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Sonic Grade: F
An Audiophile Hall of Shame pressing and another Classic Records Jazz LP poorly mastered for the benefit of audiophiles looking for easy answers and quick fixes.
The copy of the Classic I auditioned back in 1995 had Hawkin’s horn sounding squawky and sour. We don’t like that sound and we never carried this record.
I liked many of their other jazz titles — they did a better job with jazz than any other kind of music — but this was not their finest hour. Unless I got a bad copy, always a possibility.