank you sir.
Thanks for watching! With Abbey Road I have the deluxe 3 LP remastered/mixed Giles Martin cut and I think it sounds excellent. I am seeking a clean UK original and would love to compare.
Hey great video. Live in Lancaster Pa and have eight used record stores in the local area. Found SD Goucho and RS Tattoo You RL masterdisc. Got Gaucho in NM for $17.50 and Tattoo You for $10. What a steal. Tomorrow is the Keystone Record Collectors monthly show so going mining for more.
So the immaculate copy of the RL Escape RL album turned out awesome. That hint about the embossed raised jacket was a great hint. The find was inexpensive and audio sound was so sharp a separation was amazing.
I have a horribly cursed scratchy-sounding copy of Gaucho. Put me off to the album as it soured my first listening experience. Now I have to find a good copy to give it another listen.
Talking Heads Dire Straits Jacko ZZ Top Chicago The Cars......all sound exceptionally well recorded. Great info, not the same old fan swooning. Subbed.
You really know your music. Ignore the complaints that you talk too much. The more information the better in my opinion. Keep doing what you’re doing and thank you. Gratefully appreciated 👍👍👍
Albums that leap to my mind are The Babys - Broken Heart for production value and Supertramp - Breakfast in America & Crime of the Century for sheer audio quality. Put on your headphones for that Supertramp, close your eyes and they're right there in the room with you.
Aja, The Nightfly and Gaucho are easily in my top 10 favorite albums. Sonically and content wise.
My personal Favorite Ludwig Cuts are:
Zeppelin - II
Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Yes - 90125
AC/DC - Back In Black
AC/DC - For those about to Rock
The Police - Synchronicity
Rush - Moving Pictures
ZZ Top - Fandango
ZZ Top - Eliminator
Dire Straits - Brother's In Arm
Really cool idea for a video series! I did a search on Discogs and I have 66 Bob Ludwig mastered albums (some CDs, some LPs). A few of my favorites: Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms, Queen - A Night at the Opera (remaster), ZZ Top - Degüello, Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy, Rush - Moving Pictures.
It's nice and refreshing to hear some music on an audiophile channel which isn't jazz.
1. Esquivel - Music From A Sparkling Planet
2. Opal - Early Recordings
3. Harry Partch - Delusion Of The Fury
4. The Original Telstar - The Tornados
5. Fred Lowery - Whistle A Happy Tune
6. RD Burman - Sholay OST
7. Lee Hazlewood - Love And Other Crimes
8. Ilayaraaja - Anakilli OST
9. Ilayaraaja - Azhagey Unnai Arathikiren
10. Born Bad - Volume Four
Wow ! Probably the most informative vinyl blog I’ve seen on here . Very interesting . You’ve got me checking my pressings now as I own a good few of these . Just one thing , don’t forget the excellent Emotional rescue Stones album from 1980.
The opening bars of Babylon Sisters sounds so good it’s delicious!
I am thoroughly enjoying your videos. Thanks again for posting them. Lots to learn here from you and your viewers. It's nice to get an industry insiders view about fine recordings.
I agree about Boys and Girls, not only a high water mark for Bryan Ferry but one of the best albums of the 1980's!
🎶 An album I've revisited (on CD) many times since it's release 😀
Toto IV is a brilliant recording and mixing. A masterpiece.
the doobie brothers 1973 album, the captain and me, sounds like it was produced yesterday, fantastic sound quality
It always amazes me how you remember all the details without a teleprompter LOL I’ve been armed and dangerous in my local record stores with my lists from your presentations. In the past week found 3 Bob Seger records with WALLY Mint! and a bunch of KENDUN,Sterling Sound Productions. Thank You for sharing your knowledge enjoying every moment!
Good finds!
I picked up a Journey Escape 1981 today is a masterdisc but has what appears to be a JW inscribe under it in the dead wax?
Omar Hakim is the great drummer on the album. Played with Weather Report, Miles Davis as well as Sting on Dream Of the Blue Turtles
Love me some Omar....
Gaucho is a damn masterpiece. Such as all Steely Dan albums. I really love them.
Agree, a true masterpiece
It sat on my turntable for many months
Yeah, I'm a hard core fan myself. Used to have Royal Scam on 8-track. Good cruising music.
Same feelings here. I saw them live at Jone's Beach late August 2003, opened with Babylon Sisters. Something really special, I love them too.
Fabulous album Kathy and I saw them in Vancouver - they opened with "Aja" a truly great concert!!!!!
