I stripped some of the bass off to make it sound better. I have a 3 band compression limiter (bass, mid range and treble) if the bands are linked the bass can become overloaded so I unlinked the bands! This should sound better!
My eyes are blurry with tears as I'm seeing and liking your comment. This song most of all hits me the hardest such a deep song perfect arrangement and with this man's fantastic enhancements just exemplary!
Late Summer / early fall of '71, I 1st heard this--------hitch hiking to LA, from Denver, while riding with a trucker------we heard it on KOMA in Oklahoma City -------------& I was just spell-bound .-----------Karen had the most effortless, perfect, Alto / Contralto voice, I've ever heard. And this song just stayed with me------aching-----heartbreaking --------gorgeous. ---------An Angel among us.-------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o
agreed. THEE ultimate female "crooner" the EPITOME OF the singer who sang TO YOU NOT AT YOU, ... purest, richest, most moving, intimate, haunting, beautiful, natural, meaningful female voice i have and will ever hear.. add in her great ability of phrasing and telling the story of the song and her incredible PERFECT diction and enunciation for every syllable to every word to every song she ever sang, makes her in my opinion the greatest female singer of love and romance songs ever... looking for love, finding love and losing love....
Wow!! It's Absolutely Beautiful.. Ken, thank you for sharing this wonderful " New Enhanced Version" As always you are Awesome. keep it coming.... Bobbie
The first single of theirs I bought - and maybe still my favorite of their many hits. I'm not sure but that might be The Wrecking Crew behind them - they were on a few of the recordings. Every time I hear this I think of a beautiful, long-haired "southern belle" that I briefly dated in early '71. She was a sexy charmer.
Kenn, as always : my thanks to you ! ---------The Summer of '71, THIS was the one that told me Richard was a genius, & Karen's voice, was 4-Ever, & Ever. ----------------OMG, what a beautiful voice, this angel had. ------------------------------Wolfsky9, 73 y/o
I totally agree - such depth with headphones. Remember listening to ABBA through headphones and I was floating away!! The Carpenters music and vocals ( such a great symphony behind them) takes me away!!
I reluctantly listened to this one and was pleasantly surprised. You kept it original but made it even more crisp. Hard to improve on perfection but you did it here! : )
This one seems a bit hot in presence 4K to 6K but otherwise, the separation is real nice. You do great work. Your Hollies and ONJ ones are my favorites of your work. Thank you!
I agree. When Richard was mixing this track, he musta been high for missing her low end. Always when Karen, one of the most natural vocalist of the past 75 years goes from a middle to a low end, the middle is obvious. When Richard brings in the overdubs, that is where he really missed the lows. JMO.
The instruments certainly sound crisper, but it seems that in your attempt to strip some of the bass out, you removed the rich tonal quality of the low end of Karen's voice. It loses a little bit of that emotive feel to the song, IMO, which is what really draws the listener in.
Karen was beautiful------------why was it not enough ???? ---------Always comparing herself to Michelle Philips ------so unfair -----& destructive. -------Just too ---too sad. ---------------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o
