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Jon On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:46 PM, D Thank you Don. Jon On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:46 PM, Don Cox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: On 26/03/2014, Jon Samuels wrote: > I completely agree with you about listing sources. I fought (m > Tom, > > I completely agree with you about listing sources. I fought (mostly, > to no avail) to do that on BMG CD releases. I always annotated my > paperwork with as much detail as I could (source used, tape format, > playback curve used, etc.). You are mostly correct (at least as far as > BMG is concerned), that Mercury was the trend setter. As I wrote > previously, the Living Stereo CDs were a direct copy of the Living > Presence CD idea. But using original workparts as the source for CDs > predate the Living Presence reissues. It was started in 1984, and then > became fairly standard by 1989. I started at BMG in 1990, and as I > gained more authority, I insisted that the best surviving sound source > be used in all reissues. This included metal parts, lacquers, mono > tapes, and two, three , four, eight and sixteen-track originals. That > was not the case when I started there. > I think we should all be grateful to you for this policy, which must have been difficult to push through. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]