Boz Scaggs Speakers Corner TEST PRESS 180g PALLAS / KEVIN GRAY 1 of 30 pressed

Description: Please see all my AUDIOPHILE listings, I combine ship. 180 gram vinyl test pressing (pressing plant PALLAS in Germany), white label "only for promotion", comes in generic black sleeve and a printed description (A4) of the record in English and German with a small picture of the cover. 1 of 30 Test Pressings made Atlantic SD-8239 High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Vinyl LP!AAA All Analogue!Made from the Original Master Tapes!Mastered by KEVIN GRAY at Cohearent Audio!Pressed at Pallas!1 of 30 Test Pressings made!As close to the Master Recording as you can get! "Boz Scaggs" - not to be confused with the early Polydor recording entitled "Boz" from 1965 - is the first album in which the producers did everything right. Perhaps the most important participant of all is the legendary guitarist Duane Allman, who paved the way for the highly talented Scaggs to enter the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama. Top-class soul musicians were lined up for him who had performed as the house band for Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. The elite combo picked up their instruments immediately and offered a rich background sound in the bluesy "I'm Easy", with powerful rapid scale passages in the bass and fired-up winds. Inspired by the timbre of the blues, Scaggs sings a series of lyrical songs, sometimes backed by a small group of instruments - yet always well dosed and finely balanced. At times the organ whispers to the singer ("I'll Be Long Gone"), elsewhere finely tuned voices pipe up in the background ("Another Day"). And then there are down-to-earth waves of warm sound from the slide guitar and cheerful sounds of the fiddle in the strophic country song "Now You're Gone". Highlights of the album are the yodelling hobo song "Waiting For A Train" and the blues number "Loan Me A Dime", a show of strength if ever there was one. Before the magazine Rolling Stone could rank the well-selling LP among the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time, it had to be given a makeover and so a new sizzling mix was made in 1978. Scaggs had demanded the remix to enhance the quality of the recording. After this came nothing for a long, long time. Now this album is available for the first time after 1978 in freshly pressed vinyl!This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.Recording: 1969 at Muscle Shoals Sound Recorders, Muscle Shoals, ALBass – David HoodDobro, Slide Guitar [Slide] – Duane "Skydog" AllmanDrums – Roger Hawkins Fiddle – Al Lester Guitar [Guitars] – Duane Allman , Eddie Hinton, Jimmy Johnson Guitar [Guitars], Vocals [Uncredited] – Boz ScaggsHorns [Horn Section], Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – James Mitchell (tracks: A2 to B3)Horns [Horn Section], Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Joe Arnold (tracks: A2 to B3)Horns [Horn Section], Trumpet, Trombone – Gene "Bowlegs" Miller* (tracks: A2 to B3)Keyboards – Barry BeckettFeatures180g High Quality Vinyl Pure AnalogueMade from the original, analogue mastertapesPressed at Pallas in GermanySelectionsSide One:I'm EasyI'll Be Long GoneAnother Day (Another Letter)No You're GoneFinding HerLook What I GotSide Two:Waiting For A TrainLoan Me A DimeSweet Release

Price: 199.95 USD

Location: Macon, Georgia

End Time: 2025-02-03T14:21:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8.95 USD