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Bob Welch

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2008)
• Original Release Date: March 18, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Airline Records
• ASIN: B0013LKZSM
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,382 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This 15 track career retrospective was produced, recorded and compiled by Bob Welch. It is the only authorized collection that spans his years with Fleetwood Mac and his solo career.

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BETTER than the "originals" says Bob Welch, April 17, 2008

By	R. Welch "Bob Welch" (Antioch, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Inferior ? The reason I did these re-records is because the ORIGINAL versions
are inferior...the re-records are better. Why ?...1.I was never able to get the engineers
in the old days, with Fleetwood Mac, and as a Capitol records solo artist, to record my
voice the way I wanted it to sound. 2. The "original" recordings lack "dynamic range", i.e.
the "highs and deep lows" that you're able to record with todays digital equipment because
the "originals", "French Kiss", "Mystery To Me" etc were mixes made for MONO AM RADIO. In other
words, the record companies needed the records to jump out on the crummy radios people
had in their cars in '78....Therefore, the music was highly compressed,and filtered with
shelving eq at the mastering stage, cutting off highs above 7600kz and lows below about
250 kz so the needle wouldn't jump out of the viynl grooves as the record neared it's end,
where the sound quality was the worst.

These re-recordings have full bandwith dynamic range...they will easily drive a modern subwoofer,
and the highs go all the way to 20000 kz. The songs were also recorded very meticulously
so as to be letter perfect as to the original arrangements, tempos etc.And my voice finally sounds
the way I always wanted it to.
If you are nostalgic for old plastic records, that's your right,but, in in my opinion, as Bob Welch,
the artist who recorded (and wrote, except for "Oh Well") the "orignals", these new versions sound MUCH better...and were a
labor of love btw...I don't need the money.(Read the liner notes)

Signed,
Bob Welch
ex-Fleetwood Mac, Capitol Records solo artist

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the hits, September 26, 2008

By	Timothy Schubert (Chicago,IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nowhere in the description did I see the fact that this is all newly recorded digital versions of Bob's best songs.If,like me,you prefer the original versions in all cases,this is not the CD for you.If all you want is good sounding versions of Bob's best,go ahead and give it a try,but,beware.These are NOT the hit versions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Re-produced classics by the classic Bob Welch, June 13, 2008

By	Randall W. Johnson (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This disk could be rated good or bad. Bob Welch himself over saw and produced this compilation and is
a "note by note" recreation (his words). These songs are not exactly the same as the ones released back
in the 70's so the buyer should know that ahead of time. If you are looking for the same cuts from years
ago, the original French Kiss or Three Hearts albums are what you need to search out. With that said, the
new recordings sound crisp and will add another dimension to Bob Welch collections.