De gustibus. SD would, and probably is, good music to torture people with on infinite repeat. I'm glad you love them, but it is not from a lack of exposure that I can say, no!
Cheers,
Alan Tomlinson
The real story of the Buckingham Nicks album is that Mick was auditioning studios and the Sound City folks used the BN recordings as a demo of the studio. Mick then tracked down Lindsey to ask him to join FM. And yes, he didn't want another woman in the band at that time.
Yes, and STILL many people get the chronological order of the story wrong. Even this guy with the horrific mouthful of teeth.
Another great video Tim! Gaucho is underrated for sure, that is routinely towards the bottom of any Steely Dan album ranking, but It’s one of my favourites I love it - and it sounds fantastic. Green is an incredible album, I particularly love the harder hitting stuff on Side 2 - the “Metal Side”. Very fond memories of playing that to death on my Sony Walkman wherever I went back in ‘88! Start me up! Now that is one of the all-time best album openings - Keith Richards is the man!! Iconic album cover too (tho of course Keith looks way cooler on the back than Mick does on the front.)
Keep it up,. I love your content and commentary on these albums -- you are helping me improve my vinyl collection. I love it when I already have one of your recommendations, as I feel I need to go on-line and hunt them down as soon as possible to give them a good listen on my system.
I am a huge fan of The Cars, and Heartbeat City is my all-time favorite album. Thank you for recommending "this side of paradise." I just bought a sealed copy and agree, it sounds like a continuation. Thanks!
Heartbeat City sounds excellent. Mastering is made easier if the original recording is of good quality, and engineer/mixer Mike Shipley was responsible for this one.
A wonderful and insightful guide through some wonderful music. The greatest narration. Big thanks …
Great video, thanks for putting it out! One correction that you might want to make (possibly with a graphic): It was Donald Fagan who signed with Warner and made Nightfly, not Walter Becker. I'm sure that is what you meant to say but just wanted to mention it since I noticed the "video typo":). Thanks again for the content.
Oops, good catch
Great video there and some classic ( and interesting) albums. Must see if i have any R.L. mastered albums in my collection. Greetings from the UK.
Any pre-1978 studio album by Gentle Giant deserves the inclusion in such lists... Yezda Urfa, being called "Gentle Giant on steroids" deserves it, as well. Yes - Fragile, Fantasy - Paint A Picture, Queen - I...
Tattoo You....WOW...You've done it again!! I followed your recommendation and found a Masterdisk RL pressing. It sounds like a fancy audiophile lp. Truly wonderful stuff. Thank you so much for improving my life!! Sound has a truly physiological effect on us....well on my anyways. Take Good Care, and Thanks again!!
Gaucho. A masterpiece. Did the assistant engineer survive? Led Zep 2. My first rocker.
One of the great Robert Ludwig masters which I never see anyone talking about (but they should be), is 'The Stranger' Billy Joel. Masterdisk 'RL' in the dead wax. Great video!
Yep, I have a copy but not the RL, need to upgrade
@@Universityofvinyl Fortunately ‘RL’ pressings of ‘The Stranger’ aren’t too terribly difficult to track down, once you’re on the lookout for it. Columbia issued White Label Promos of ‘The Stranger’ for the ‘RL’ pressings, so that helps it to stick out a little more while searching for it.
The Marantz is very cool 😎
Figured David Bowie- Let's Dance would make the list. Great album, easy to find, not very expensive and sonically a masterpiece
Does RL have to be on it to be a Ludwig. I've seen discussions about Roxy Avalon about this. If it says Ludwig on the back of the album but not in wax is it still guaranteed he did the whole process?
As a Bowie fan since 72 I'd place Let's dance as one of his worst albums.
Watching your videos always leads to expense! But worthwhile. That Buckingham Nicks is great, great mastering.
I have four of the ten RL albums: Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, & Ric Ocasek. Pulled them and left them out to listen to.
Great!
When you mentioned that Some Girls was the last Rolling Stones album prior to Tattoo You you overlooked Emotional Rescue in 1979.
Yep, realize that now…..
I have a few of these new stories and your easy manner thanks for sharing awesome list
This is my first time watching any of your videos. Excellent information. I especially found the Gaucho story to be interesting! I love how you did a double take when you said "You Might Think" during the Rick Ocasek part. Anyway, looking forward to watching your other videos and also to pulling some of these albums out for closer inspection when I get home.
