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Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Debussy: La Mer - Munch        (5 of 20 found this review helpful)
  October 9, 2004

I didn't think much of this one from the sonic perspective either. If there is any truth to what I've read elsewhere on the internet about the Saint-Saëns portion having been produced from a newly-found 3-track tape, RCA would have been well-advised to use what they had for this album when they ... more
Allman Brothers Band: Live At Fillmore East        (2 of 5 found this review helpful)
  September 11, 2004

I'll agree with JR that the sound is clean and that the album is a true rock/blues classic, but it's all down hill from there. Like so many SACD reissues, I find this one a little thin and compressed in the dynamics department (when compared with an ORIGINAL Capricorn labeled LP), but I did not do ... more
  August 1, 2004

This 1954 mono recording deserves its place in the collection of any lover of jazz vocals, although this one doesn't quite measure up to the audio standards of most audiophiles. The sound is a little thin compared to my old LP reissue purchased in the seventies, and perhaps a little less ... more
Jacintha: The Girl from Bossa Nova        (2 of 2 found this review helpful)
  August 1, 2004

I did not know what to expect when I found this latest Groovenote release in my mailbox, Jacintha has not previously given me the kinds of emotive reactions that I look for from jazz-inspired vocalists. I was, in fact, so disappointed with AUTUMN LEAVES that I traded it in at my local used record ... more
  May 13, 2004

Kudos to Steve Hoffman for this stunningly good reissue. Unlike the previous Mobile Fidelity reissue (UDCD 566) on CD, Hoffman has gone back to the original session tapes and replaced the electronically rechanneld from mono to stereo tracks with their original mono ones; the tracks that were ... more

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