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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
I have Bay of KIngs, and while I love Steve Hackett and like the album very much, especially Horizon, Black Light, and Skye Boat Song. I thought the recording sounded too thin. I thought it had a sound of being recorded in large hall that left the guitar sounding distant and faint. That is just my two cents about the quality of the audio, it's not meant to reflect negatively on the music on the album or Steve Hackett's talent.
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He did record most of it by himself, so the sound quality might have been a little sub-par, but most reviews tend to overlook those facts. The guitar sounds like it was recorded in a large hall because it was. Natural acoustics are what drives the tone of most of the tunes. I love it for it's simplistic pureness in that effect. I once played the title track on a guitar I was thinking about purchasing, and it impressed the store owner enough to make him come over and ask what it was. I bought that guitar and still play it. It always reminds me of that day.
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