Thanks much! I think this is one of my most watched vids, thank you for commenting. 👍🏻
Thanks so much for this video! I loved all the stories of the albums. Makes me appreciate this amazing recordings even more.
Wow. Thank you for the inside info on Donald Fagan and Walter Brecker. That was what vivyl was all about... "The Inside Story.." Thank you ery much
Gaucho is a great album, my favorite track off of it is Time Out of Mind. Raised on Radio by Journey was also mastered by RL. If you don't have it you need to get it, sounds incredible and not a bad song on the whole album! - Russ
Time Out of Mind is fantastic - some awesome guitar playing by the great Mark Knopfler on that track.
At last, a man with musical taste.
So interesting. As a baby boomer I appreciated all of those choices. Thank you so much.
Little Feat's "Waiting for Columbus" is well known for its recording quality.
It is a a joy to listen to.
Butt out!......🍁
Fully agree, shame their playing wasn’t as good as Electric Lycanthrope or Rampant Sincopatia
I love your videos. The recording engineers & mastering engineers are the unsung heroes in the music industry.
Thanks much
Hello, This is my second time watching this video. I wanted to hear about "Steely Dan's Gaucho" album. Wow, what a history about it. I checked my copy and it is a "MASERTDISCK" RL. Great video.
Thank you
Of the albums I've purchased, the one that stands out for quality of sound is Bireli Lagrene - Foreign Affairs
Buckingham Nicks is an absolute gem. If they had re-recorded it as Fleetwood Mac it would have been as successfull as the other two original FM albums with Lindsay and Stevie , no doubt!
Another great video in this series. Can’t wait for your future big video w/Kevin Gray ! That will be another monster
'Slave' on Tattoo You is my favorite Stones song. Of their entire catalog.
I have a pristine copy of Buckingham/Nicks...the vinyl itself, the jacket has a bit of wear. It is really an underrated and overlooked vinyl gem.
Thx for watching!
Sorry (or happy) to say, I was a 90's kid and had zero idea what that Journey album was... still not a priority, but I may give it a second look now in a garage sale.
Gaucho is truly amazing👍
Thank You so much for this informative & fun video on Mr. Ludwig. He is on my Top 5 fav remastering engineers.
I subscribed to your channel.
Thanks For Doing This Work.
Appreciate you! 👍🏻
@@Universityofvinyl And I'm a fan of your work as well.
Please keep up the good work. I really value it & am learning a lot from you already.
Great video and thank you. To preface, I am a veteran recording engineer of over 30 years and I have worked with most of the mastering engineers that you mention. I have worked with Bob Ludwig many times and I hold him in the most highest regard - he's a legend and true craftsman. However, there a few things that need to be clarified. The mastering engineer is given the master tapes that have been created by the band, producer and, ultimately, the RECORDING ENGINEER.
All of the records that you mention are great sounding records but, if you have never heard the unmastered recording and compared it to the mastered version, then you have no legs to stand on. Therefore, to attribute the great sounding final product only to the mastering engineer is completely incorrect. A mastering engineer will spend one or 2 days on a project and the result will hopefully add 10 to 15% to the final work - an amount measured by the professionals involved and not the listener. Whereas, the band, producer and RECORDING ENGINEER will spend weeks, months and even years creating the musical and sonic artwork that is then sent to the mastering engineer. To give the credit for a great sounding record to only the mastering engineer is uninformed and frankly insulting .
The Grammy's have a specific category for Artists, Producers and Recording Engineers. They don't have one for Mastering Engineer because it is impossible to quantify - as I mentioned above.
Thanks much for your comment...is this Randy by chance? I definitely agree with you RE the artists & engineers are the ones who create the final mixed down art and mastering is just the "final step". I've spoken of and highlighted recording engineers in other videos. The main "thrust" of these mastering engineer videos is just to highlight great pressings that were done by specific mastering engineers. I don't mean to belittle or ignore the other people involved. Appreciate you watching and thanks for your feedback.
Thank you for your videos. Really great music history and awesome music recommendations!
No Surrender and Bobbie Jean are two of my favorites on the Born in the U.S.A. as well, Downbound Train is another, great riff. I agree with you, these songs are very personal to me.
Thank you.
Downbound Train is an easy underrated gem
So I took some time today to organize my collection and while organizing I would randomly grab a record to play. I played She's The Boss by Mick Jagger, Think Visual by The Kinks and Sting's ...Nothing Like The Sun. along with several others. I hadn't play these three in a while and took notice of the great sound. After playing each record, thanks to you, I checked to see who mastered the record. These three were all mastered by Robert Ludwig and it shows.
