Rollins, Sonny - Saxophone Colossus - Super Hot Stamper (With Issues)

*NOTE: There is a mark that plays 20 times lightly about 1/2 way into the last track on side 2, "Blue Seven." You could have purchased this record brand new in the 60s and it might have had more noisy vinyl than this one does! This vintage 60s Prestige Mono pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern records can barely BEGIN to reproduce. Folks, that sound is gone and it sure isn't showing signs of coming back. If you love hearing INTO a recording, actually being able to "see" the performers, and feeling as if you are sitting in the studio with the band, this is the record for you. It's what vintage all analog recordings are known for -- this sound. If you exclusively play modern repressings of vintage recordings, I can say without fear of contradiction that you have never heard this kind of sound on vinyl. Old records have it -- not often, and certainly not always -- but maybe one out of a hundred new records do, and those are some pretty long odds. What The Best Sides