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Originally Posted by drzubritsky
Although the purist in me says that I should prefer the "raw" 3-vocalists-only approach of the 70s & early 80s, I actually find much of the harmony vocals on their live recordings from those eras to be quite ragged (I'll probably get crucified for that opinion). Sometimes the problem is with the vocal arrangement (e.g. Stevie taking the high harmony on the "Dreams" chorus). But more often I suspect they just weren't working that hard to make their voices blend...effective harmony singing requires tight concentration on the other singer(s) and continually adjusting your own voice to maintain an effective blend.
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I don't disagree - however I find the same issue with the backing singers. Not only do they get off a lot of the time, but I also find it's harder to hear them in general.. (And obviously, they all have their good and bad days - the problem is when ONE person is off the whole thing sounds bad. And since they had 3 people up there singing, it upped the chances for that to happen.)
If we're going to hear shaky harmonies, I'd rather it be actual band members
If you're going to pay other people to do it then it better be perfect.