Eagles - Desperado (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Glenn Frey – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals; keyboards, harmonica
Don Henley – drums, vocals; acoustic guitar
Bernie Leadon – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals; banjo, mandolin, dobro
Randy Meisner – bass guitar, vocals
1 SACD, Single-pocket gatefold
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Asylum Records
Recorded in 1973 at Island Studios, London by Glyn Johns
Produced by Glyn Johns
Mastered by Rob LoVerde at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA
Glass Mastered at Sonopress
Disc made in Germany
Originally released in 1973
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
- Doolin-Dalton
- Twenty-One
- Out of Control
- Tequila Sunrise
- Desperado
- Certain Kind of Fool
- Outlaw Man
- Saturday Night
- Bitter Creek
- Doolin-Dalton (Reprise)
Reviews :
"If Don Henley was the sole member of the Eagles underrepresented on their debut album, Eagles, with only two lead vocals and one co-songwriting credit, he made up for it on their follow-up, the "concept" album Desperado. The concept had to do with Old West outlaws, but it had no specific narrative. On Eagles, the group had already begun to marry itself to a Southwest sound and lyrical references, from the Indian-style introduction of "Witchy Woman" to the Winslow, AZ, address in "Take It Easy." All of this became more overt on Desperado, and it may be that Henley, who hailed from Northeast Texas, had the greatest affinity for the subject matter. In any case, he had co-writing credits on eight of the 11 selections and sang such key tracks as "Doolin-Dalton" and the title song. What would become recognizable as Henley's lyrical touch was apparent on those songs, which bore a serious, world-weary tone. Henley had begun co-writing with Glenn Frey, and they contributed the album's strongest material, which included the first single, "Tequila Sunrise," and "Desperado" (strangely never released as a single). But where Eagles seemed deliberately to balance the band's many musical styles and the talents of the band's members, Desperado, despite its overarching theme, often seemed a collection of disparate tracks -- "Out of Control" was a raucous rocker, while "Desperado" was a painfully slow ballad backed by strings -- with other bandmembers' contributions tacked on rather than integrated. Randy Meisner was down to two co-writing credits and one lead vocal ("Certain Kind of Fool"), while Bernie Leadon's two songs, "Twenty-One" and "Bitter Creek," seemed to come from a different record entirely. The result was an album that was simultaneously more ambitious and serious-minded than its predecessor and also slighter and less consistent." AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,06 / 5