Lightfoot, Gordon - Summer Side of Life - White Hot Stamper (With Issues)

Lightfoot, Gordon - Summer Side of Life - White Hot Stamper (With Issues)*NOTE: There is a mark that plays 6 times lightly during the intro to track 1 on side 2, "Nous Vivons Ensemble." There is also a moderate swoosh audible in the quiet parts throughout all of side 2. Sometimes the copy with the best sound is not the copy with the quietest vinyl. The best sounding copy is always going to win the shootout, the condition of its vinyl notwithstanding. If you can tolerate the problems on this pressing you are in for some

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While my previous cleaning fluids did an excellent job of getting rid of grease and grime and surface noise

Other copies -- my notes for these copies often read "BIG and BOLD" -- create a huge soundfield

and Charlie Rouse's sax sounds just right -- totally free of the "RVG squawk" we often hear on old Blue Notes

MMT is a record that's going to demand a lot from the listener

veiling and resolution

Peter Gabriel

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you want to find that rare copy that keeps what is good about a Tubey Magical analog recording from The Golden Age of 50s Jazz but manages to avoid the pitfalls so common to them: compression

Leroy Vinnegar and Hampton Hawes -- all favorite players of ours here at Better Records

Somewhat surprisingly

What The Best Sides Of Winds In Hi-Fi Have To Offer Is Not Hard To Hear