I picked up a nice Steely Dan Boxed Set..It's Steely Dan's 'Citizen Steely Dan'
It's nicely Remastered...sounds great IMO.
Best channel in VC, highly appriciated for great recommendations, found few in my collectiion. Keep em coming 👍 cheers from Finland
Wow I have very similar musical tastes as you! I never thought of the mastering engineer having such a impact on the record but it seems obvious now.
To find Journey - Escape with the RL in the deadwax is not easy to find in the wild.
10 years after ,space in time. Pink floyd animals, the who quadrophenia. Its a beautiful day.
Best sounding album I own is Pirates by Ricki Lee Jones. I have four from your list.
Good call and I think Rickie’s self titled first record sounds even better. ❤️
Another great video-I have most of these, the Rupert Holmes has me intrigued, will have to seek that one out.
My favorite baseball stadium which is no more hangs on your wall. A lot of childhood memories. Great video.
Thanks, gotta love Tiger Stadium 👍🏻
Love it! Awesome that you are profiling all these awesome mastering gurus!!!
Cheers Danny
I agree. These videos are great.
Hello, can you tell us what speakers you use with your Marantz 2230. Also do you the built in phonostage or do you have a separate one? If you have mentioned this on previous videos i apologize im new to your channel. I have a marantz 2225 myself and wanted some advice. Thank you.
Hi! I have a pair of vintage Boston Acoustics A200s which my 2230 seems to power very nicely. I don’t have a separate phono stage but might consider one. I have a room tour video where I go into more detail. Thanks for watching!
Really glad I found your stuff, great great work.
Much appreciated!
Bob Ludwig is THE God of mastering. Before I ever knew what master was, I knew that I had some albums that sounds great (good stereo, sound stage, presence of instruments, clarity in higher frequencies, etc.) and other that didn’t. The only common factor was that all of the great sounding albums were mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk - none of the dull or otherwise poor sounding albums were.
Hey UV... This was a lot of fun!... You present a smart and informative platform for all things music.... Gaucho needs more buzz---a contemporary and sophisticated album, it's like The Long Run was to Hotel California(see Aja!), a tough act to follow....Thank you for the intel on this one and Take Care, Ghostrider Rick
Thanks! Check out my Steely Dan vinyl guide videos
After I watched this video I stopped by a local antique store that also sells used vinyl records...and I found the Escape album from Journey ... it has the Maserdisk mark on the dead wax .... Thank you for recommending it! It's sounds amazing...and I paid $15 ... it's in very good condition! Hopefully I will be able to find the rest of them...
For me, i did not know album 4. I'm going to look into it.
Need to get a Ludwig copy of BITU, but I do have Tunnel of Love (1987), also mastered by RL and easily available. I recall preferring TOL to BITU for sonic clarity, less reverb and distortion tricks with Bruce’s vocal. Side 2 on TOL also is an absolute no-song-skip gem.
I just picked up a mint Live 75/85 today, looking forward to spinning it
Great video again. I cheched my record collection. 7 from 10 i have, good rate and you're 100 % right, they sounds amazing. Buckingham/ Nicks i will check out. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Thank you Manfred!
I'd say that many albums that came out under the perceived genre of "yacht rock" were superbly produced sonically (usually by Ludwig or Grundman to name a few); and even within that genre, the roster of who's yacht rock and who isn't is still up for debate. I do have that Boys and Girls LP which I found for under $10!
- Red
Great video... lots of good info about the music behind the music. Love your setup....looks like you have a Sony PS-70 or 75 turntable with Nagaoka 110 cartridge connected to a smaller Marantz receiver? Can't beat those Sony turntables for pure good sound. Once you experience a turntable with a Biotracer tonearm, you may never go back! Also, your other system with the Sansui and H/K 730 receiver.... Harman Kardon are so under the radar and one of the best buys in vintage audio.... no Marantz tax on these! 😂Now I need to find my copy of Buckingham Nick's to see if it has the Sterling Stamp!
Thanks, I still have the HK 730! I’ve evolved my main system to an integrated McIntosh MA 6100 and purchased a Thorens TD 145.
Nice Martin.
David Crosby's If Only I Could Remember My Name should be #1. Just saying… It will blow your mind. I have three different pressings. All good and a bit different.
The Second Arrangement is now available on here remastered by some members. Love the Dan story. Land of Dreams is a favourite Randy album.
