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Feeling the Spirit!

For whatever reason in my crazy mind, the Norman Greenbaum song, Spirit in the Sky popped into my head and I decided to give it a listen. Oh my! I streamed this through Tidal from the original album of the same name and was very impressed by the dynamics. With the volume at a healthy but listenable level, the opening guitar about floored me. Give it a listen. It sounds incredible for a 1969 recording.
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fuzztone
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What slight is possibly mild?
More like sick to me.
At least I am glad you enjoy the music without any close minded, snide comments.

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millercarbon
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OP already said, "I suppose you’re right."

Your MDS is showing.

As usual.

Talk about sick.

And that is as mild as you'll get.
tablejockey
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"It sounds incredible for a 1969 recording."

Good, reference quality recording started a decade or so earlier. 
For  R&R/pop, maybe a few recordings start showing up mid 60's?


reubent
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It's also a pretty good album, overall. I picked up a really nice NM copy a couple of years ago for very little money.
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millercarbon
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The record danager called the best he's ever heard, Sinatra-Basie, was recorded in 1962. A truly fine record, to be sure.  

Those of us who spin vinyl know just how unbelievably good some of the early recordings can be. I think what surprises people is they know that back then hardly anyone had good home reproduction. Even the very best in the world back then, a lot of us today take much better than that for granted. So most people wind up just naturally assuming that since today's playback gear is so much better today's recordings must be as well. They are shocked to hear the reverse is true.  

The OP can chime in and set the record straight about why he said, "incredible." But I think in a lot of cases this explains why people would react this way. 
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