Waaaaaaay OT, but I just wanted to add that iTunes had a promotional video up of Paul McCartney's newest jazz-flavored CD. (It's awful, BTW. But, that's me. He never should have tried such a project--especially at his age and after the abuse he's given his voice.). But the backing musicians are top-notch--led by Diana Krall and her regular studio musicians, John Clayton, Anthony Wilson, etc. But the video showed all the musicians in the old studios of the Capitol building. It was very neat to see.
And, if anyone wants to hear what the Capitol building could do for a recording...and you've got an SACD player...run (don't walk) to Steve Hoffman's site (or Amazon) and buy some of the new high-rez Nat King Cole albums from those Capitol years that have been remastered from the original studio tapes. They are also available on that new-fangled heavy vinyl. All I can say is "wow." It makes me yearn for the day the Sinatra estate might get Frank's Capitol recordings the same treatment. If only...
Back on-topic: Pal Joey could be a Twilight Time title on which I could see spending that kind of money. That isolated soundtrack option is intriguing.
And, if anyone wants to hear what the Capitol building could do for a recording...and you've got an SACD player...run (don't walk) to Steve Hoffman's site (or Amazon) and buy some of the new high-rez Nat King Cole albums from those Capitol years that have been remastered from the original studio tapes. They are also available on that new-fangled heavy vinyl. All I can say is "wow." It makes me yearn for the day the Sinatra estate might get Frank's Capitol recordings the same treatment. If only...
Back on-topic: Pal Joey could be a Twilight Time title on which I could see spending that kind of money. That isolated soundtrack option is intriguing.