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Alabama Shakes

DustyOldPile

DustyOldPile

Vinyl Goddess
I recently picked up the Alabama Shakes "Boys and Girls" album on vinyl after previewing some mp3's of their songs. Originally, I heard of them via an interview on NPR.

Great, great band...but a lot of distortion, particularly in the vocals. I don't know if that's by design or not, but it's kind of annoying. Has anyone else noticed this?
 
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coletrain said:
I like this band! Started listening to them after I saw them on Conan. Never heard the vinyl though.
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I don't think it's a problem with the vinyl, but rather a problem with overmodulation of the vocals upon recording. I noticed the same issue with mp3's that presumably were ripped from CD.
 
I like the sound. It adds a certain ambiance that fits the songs. They even let the grounding hum from the guitars come through.
I loved the sound of the band right away, but the songs took a bit to sink in. But I love the songs now. This is a really good band.
 
In that case, how do like these apples? :D

'Whispering' Bob Harris just [now] played them on the [post 1 a.m.] radio!

Cheers, og
 
The distortion is probably by design. The first time I listened I thought my headphone's drivers had gone bad. I had to switch back and forth between something I knew very well and ALShakes just to make sure everything on the gear end was in order.
 
I have the album, still sealed tho - I need to open and play.

What I've heard via the internet sounded pretty good, which is why I bought the record.
 
I have the LP - some of the live concerts on Internetarchive.org sound better to me. Also vids on Youtube sound better to my ears..
 
I like Alabama Shakes too, they have a real "rock & roll soul" type of sound. I bought their first album (vinyl just seems appropriate for them) and I thought the recoding/pressing was not so good. It was a bit disappointing, I've only played it once. I still like the band, however, and I'll probably buy their new album too.
 
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