So, I've made a disappointing discovery. For a long time I've had an SQ lp of The Carmina Burana on Columbia, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. Through the muddiness that is SQ, there is a great quad mix in there somewhere, and so I sought out the Q8 of it, and finally obtained one.
As I'm looking over the tape, I notice in small print on the label it notes that "Due to mechanical limitations, this tape cartridge program has been edited to a slightly shorter length than the disc version."
WTF!?!?!?!
And sure enough, 10 minutes are gone. Just gone. Complete verses just edited right out. Carl Orff must have been rolling in his grave as some jerk with a razor blade edited down a classic work of music just to avoid making a 2 tape set.
I really don't get some of the jackassery that these guys pulled off. Chicago got 2 tape sets. Leonard Bernstein's Mass got a 3 tape set, and even got a nice box to hold them. But Company and The Carmina Burana? Nah, just slice and dice it, no one will notice. Bitches Brew and Tears of Joy? Nah, don't bother, just slap in on an SQ and call it good.
I don't get why some releases were deemed fit for multi-tape release, while at other times they avoided going beyond a single tape at all costs, even to the point of butchering classical music.
I wonder what other butchering jobs the guys at Columbia did.
As I'm looking over the tape, I notice in small print on the label it notes that "Due to mechanical limitations, this tape cartridge program has been edited to a slightly shorter length than the disc version."
WTF!?!?!?!
And sure enough, 10 minutes are gone. Just gone. Complete verses just edited right out. Carl Orff must have been rolling in his grave as some jerk with a razor blade edited down a classic work of music just to avoid making a 2 tape set.
I really don't get some of the jackassery that these guys pulled off. Chicago got 2 tape sets. Leonard Bernstein's Mass got a 3 tape set, and even got a nice box to hold them. But Company and The Carmina Burana? Nah, just slice and dice it, no one will notice. Bitches Brew and Tears of Joy? Nah, don't bother, just slap in on an SQ and call it good.
I don't get why some releases were deemed fit for multi-tape release, while at other times they avoided going beyond a single tape at all costs, even to the point of butchering classical music.
I wonder what other butchering jobs the guys at Columbia did.