You’ll find STUNNING Shootout Winning Triple Plus (A+++) sound throughout this New Jazz recording pressed on fairly quiet OJC vinyl
We had 12 copies in our shootout, all OJCs from different eras — 1986, 2009 and 2020, so if you want to do your own shootout for this wonderful title, you definitely have your work cut out for you.
And may I point out that only one copy earned 3/3 grades, with the next best copy 2/3, and one at 2.5/2.5 — most pressings of this album fall far short of the sound of this Top Shelf pressing
It’s tubier, more transparent, more dynamic, with plenty of that “jumpin’ out of the speakers” quality that you won’t find on the average pressing
We guarantee there is dramatically more richness, fullness and presence on this copy than anything you have ever heard, and that’s especially true if you made the mistake of buying whatever godawful Heavy Vinyl pressing is currently on the market (which you can find discussed later on in the body of this listing)
4 1/2 stars: “Cool and understated might be better watchwords for what the ultra-melodic Dorham achieves on this undeniably well crafted set of standards and originals that is close to containing his best work overall during a far too brief career.”
