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And, of course, have been commended by the sound quality of all our CD's by many collectors and professionals in the film music business. Lost film music is not an easy task. I wish you saw the state in which they find very many tapes.
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I shall ask EMI and Studio Infinity about the transfer and mastering process and will report soon.
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Thank you for your answers Jose.
Too bad that there is no lossless source for this score
One can clearly hear that it is lossy when the cymbals play (at the beginning from Christmas Rhapsody).
The spectral analyse shows that it probabely comes from an 160kb mp3.
How can it be that the masters are such compromised?
I'm dissapointed. Not about the work you put in this release, but that it isn't possible to have it in real good quality sound.
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I do not have the tapes. As I said, the tracks were in the archives of EMI Music Spain since 1985 and gave them to me through an FTP. The sound was not exactly great (very sharp sound), but I think the results achieved are very good. I will ask Pablo Baselga, the engineer, who used restoring programs, as well as EMI and proceeded to transfer analog.
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I do not have the tapes. As I said, the tracks were in the archives of EMI Music Spain since 1985 and gave them to me through your FTP. The state was not exactly great, but I think the results achieved are very good. I will ask Paul Baselga, the engineer, who used programs, as well as EMI and proceeded to transfer analog.
Well, for what it's worth I've had this CD on my car CD player all week now...
... and I think it sounds fantastic!
Big thanks to you and your colleagues, José for the effort put in to bringing this release out 
I for one certainly appreciate it - and it sounds like you've done the very best you could for this release.
Thank You.
-John.
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I just received this email about a topic in FSM. I'm pretty upset, and I would like to start talking about my label that is ABSOLUTELY LEGAL. I teach my contract with EMI MUSIC SPAIN. I can also FTP files show where EMI sent the tracks extracted from the master who kept from the Spanish edition in 1985. It was mastered at Infinity Studio by Pedro Baselga, a professional technician, who used various compression programs to reduce the blow and the imperfections that have the files. But, of course, is not extracted from an LP or a cassette.
In the Waldo de los Rios CD's has been advised in the booklet of the imperfections that may have some tracks, and our work attempts to be as serious as possible.
If the effort and hard work to rescue these jewels of film music, which is very little economic benefit will be rewarded in this way is better not stay in this business.
JOSÉ M. BENÍTEZ
Do not worry, José - I am sure that the vast, vast majority of people on this board never doubted the authenticity of your Santa Claus : The Movie release for one second.
Big thanks again for all the hard work in making this release possible - I for one am extremely grateful, and with you every success with this and all future "Singular" releases.
-John
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Anyway, it is likely that a major label to produce a better edition or a complete edition someday. My contract is only for 1000 copies and are under 50, so soon will be free for those who want to do better. I not to stick ever my nose into American film music, as I proposed in a private mail for one of the components of this forum.
José M. Benítez
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I've really enjoyed this release as well. The music sounds great, and I didn't notice any imperfections that took away from my enjoyment of this score.
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Anyway, it is likely that a major label to produce a better edition or a complete edition someday. My contract is only for 1000 copies and are under 50, so soon will be free for those who want to do better. I not to stick ever my nose into American film music, as I proposed in a private mail for one of the components of this forum.
José M. Benítez
Jose,
Can I just say that I was THRILLED to get hold of this soundtrack. Like manhunter, I have played it numerous times (especially 'Making Toys'). The music sounds fine to me. I have no technical knowledge of sound or how it is stored, but I can only say this CD sounds perfect. You have one very happy customer.
I bought both INNERSPACE and BTTF in December, and while I have enjoyed those two, SANTA CLAUS was the best of these.
I repeat: Thrilled.
On another subject, could you tell me what the music is that plays in your home page?
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the music of my homepage is a cue from Pascal Gaigne's "Omerta"
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I had this transfered from my old LP and I did a great great job on it. It sounded wonderful. When I got the CD, the sound was not much different than my LP transfer. I do know what you mean about some of the sound. I noticed a few tracks, the music sounds real "S'y", if that's even a term. I know on some MP3 the music just has a distinct sound on it, you can tell the quality has been lowered etc. A few tracks sound like that to me, though I'm no music expert at all and I must say, I bought two copies and love it!!!
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