I recently dropped some major coin ($265) on an original, 1959 Blue Note deep groove HIgh Fidelity (read: mono) pressing of Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else at the GrooveYard in Oakland, CA. Proprietor Rick Ballard said it was the finest example he's seen come through the store.
I've been listening to it from time to time, and I haven't even washed it yet because I don't want to risk damaging the label, but all I can say is it sounds bloody FANTASTIC. A very small amount of surface noise here or there, but overall, the immediacy and presence of the recording and mastering are phenomenal, and in mono, no less. It has some sort of quality to it that very few of the records I own have.
Wow.
I recently dropped some major coin ($265) on an original, 1959 Blue Note deep groove HIgh Fidelity (read: mono) pressing of Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else at the GrooveYard in Oakland, CA. Proprietor Rick Ballard said it was the finest example he's seen come through the store.
I've been listening to it from time to time, and I haven't even washed it yet because I don't want to risk damaging the label, but all I can say is it sounds bloody FANTASTIC. A very small amount of surface noise here or there, but overall, the immediacy and presence of the recording and mastering are phenomenal, and in mono, no less. It has some sort of quality to it that very few of the records I own have.
Wow.