More of the Music of Cannonball Adderley
Reviews and Commentaries for the Music of Cannonball Adderley
Sonic Grade: B?
A fairly good Speakers Corner jazz album (we’re guessing). Years ago we wrote the following:
“Outstanding! Top recommendation!”
Hard to know what we would think of this pressing today, but for the thirty bucks you might pay for it, it’s probably worth a listen.
Further Reading
Here are some of our reviews and commentaries concerning the many Heavy Vinyl pressings we’ve played over the years, well over 200 at this stage of the game. Feel free to pick your poison.
And finally,
A Confession
It’s true: We were impressed with many of the better Heavy Vinyl pressings even as recently as the early 2000s.
If we’d never made the progress we’ve worked so hard to make over the course of the last twenty or more years, perhaps we would find more merit in the Heavy Vinyl reissues so many audiophiles seem to revere.
We’ll never know of course; that’s a bell that can be unrung. We did the work, we can’t undo it, and the system that resulted from it is merciless in revealing the strengths and weaknesses of all the records we play. That system makes clear to us that these newer pressings are second-rate at best and much more often than not third-rate and even worse.
Some audiophile records sound so bad, I was so pissed off I created a unique circle of vinyl hell to put them in.
Setting higher standards — no, being able to set higher standards — in our minds is a clear mark of progress. Judging by the hundreds of letters we’ve received, especially the ones comparing our records to their Heavy Vinyl and Half-Speed Mastered counterparts, we know that our customers are hearing things the same way we do.