Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
Just picked up (finally) Roomsound the other day for $8.00. This one would easily qualify for this comp too.
Yea, Roomsound is a great sounding CD. Brian Deck did a fine job recording that one. Not sure if he mastered it too or not. Shame some of his later work doesn't sound near as good due to the loud mastering, like Josh Ritter's Animal Years which coulda been so much nicer. But in those earlier times, back at the change of the millenium, Califone and Ugly Casanova and Modest Mouse and Holopaw and Fruitbats all sound very nice. Roots and Crowns still sounds very good too, just a bit louder, and I'm sure done to digital instead of 2" tape like I'm pretty sure they used for Roomsound.