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Have had this Mobile Fidelity for eons. Chuck E made it to FM AOR in the '70s, when pop was reeling from the one two punch of disco, but independent FM still managed to breath. Last Chance Texaco only tune I like & still on my iPod (wav). This is LA slick jazz, soft pop, in the same vein as Miles of Aisles & Aja, a long defunct, dated genre. Jones basically = a one-hit wonder. Album definitely a trip down memory lane.
Mobile Fid a mixed back: super clean, too clean, more than slightly anal, yet still better than standard releases & worth the extra bucks (e.g., Clapton, 461 Ocean Blvd). Tighter detail, dynamics and frequency extension, but not exactly rich in musicality, midrange or imaging. An ENGINEER's sound. And not nearly as good as Japanese P-Vine reissues of Chess, which showed what could be done with remastering of REAL music on heavy, high-quality vinyl (as opposed to Reference Recordings or Sheffield schlock).
Will never forget New Orleans' reception of Jones, with her candles, carpet and grand piano, during Jazz Fest, at an evening concert, where she shared the bill with Dr. John and the post Lowell George Little Feat. It wasn't pretty: They heckled and booed. They roundly rejected her affectations, her tiny, "cute" voice. I cringed, but understood. No room in the Crescent City for such LA fluff.