Michael H. Gray wrote:
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> The evidence of records made by RCA from 1944 onwards into the early
> 50s, including those made on tape, make it clear, at least to me, that a
> limiter was being inserted into the recording chain, most likely after
> the mixer output and before the recorder. There isn't any direct
> evidence for this from RCA's recording sheets, but since these were made
> up after the session, and we seem to have lost any session-day
> documents, including any purely engineering documents, we've lost the
> key paperwork that some light on this very disappointing practice.
>
> Mike Gray
Maybe somewhere after the first lacquer. DJ pressings seem to sound far less
limited than commercial issues, in my experience, and a colleague once brought
me 3 lacquer dubs from Betty Garrett's personal collection of sides she'd
recorded in 1946 (the Rodgers & Hart album)..no mid-range hump, and I think one
side was an alternate.
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