Quote Originally Posted by SlavikSvensk
your point is right on the money for both detroit and chicago. in "techno rebels" there was some bulls*** about nsc having such great mastering techniques, but that's just a load of crap. their records sound muddy, warp easily, and don't even get me started on the head-scratchingly bad idea of putting two tracks on one side groove after groove, rather than song-after-song. i don't know how many times someone's bumped the decks and dj bone's "turn the lights off" has suddenly become the mediocre electro song on the same side in mid mix...and off tempo!
I know this all too well! The first time I ever acquired records years ago like that I seriously thought I was on drugs cause the side would keep changing everytime until I got my story straight. NSC is clearly one of the worst plants and I can't believe people still use it to this day.