Your knowledge about personel and music is impressive, very informative. But it's worth mentioning that sound of record is not only mastering, it is mainly great mix what we hear. That's why I would include masters mixing engineers like Bob Clearmountain, Bill Schnee or Bruce Swedien to credit list.
Noted! I’ve spent more time recently speaking about recording engineers and mixing engineers.
@@Universityofvinyl Great. I will check out your recent videos.
Love the Lounge AX photo in the background
Thanks!
I’m sitting quite smug at the moment as even as a teenager I had bought 7 out of 10 of those albums . I think 2 under rated CD,s are Journey Raised on Radio and Bruce Hornsby The Way It Is . They sound fantastic even on a fairly average sound system. Excellent production and Engineering.
Great historical narrative - thank you
Just discovered I have the same Bryan Ferry album! Nice.
Found 3 so far in my collection. Gaucho which I already knew was RL, Born the the USA and Boys and Girls which I had just found for $2 a couple of weeks ago and bought on a whim. All great sounding and very different recordings. Thanks for the info. Have you done one for AZ yet?
Stay tuned for AZ ;)
This is great content and an education. Thank you for making these videos 👍
Thanks for the kind words and happy it's helpful
A couple harder to find RL’s are late 60’s reissues of The Doors Soft Parade and The Butterfield Blues Band East West
WOW! No wonder you are going so strong, you went from 2000 subscribers a year ago to nearly 60,000 now! 😲
Ah, Gaucho... My very favourite Steely Dan album by FAR! The sound quality when I first heard it on my system (I bought it shortly after it came out) was bloody AMAZING! At the time my friend and I would use that as one of the Demo albums on my system. I had always thought it was one of the first digitally mastered albums, but apparently recently I heard that it actually was not digitally mastered. I'll hafta go back and check out the song you like best, I only really remember the stellar Hey 19 and even better yet, Babylon Sisters.
My humble apologies, but I am not really a Singer/Songwriter person. Vocals/stories just don't usually interest me. As a guitar player and composer (using both expressions *extremely* loosely) the instrumentation, compositions, and arrangements are what I like. Although, I DID sample the Bryan Ferry and I must admit that it has nice, almost hypnotic arrangements.
And yes, again... 😊 I think Heaven on Tattoo You is one of *THE* most beautiful songs I've heard. And *YES!* You can talk about Zeppelin *ANY* time you want mate! 😁
Great commentary, thank you for watching
Hello! Today was my first class at the University. Enjoyed the Gaucho (love the Dan) and Tattoo You stories. I know B.L. had nothing to do with the Beatles Abbey Road but what is your opinion of the work done on that record (production, engineering)? Thank you sir.
Thanks for watching! With Abbey Road I have the deluxe 3 LP remastered/mixed Giles Martin cut and I think it sounds excellent. I am seeking a clean UK original and would love to compare.
@@Universityofvinyl If u find one let me know what u think!
side note fagan did the nightfly not becker
Buckingham Nicks album certainly did show the connection as you said.
I suggest " Living Colors " Album by Dave Samuels mastered by Bob Ludwig !!!! Beautiful LP and beautiful sound !!!! Special !!!!
Wow! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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Thanks QC! 👍🏻
Great choices! I always love finding RL in the deadwax. Always a nice surprise.
Just got boys and girls for 10 bucks.
Peter Gabriel's So❤❤❤❤
Land Of Dreams - in my top 10 all time. Genius compositions ..
I never understood the Springsteen craze, and I have not seen him ranked in any other review site.
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Just discovered your channel and thoroughly enjoyed the classic rock
Back stories- thanks
Thanks!
Hey great video. Live in Lancaster Pa and have eight used record stores in the local area. Found SD Goucho and RS Tattoo You RL masterdisc. Got Gaucho in NM for $17.50 and Tattoo You for $10. What a steal. Tomorrow is the Keystone Record Collectors monthly show so going mining for more.
So the immaculate copy of the RL Escape RL album turned out awesome. That hint about the embossed raised jacket was a great hint. The find was inexpensive and audio sound was so sharp a separation was amazing.
Hello I just discovered your channel with this vid and immediately subscribed of course ;-) Thank you for great content. Cheers.
Thanks!
I have a horribly cursed scratchy-sounding copy of Gaucho. Put me off to the album as it soured my first listening experience. Now I have to find a good copy to give it another listen.
Talking Heads
Dire Straits
Jacko
ZZ Top
Chicago
The Cars......all sound exceptionally well recorded. Great info, not the same old fan swooning. Subbed.
Thanks for that!