Search - Lincoln Mayorga, Amanda McBroom :: Growing Up

Excellent Recording

George Woodard | Seattle, WA USA | 05/31/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I got the original vinyl of this back in the early 1980s and it blew everything else in my collection away in terms of sound quality. That was 1980 and in some ways the technology has vastly improved, but I cant say it is being used any better than this. The vocals were perfectly recorded because she sounds like she is actually in the same room on a good system (The piano quite a bit less so). For best realism I prefer an analog source and this is good enough to make the hair stand up on my back. I believe this was recorded in one sitting, per side, which adds to the performance in my opinion. There is a tiny bit of noise reduction "pumping" going on with the CD version but you really have to listen for it. Otherwise it sounds like they didn't mess with it too much, so the CD is worth a listen."