As I said yesterday, Fed Ex showed up on my door with a box from Elusive Disc that contained a new bottle of Mobile Fidelity Super Wash for my RCM and two new LPs, Dave Brubeck ‘Time Out’ on 45 RPM and Paul Simon ‘Graceland’ reissued by Sony on 180g vinyl pressed by RTI.
My expectation bias was very high for the Dave Brubeck LP and honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from the Graceland LP. I have been listening to Graceland since the LP first came out and I still have my original copy that I bought when the LP was first issued. There was nothing real special about my original copy and it always had noise issues.
So I played the Dave Brubeck LP first and I am very happy with this LP. Both the quality of the music and the recording quality are really good. And then I put on Graceland and I wish someone was sitting next to me to see the dumbstruck look I had on my face as soon as music popped out of the black background and started playing.
I don’t even recognize this version of Graceland from my original copy. It has to have been re-mastered with some liberties taken over the original version that was used to make my original copy. In short, I think this version of Graceland is simply outstanding from top to bottom. This new version just smokes my original. I never had bottom end like this before from this recording. It was never this quiet. It never sounded this damn good. There is something new to hear with every note. If you are a fan of Graceland and you don’t own this version of it, you need to purchase it before it’s gone. You won’t be sorry.
My expectation bias was very high for the Dave Brubeck LP and honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from the Graceland LP. I have been listening to Graceland since the LP first came out and I still have my original copy that I bought when the LP was first issued. There was nothing real special about my original copy and it always had noise issues.
So I played the Dave Brubeck LP first and I am very happy with this LP. Both the quality of the music and the recording quality are really good. And then I put on Graceland and I wish someone was sitting next to me to see the dumbstruck look I had on my face as soon as music popped out of the black background and started playing.
I don’t even recognize this version of Graceland from my original copy. It has to have been re-mastered with some liberties taken over the original version that was used to make my original copy. In short, I think this version of Graceland is simply outstanding from top to bottom. This new version just smokes my original. I never had bottom end like this before from this recording. It was never this quiet. It never sounded this damn good. There is something new to hear with every note. If you are a fan of Graceland and you don’t own this version of it, you need to purchase it before it’s gone. You won’t be sorry.
