In fact after picking up several Led Zeppelin and AC / DC albums with The Little Wave, I decided to give it a try with the Creedence Clearwater Revival records, released on the Hispavox label. Either way, your post gives me the perfect opportunity to tell how I discovered the name of this engineer. Also, let's not forget other engineers who didn't sign their matrix and did a really good job. Yes, this late discovery adds a bit of freshness to the obscure world of vinyl. In the meantime, if some of you have records mastered by Alvear, do not hesitate to give your impressions (and why not publish photos, easy with Postimage)Ĭlick to expand.Thank you Multirock for your nice message. This pressing has an exceptional vitality also thanks to a truly 3D soundstage! Music breathes! The clarity is superb too! At first listen I was impressed because it is certainly the rawest, if not the most brutal version that I have heard of this album! "Wow! The engineer who did this mastering is very talented" I said to myself!įrom that point on, I had only one goal: to find other pressings mastered by him and maybe, with a little luck, guess his name.īut that's the next episode where I will reveal to you how I found the identity of this engineer and I will also tell you about his superb mastering of Led Zeppelin l. superb! The sound is organic and the crispness of the guitars wonderful (on "What should or what should never be", Jimmy Page's guitar seems to tear up the coda!). I noticed immediately that it was about a reissue of 1981 as well as the matrix (A8 / B8) followed indeed by a small wave resembling a signature!Ĭertainly the fruit of a local engineer and not rotten fruit because when the riff of Whole lotta love sounded in my speakers, I was amazed! I had never heard this riff with so much depth, (often this one is drowned in an undesirable echo, which spoils the pleasure I find)! Then comes the bass, carnal and full of extension. maybe a signature? I hesitated because it was not the pressing I was hoping for but having an adventurous spirit. He tells me the matrix are hand engraved and there is kind of a little wave. I order the record but at the last moment, the seller told me that he made a mistake in his listing! (it happens a lot on Discogs!). And a seller was offering a copy for $ 30.00 (my usual price for a copy in great condition). Finally I found a link on Discogs: A5 / B4 stamped machine. Again, I was looking for the same series with a matrix number starting with A5 /. Powerful and incandescent, this pressing has the heaviest version of "Rock n'roll" too! Impressed by the quality of this second pressing, I decided to try my luck again with the band's second album, maybe my favorite. And there again another surprise: an authentic Hot mastering! And immediately I began to listen to him. After a few days of waiting, I received my record in very good condition. I managed to find a Led Zeppelin lV with the following matrix : A5 / B3 stamped machine. When the song "Immigrant song" came out of my loudspeakers, I was stunned! An exceptional dynamic, a wonderful three-dimensionality and a lot of realism! Wow! When I finished listening to my record, I was amazed! I was amazed because I could not imagine finding such good mastering in this country! I decided to get another Led Zeppelin pressing based on the matrix numbers of my Led Zeppelin lll (A5 / B3 stamped machine). But I managed to be satisfied with it the prices of the first UK pressing (A5 / B5) are now prohibitive! Out of curiosity, I still decided to listen to my Spanish pressing (A5 / B3 stamped machine), convinced that it would be worse than my other pressings. Three good pressings but not exceptional the first lacked a bit of personality, the Italian pressing despite a good kick lacked breathing while the Piros was a bit clinical or too clean and lacked realism. I already had several pressings of this album: a German late pressing for the French market (circa 1989/1990), an Italian pressing and a 1977 reissue mastered by George Piros. just to have the cover with the titles of the songs in that language. How did I find out? One day I bought a Spanish press of Led Zeppelin lll. Why am I opening a thread dedicated to this engineer and how did I find out?Ī member here suggested to me to synthesize my (modest) knowledge, so far disseminated in various threads, on this engineer who worked for the label Hispavox from the beginning of the seventies until the beginning of the eighties ( at least it seems?).
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