On 3/6/08, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the case of jazz albums, some of the most accurate and well- > written jazz scholarship appears (appeared?) on album covers. > Reducing these albums to collections of mp3's reduces their value > considerably for the usual well-informed jazz listener who considers > the reading almost as important as the listening! Personnel lists, > dates, producer notes, technical notes; all these are invaluable > information that is largely lost to the mp3 generation.
I worked for a large record label (in the royalities division) and I worked on a LOT of jazz material (I had to reenter a lot of this information from one system into another). The type of information you are talking about was hard for even ME to find, and I worked there! It required a lot of research and phone calls on my part. The same issue you bring up in reference to mp3s exists for Classical music as well, e.g. some of the old Nonesuch albums had liner notes that were really for intents and purposes, research papers (most of them included full citations for sources (ancient and modern) for the music. And the cover art? Forgetaboutit with mp3s !! Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
