Basie, Count - Basie Plays Hefti - Super Hot Stamper

Basie, Count - Basie Plays Hefti - Super Hot StamperThis is the followup to the smash Basie album The Atomic Mr. Basie, an album we would love to make available if we could ever find a clean, good sounding copy to play. The liner notes tell the story of this album well. Click on the Reviews tab to read them. Basie was recording like a madman back in the late 50s and even all through the 60s. In 1958, the year of this release, he put out seven (7!) albums on the Roulette label. We've played quite a

If you have five or more copies of a record and play them over and over against each other

“There was one big room

and most of the time he succeeded in producing a uniquely satisfying version of well-known material

What We're Listening For On How My Heart Sings

This vintage recording has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records rarely even BEGIN to reproduce

We admit we foolishly did not expect much from a mid-60s London with a cover this plain

We consider this George Benson album his Masterpiece

The more they sound like the average pressing -- in other words

"James And The Cold Gun

There is not a false note to be found on side one: it's brilliant from start to finish

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Wonderful Music and Sound