one of its major virtues (idk if this gets talked about at all) is the beautiful sound they got on this record. It's a happy coincidence that they were able to get so many old school country giants in the same room *and* take advantage of the peak of analog recording technology. Don't get me wrong I love the Carter Family and Flatt & Scruggs etc. but a lot of their classic recordings sound like what they were: rough, primitive, made with one microphone, that kind of thing. But here you get this fantastic, detailed, crystalline recording, you can really hear what everyone is doing.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 17:29 (seven years ago) link