Laurindo Almeida – Virtuoso Guitar (45RPM, D2D, unsealed)
RARITY – Unsealed - (Good conditions close to Mint)
Guitar – Laurindo Almeida
Bass – Chuck Domanico (A1-3)
Drums – Chuck Flores (A1-3)
Percussion – Aime Maurice Vereeck (A1-3)
Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano – Clare Fischer (A1-3)
Vibraphone, Marimba – Emil Richards (A1-3)
Written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (A1), Laurindo Almeida (A2-3), Leonard Feather (A3), Radamés Gnattali (B1-3)
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Direct-to-Disc
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Crystal Clear Records
Original Label : Crystal Clear Records
Recorded November – December 1976 at Kendun Recorders Studio, Burbank, California
Engineered by Edward S. Wodenjak, Lee Herschberg, John Meyer
Produced by Edward S. Wodenjak, Michael R. Phillips, D.S. Pierce
Album Graphics by Leslie Cabarga
Art Direction by Michael R. Phillips
Originally released in 1977
Reissued in 1990
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Crystal
2. Don't Believe It
3. Tearin' Down My Mind
4. (I Think) It's Finally Over
5. Lifeline
Side B:
1. Zero To Sixty In Five
2. Look To The Sky
3. Never See That Girl Enough
4. Who Knows
5. Good Ship Pablo Cruise
Reviews:
"A recent recording of mine that came out very well is a 45 rpm direct- to- disc album on the Crystal Clear label, called “Virtuoso Guitar”. They claim the sound is better at 45, you know. The first side is in popular idiom, with “Yesterday” by Lennon and McCartney, and two of my compositions– one of them written jointly with a guy who was born in England, Leonard Feather, who lives there in the Valley. The other musicians with me on these are Clare Fischer on piano, Chuck Domanico on bass, Chuck Flores on drums, Emil Richards on vibes and marimba, and Aime Maurice Vereeck on percussion. On the second side I recorded the Sonata For Guitar And Cello in three movements, again by Radames Gnattali. The cellist was Frederick Seykora; I wrote some percussion effects to be played by Chuck Flores in addition– a little cymbals and things here and there.
The direct- to- disc thing is very difficult to do, because it’s not done on the tape– it’s done on the disc. You start each side from the beginning, and if you make a mistake you’ve got to start the whole thing all over again. It’s very, very demanding."
Direct-to-disc (D2D) recording refers to sound recording methods that record audio directly onto analog disc masters bypassing steps as master tapes, overdubs, and mix downs from multi-tracked masters. This approach avoids problems of analog recording tape such as tape hiss (high frequency noise).
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.28 / 5