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The Everly Brothers' Best. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1141.(Review)
The Everly Brothers' Best. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1141.
When this disc arrived for review and I first glanced it, my eyes saw "The Everly Brothers" but my mind registered the Righteous Brothers. After a moment's consideration, I sorted things out yet felt a mild disappointment. Frankly, I hadn't given the Everly Brothers a second thought since their glory years over four decades ago. Still, as remastered on gold by DCC's Steve Hoffman, this collection of their biggest hits brought back fond memories of high school days as well as reminded me what a good engineer can do with good source material.
It's not hard to see the appeal of the Everlys. Their tunes were straightforward rock-and-roll standards, rooted in the overtones of country-western and rockabilly. The lyrics proclaim the heartaches of young love, a fairly direct stab at the teenage youth market that comprised their primary audience. But they had something else going for them I'd forgotten--musicianship. Their harmonies are smooth, pointed, and unerring in their inflection. What's more, they did something few rock singers then or now even attempt--they enunciate. Every word is clearly and expressively ...
- Queensryche: Empire. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1138.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John January 1, 2001 700+ words
Queensryche: Empire. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1138. With the demise of Mobile Fidelity, known primarily as a rock-and-roll company, DCC has stepped in to fill the gold...
- Joni Mitchell: Blue. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1132.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John December 1, 1999 700+ words
Joni Mitchell: Blue. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1132. Like so many things issued on the Reprise label in the early '70s, the sound here is mostly excellent. It's extremely...
- Elvis Is Back! DCC Compact Classics GZS-1111.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John May 1, 1998 700+ words
Elvis Is Back! DCC Compact Classics GZS-1111. It's hard to tell just why DCC chose this particular Elvis album to remaster on gold. It's surely a case of sound...
- Metallica: Ride the Lightning. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1136.
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John November 1, 2000 700+ words
Metallica: Ride the Lightning. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1136. I'm afraid one has to have grown up with heavy metal to appreciate it. By the time it became popular, I was already...
- Jethro Tull: Original Masters. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1126.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John January 1, 1999 700+ words
Jethro Tull: Original Masters. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1126. Individually culled from the vaults of EMI, these carefully remastered tapes from 1972-1977 sound clean, clean, clean...
- Belafonte: Jump Up Calypso. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1115.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John May 1, 1998 700+ words
Betafonte: Jump Up Calypso. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1115. I didn't have either the original RCA Living Stereo LP or RCA's silver CD counterpart for comparison, but I did have...
- Jim Croce: Words and Music. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1134.
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John February 1, 2000 700+ words
Jim Croce: Words and Music. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1134. Jim Croce's recording career was regrettably short, about three and a half years, before he died in a plane crash...
- Deep Purple: Made in Japan. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1120.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John November 1, 1998 700+ words
Deep Purple: Made in Japan. DCC Compact Classics GZS-1120. Coming directly after engineer Steve Hoffman's stunning remasterings of Roy Orbison and Elvis, this 24 kt. Deep Purple...