Being involved at the fringes of radio, I occasionally get my filthy little hands on music files supplied directly by the record companies. Most recently, this meant getting the "new" Prince album in WAV format from Sony.
Imagine my surprise upon realizing that at least two songs, most notably "Stand Up and B Strong" are riddled with what my ears tell me are CD read errors. Arguably even worse, the version streaming via Qobuz (and presumably others) has the same god damned errors.
I mean...what the FUCK?!?! We've now hit the point where one of the only remaining major record companies is so lazy, so incompetent and so apathetic that they can't even be bothered not to ruin a major release by one of the most important and influential musicians of our lifetimes.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone with a physical copy. Are the errors baked in or did Sony, which presumably had access to the masters, distribute files half-assedly ripped from a CD by a half-wit infant who didn't know how to do it properly?
I'd also be interested in what others with access to the stream can hear. Am I misinterpreting something intentional? It sure doesn't sound like any effect anyone would want in there.
Imagine my surprise upon realizing that at least two songs, most notably "Stand Up and B Strong" are riddled with what my ears tell me are CD read errors. Arguably even worse, the version streaming via Qobuz (and presumably others) has the same god damned errors.
I mean...what the FUCK?!?! We've now hit the point where one of the only remaining major record companies is so lazy, so incompetent and so apathetic that they can't even be bothered not to ruin a major release by one of the most important and influential musicians of our lifetimes.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone with a physical copy. Are the errors baked in or did Sony, which presumably had access to the masters, distribute files half-assedly ripped from a CD by a half-wit infant who didn't know how to do it properly?
I'd also be interested in what others with access to the stream can hear. Am I misinterpreting something intentional? It sure doesn't sound like any effect anyone would want in there.