Are the loudness wars over?

[winky dinglehoffer]

If I recall correctly, the loudness wars thing began in earnest with Queen's producer, Roy Thomas Baker.

I have heard that it goes back to Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood though I now can't find the quote.

Find a 45 of Telstar & you'll see that Joe Meek was definitely a combatant in the loudness wars.

[vvv]

WHAT?

OK, I apologize, my ears were ringing and I misheard ...

The worst record for loudness I have heard lately was Metallica's last (the EP was a little better).

Of course that may be because I've mostly been listening to indie and jazz lately.

Altho' I'll add that one of my fave productions of recent years was Bowie's last.