More Peggy Lee
Latin ala Lee!
- Excellent sound throughout this vintage Capitol Stereo pressing of Lee’s 1960 release, with both sides earning Double Plus (A++) grades
- Everything that’s good about All Tube Vocal Recordings from the ’50s and ’60s is precisely what’s good about the sound of this record
- “The rhythms are not only authentically Afro-Cuban, but surprisingly strong and rarely watered down. The rest of the arrangements, though breezy and pop-slanted, support Lee’s vocals perfectly.”
Heavy Vinyl
When the S&P pressing came out, I was knocked out by the sound. Here is what I wrote in my catalog at the time:
The Record of the Year for 2003. I know how crazy that sounds, but it’s true! If you don’t have a smile on your face fifteen seconds after playing track one, you better check your pulse, cuz, as the famous song has it: Jack, You Dead. Amazingly good sound, courtesy of a fabulous and painstakingly difficult remix by the mastering guru himself, Steve Hoffman. This is popular music for the previous generation — but why should we be denied these long forgotten treasures?
Now I would be much more likely to find fault in the sound of that pressing. I’m sure it has all the shortcomings typical of this era’s records from Kevin Gray’s opaque and ambience-free cutting system.
If you want to hear a copy with all the life, presence and space of a real record, you will have a hard time doing better than this very pressing.