Stevens, Cat - The World of Cat Stevens - White Hot Stamper

Stevens, Cat - The World of Cat Stevens - White Hot StamperTubey Magical acoustic guitar reproduction is superb on the better copies of this recording. Simply phenomenal amounts of Tubey Magic can be heard on every strum, along with richness, body and harmonic coherency that have all but disappeared from modern recordings (and especially from modern remasterings). This vintage British Decca pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records can barely BEGIN to reproduce. Folks, that sound is

and the ones that did tended to do most other things well also

What We're Listening For On The Long Run

their best album and the worst sounding

but I know that it would have to be very dull and very smeary

and energy are all outstanding on this original pressing

Like other middle period Roxy

who happens to be the man who recorded some of Coltrane’s most iconic albums for Atlantic: Giant Steps (1960) and Coltrane Jazz (1961)

and the sound is just too lean to work

Which is a roundabout way of saying that there is practically no chance we would prefer the Milstein to this Accardo recording

and no other place in which to record”

This album is good from first track to last

the lower mids are full and rich