We were really disappointed with the production on that CD. The record company wanted us to endorse these mics that they were using on our instruments and we didn't want to. They were some kind of condensor mics that we weren't used to using, and maybe it wasn't the fault of the mics, but our instruments on that recording sound tinny and weak. This CD was mixed live to 2-track, so whatever went in the can that day from the board was the way it went to disc - there was no opportunity for any post production, other than digital editing for song order and...
How they let this slide, I have no idea. They recorded two shows that day and for whatever reason, they decided to edit together both performances of either "California" or "W-H-A-T Flowers Gone" (I'd have to go listen to remember which song it was) taking the first half of the song from the first show and then editing in the last half from the second show. Between the first and second shows they had made a drastic change in the reverb level. If you listen to that song on headphones, the sudden wash of reverb at the edit point is quite obvious.
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