Christopher Smith wrote:
On Mar 6, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Some even suggest that the concept of the album is pretty much dead.
Oh, I forgot to add:
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.
Christopher has brought up a very important point -- I have especially
enjoyed the CD reissues where all the original liner notes were included
along with newly written material which incorporates more recent
research and knowledge.
Of course, to some extent (if one can filter the 90% of crap that we
always have to wade through) those liner notes have been replaced by fan
web-sites where a lot of the knowledge which used to be available in the
liner notes is still available (along with new knowledge). But it takes
an extra effort (or two) to find that information which used to be
included for the price of the recording.
And those liner notes would serve as terrific advertising for other
recordings -- I would often buy an LP and read the liner notes and
think, "Wow, I really like that drumming style" (or piano style or
sideman tenor sound or whatever) and then look for other LPs which had
that person on them. Without knowing who's playing on any of the mp3
files I can buy online, those extra sales get lost unless or until I
make the extra effort to try to find who all the personnel are on the
files I enjoy.
--
David H. Bailey
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