Mahal, Taj - Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - White Hot Stamper (With Issues)

Mahal, Taj - Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - White Hot Stamper (With Issues)*NOTE: On side 1, there is a scuff bulge in the vinyl that plays 30 times as a light to moderate thud in the middle of track 3, "Bound To Love Me Some." On side 2, there is an indentation in the vinyl that plays 30 times as a moderate thud in the middle of track 2, "Sweet Home Chicago." This vintage Columbia pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records can barely BEGIN to reproduce. Folks, that sound is gone and it sure isn't

boring and lifeless

The better copies are surprisingly analog sounding

here's a record that will reward your time and effort many times over

bold and lively with excellent presence

What We're Listening For On Lionheart

but the first album and this one are the only two with the kind of dynamic

What We're Listening For On Traffic

Black Dog off Zep IV

It doesn’t even make sense at moderate listening levels

You ain't never gonna play a CD that sounds like this as long as you live

If you have top quality copies of any of them you should be able to recognize the qualities they all seem to have in common

this record will do the trick (even though the album was recorded in the studio and the applause added later)