Love Susan Rogers, and the Prince albums she engineered or worked from are standout-brilliant, from Purple Rain to Sign O The Times, but good gracious me are they sonically pretty terrible. I didn't expect much from the 2020 Sign O The Times remaster, and wasn't disappointed: there's not much there to begin with. I mean, fine, it shows just how strong the music was, and you can argue that Prince was too busy to care about sound quality. Indeed he figured that the songs themselves would override those issues, and was correct. Whatever Susan did to help those sessions aside from recording the stuff, it was probably amazing.
But when you compare that album against the live rehearsals, a few weeks after recording was completed, you are left somewhat wanting.
But when you compare that album against the live rehearsals, a few weeks after recording was completed, you are left somewhat wanting.
Live Rehearsals #1: https://www.mixcloud.com/moontroll/prince-sign-o-the-times-r...
Susan Rogers has always been an interesting person to listen to, hopefully I'll get a chance to read her book.