Ry Cooder & V M Bhatt

[tapepath]

Hello,
The album is titled, "A Meeting by the River" recorded by Water Lily Acoustics and loved by music lovers and audiophiles around the world.

[docb]

And mastered by Paul Stubblebine.

[tapepath]

Hello Doc,
I was at a friend's house a couple of days ago and was talking about the TP and said how there was some mention of doing Ry's "Buena Vista" album. My friend, who is a music lover, quickly said, "I'd love to hear "Meeting by the River", that is a recording for all time!".

[JoeG]

Kavi Alexander's masterful recordings for Water Lily would be a great asset for the project. "Meeting by the River" was recently reissued on 200g vinyl on 2 LPs at 45rpm. A real treat for the ears. The thought of these pure analog recordings played back at 15ips.....

"Buena Vista social Club" is a great thought too. My only exposure to this recording has been via the Redbook CD

[Studer Fool]

Yes, Yes, Yes!

Some time ago on April 07, 2008 when Water Lily was mentioned in response I posted:

This is IMHO an excellent suggestion which frankly I've long been expecting someone to make!  There are two themes, if you will, which would lead one here (besides excellent music and recording!) namely the already established Tape Project theme of famous recorders/recordists (particularly the Professor Johnson), but also that the Tape Project's own Paul Stubblebine mastered the CD "Meeting by the River" (which is ostensibly the item which won the Grammy award).  I have that CD and greatly enjoy this music, but I have feared recomending it (and any Water Lily) as it somewhat eclectic relative to more mainstream musical taste. 

The only negative comment I have about that selection is that the playback levels are so low compared to any other CD I have in my player.  I suspect this was a very deliberate decision made by Paul and/or Alexander.  (Care to comment Paul?)  Thus my question/ wondering would be: if this was mastered to tape could the levels be brought up, given that tape overloads so much more gracefully that digital??  In any event an excellent suggestion!  I'd really love having it on R2R tape!  My personal FWIW Highest Recomendation!

DOC & PAUL!: any chance you could make ANY comment here at all, given the repeated mention of this idea?  Particularly whether there's even a "snowballs chance in hell" of getting any Water Lily releases?

Pretty please?

cdw

[docb]

As I wasn't involved in that project my only comment on the level is that's what the volume knob is for. I haven't heard from Kavi in several years, and I think maybe Paul hasn't talked to him in a while either. It's a great record and we'll definitely discuss it next time we talk about titles.

[Studer Fool]

THANKS DOC!

cdw