A treasure! (music 10/audio 10)

5 Stars
Posted
Sunday, April 27, 2025
by
Jimmy Jet
Wow - I don’t think I’ve ever heard Miles play so aggressively on All Blues as he does here - I mean, at some points, it almost sounds like he’s over blowing. Then when Sonny comes in on sax, he’s energized too, maybe not as much as Miles, but this band is certainly “up” on this particularly night in the club. Don’t get me wrong, when I say things like aggressive and energized, It’s just that this is an interpretation of a lot of these songs I’ve never heard before, and it’s nice, gives you a new perspective and makes it sorta new and fresh.
Now, for the audio - it’s up there with some of the quietest vinyl I have. I’m not sure what Kevin Gray did when he cut the lacquers, but it sounds like high frequencies are cut into the vertical realm, so it’s a mono recording cut as stereo (not to be confused with simulated stereo - not what I’m saying). But the frequency spectrum is spread across both vertical and lateral grooves - so don’t switch to mono!