![]() What could be more important than the life of the music? What We're Listening For On Two Of A Mind Playing the record is the only way to hear all of the qualities we discuss above, and playing the best pressings against a pile of other copies under rigorously controlled conditions is the only way to find a pressing that sounds as good as this one does. No doubt there's more but we hope that should do for now. Transparency and resolution, critical to hearing into the three-dimensional studio space.Natural tonality in the midrange - with all the instruments having the correct timbre.Tight, note-like, rich, full-bodied bass, with the correct amount of weight down low.Only the best vintage vinyl pressings offer the kind of Tubey Magic that was on the tapes in 1962 The most Tubey Magic, without which you have almost nothing.The biggest, most immediate staging in the largest acoustic space.What The Best Sides Of Two Of A Mind Have To Offer Is Not Hard To Hear Old records have it - not often, and certainly not always - but maybe one out of a hundred new records do, and those are some pretty long odds. If you exclusively play modern repressings of vintage recordings, I can say without fear of contradiction that you have never heard this kind of sound on vinyl. It's what vintage all analog recordings are known for - this sound. If you love hearing INTO a recording, actually being able to "see" the performers, and feeling as if you are sitting in the studio with the band, this is the record for you. Folks, that sound is gone and it sure isn't showing signs of coming back. This vintage Living Stereo pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records can barely BEGIN to reproduce. If you’re looking to demonstrate just how good 1962 All Tube Analog sound can be, this superb copy may be just the record for you. They may be good - excellent even - but you won’t know what you are missing until you hear our record (or yours if you have an especially good one).įor us audiophiles, both the sound and the music found here are enchanting. There actually IS a CD of this album, and YouTube videos of it too, but those of us with good turntables could care less.Īnd if you have an especially good turntable and the system that goes with it, we think you will find a world of difference in the sound of our Hot Stamper early pressing and any of the Heavy Vinyl records being produced of this very title. No recordings will ever be made like this again, and no CD will ever capture what is in the grooves of this record. We guarantee that the cover we supply with this Hot Stamper is at least VG ![]() Most of the will have at least some amount of ringwear, seam wear and edge wear. Vintage covers for this album are hard to find in exceptionally clean shape. *NOTE: There is a mark that plays 9 times at a moderate to loud level about 1" into track 2 on side 1, "Stardust." ![]() Both of the saxophonists had immediately distinctive light tones, strong wits, and the ability to improvise melodically. 4 1/2 stars: "Altoist Paul Desmond and baritonist Gerry Mulligan always made for a perfect team during their infrequent collaborations.Marks in the vinyl are sometimes the nature of the beast with these early pressings - there simply is no way around them if the superior sound of vintage analog is important to you.If you're looking to demonstrate just how good 1962 All Tube Analog sound can be, this vintage pressing may be just the record for you.Both sides here are tonally rich, and with killer Living Stereo sound you hear both of these brilliant hornsmen presented as solid and real in the soundfield as any you may have heard. ![]() You'll find superb Double Plus (A++) sound from first note to last on this vintage RCA pressing in glorious Living Stereo. ![]()
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