Great Sounding New Releases


Hi everyone, I would just like to let you all know about this one new CD that I picked up recently that sound great!! Now please reserve your judgement until you've heard it for yourself since I'm quite sure that the group and date of recording will have many of you saying "NO WAY!". Okay, it's the new 4 CD set on Arista called "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead". It was recorded at the old Fillmore East back in April 1971. The disc was remastered from the original two-track master tapes and it is by far one of the best sounding live recordings I have ever heard. Everything is crystal clear and perfectly balanced, with very clear soundstaging. I'm sure that most of you know a Deadhead or two - ask them to bring their copy over to your place for a listen, you will not be disappointed. BTW, don't them tell you that they have a really good tape of these shows - this CD blows away any Dead tape I've ever heard - and I've heard quite a few.
ralphp_nj

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Gee, it's great to hear that others agree with one's accessment of the sound of a recording (I hesitate to say CD since I'm a vinyl fanatic). This CD really does sound quite good. What kind of music is the Martin Sexton CD, if one is able to describe it in ten words or less.
Your right about the Grissman stuff sounding great - I have an LP of his quintet called "Acousticity" (or something like that) which is one of the best sounding recording I own. However, I'm going to start new thread called "Hidden Audiophile Classics" where we tell each other about all these older recordings that sound great but have not been praised for their sonic merits. I was hoping to use this thread as a way of finding out about "new" releases that sound really good.
Another "new" release which sounds great is the Dave Holland Quintet's "Prime Directive" on ECM. And the playing and compositions are firstr rate too.