tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592066439575158587.post4768281773212381372..comments2022-03-04T05:34:45.177+01:00Comments on Prague Jazz: CD Review: The Funky Way of Emil ViklickýTony Emmersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01264050232336950696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592066439575158587.post-84185648838991834732009-11-22T22:06:01.727+01:002009-11-22T22:06:01.727+01:00Hi Lukáš,
Thank you for the extra details, and th...Hi Lukáš,<br /><br />Thank you for the extra details, and thank you also for putting this album together. It sounds like it was a lot of work, but the end result is a great listen and an important document.<br /><br />I hope this is not the last such collection that you put together: Perhaps Luboš has some good stuff in his private tapes... <br /><br />Best,<br />TonyTony Emmersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264050232336950696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592066439575158587.post-63556759907207455372009-11-22T15:47:02.227+01:002009-11-22T15:47:02.227+01:00Hi Tony
Thanks for your great review. I may add a ...Hi Tony<br />Thanks for your great review. I may add a couple of details:<br /><br />This release (as well as its “sister” release “Ne! The soul of Marta Kubišová”, VAMPI 114) has been in the making for even longer. I began to work on it already in early 2008. The reasons why it took so long were, at least for <a href="http://www.supraphon.com/" rel="nofollow">some parts</a>, not within our control though. :) <br /><br />Apart from some initial licensing issues, I also had a hard time to find someone in Prague who would be able to make high quality digitalization of Emil’s private tapes (within our budget, that is). As you have also noted, the sonic quality of these recordings isn't exactly overwhelming, but that also lies within the technical specifications of some 20–25 years old 1/4" tapes recorded at mere 19 cm/s. So in the end and after several unsatisfactory attempts by Czech professionals, I took Emil’s tapes home to Basel and digitized them myself on my trusty (and freshly recalibrated) Revox B77…<br /><br />The raw 24-bit digitalization of Supraphon’s own master tapes has been done by their regular mastering studio in Prague; Supraphon never gives their tapes out to 3rd parties for processing. But not without some hiccups either: at first they digitized Andršt’s “Soumrak” instead of “Zelený satén”. It’s always a good idea to double-check each and every track before proceeding with the next production step.<br /><br />Then, already “in the middle of the stream”, I decided to change the mastering studio, which was originally chosen by Vampisoul. The reasons why that was a necessity and why I have chosen Ian Shepherd will be more obvious if you look at <a href="http://mastering-media.blogspot.com/search/label/loudness%20war" rel="nofollow">some articles</a> on Ian’s own blog. <br /><br />So, Ian’s work began with the raw audio files I gave him, as well as with my written instructions regarding each track (again, with our very tight budget in mind, in order to save costly studio time). <br />Nevertheless, even under these circumstances, Ian’s results are excellent indeed!<br /><br />cheers<br />LukášLou Kashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14658665603474481151noreply@blogger.com