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- This original Warner Bros. pressing (one of only a handful of copies to hit the site in nearly three years) boasts solid Double Plus (A++) grades or close to them on both sides
- Big, rich, smooth, and sweet (particularly on side two), how did George Massenburg pull off this kind of analog sound in 1987?
- We don’t know, but we do know good sound when we hear it, and we heard remarkably good sound on this side two, with side one not far behind
- 4 1/2 stars: “…that rare example of an all-star collaborative effort that truly shows everyone involved to their best advantage, and it ranks with the best of all three headliners’ work.”
With three brilliant and accomplished singers harmonizing in the studio you can imagine that faultless midrange tonality is key to the best copies, and you would be right.
Some copies had the girls’ sounding a bit dark and veiled. Some had them a bit thin and bright. The Goldilocks Principle comes into play here as it does in so many of our shootouts: the best copies find the right balance of richness and clarity. (more…)