{"product_id":"byrd_newpe_2608-2","title":"Byrd, Donald - A New Perspective - Nearly White Hot Stamper (With Issues)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*NOTE:\u003c\/strong\u003e The first 1\/4\" (approx.) of track 1 on side 1, \"Elijah,\" plays a little noisier than Mint Minus Minus. There is a mark that plays 5 times at a moderate level at the start of the last track on side 2, \"Chant.\" There is another mark that plays 15 times at a light to moderate level at the end of the same track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a top-notch seven piece jazz combo joined by an authentic gospel choir. You probably don't have too many records like this in your collection, that's for sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe AllMusic Guide gives it 5 big stars, and we wholeheartedly agree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earlier pressings we've played didn't make us sit up and pay attention the way this copy did. It's obviously cut much cleaner, and there's just more \u003ci\u003ethere\u003c\/i\u003e there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Best Sides of A New Perspective Have To Offer Is Not Hard To Hear\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biggest, most immediate staging in the largest acoustic space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most Tubey Magic, without which you have \u003ci\u003ealmost\u003c\/i\u003e nothing. CDs give you clean and clear. Only the best vintage vinyl pressings offer the kind of Tubey Magic that was on the tapes in \u003ca href=\"\/a\/search?q=tag:%221964%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1964\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTight, note-like, rich, full-bodied bass, with the correct amount of weight down low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural tonality in the midrange -- with all the instruments having the correct timbre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransparency and resolution, critical to hearing into the three-dimensional studio space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo doubt there's more but we hope that should do for now. \u003ci\u003ePlaying the record is the only way to hear all of the qualities we discuss above,\u003c\/i\u003e and playing the best pressings against a pile of other copies under rigorously controlled conditions is the only way to find a pressing that sounds as good as this one does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Big Group of Musicians Needs This Kind of Space\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the qualities that we don't talk about on the site nearly enough is the SIZE of the record's presentation. Some copies of the album just sound small -- they don't extend all the way to the outside edges of the speakers, and they don't seem to take up all the space from the floor to the ceiling. In addition, the sound can often be recessed, with a lack of presence and immediacy in the center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther copies -- my notes for these copies often read \"BIG and BOLD\" -- create a huge soundfield, with the music positively jumping out of the speakers. They're not brighter, they're not more aggressive, they're not hyped-up in any way, they're just \u003ci\u003eclearer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd most of the time those very special pressings are just plain \u003ci\u003emore involving\u003c\/i\u003e. When you hear a copy that does all that -- a copy like this one -- it's an entirely different listening experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Players\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHank Mobley - tenor saxophone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22kenny-burrell\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenny Burrell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e - guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22herbie-hancock\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e - piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDonald Best - vibes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eButch Warren - bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLex Humphies - drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColeridge Perkinson - director of eight-voice choir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuke Pearson - arrangements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat We're Listening For on A New Perspective\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy\u003c\/strong\u003e for starters. What could be more important than the life of the music?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Big Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e comes next -- wall to wall, lots of depth, huge space, three-dimensionality, all that sort of thing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThen \u003cstrong\u003etransient information\u003c\/strong\u003e -- fast, clear, sharp attacks, not the smear and thickness so common to these LPs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTight, full-bodied bass\u003c\/strong\u003e -- which ties in with good transient information, also the issue of frequency extension further down.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNext: \u003cstrong\u003etransparency\u003c\/strong\u003e -- the quality that allows you to hear deep into the soundfield, showing you the space and air around all the instruments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExtend the top and bottom\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003ci\u003evoila\u003c\/i\u003e, you have The Real Thing -- an honest to goodness Hot Stamper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVinyl Condition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMint Minus Minus is about as quiet as any vintage pressing will play, and since only the right vintage pressings have any hope of sounding good on this album, that will most often be the playing condition of the copies we sell. (The copies that are even a bit noisier get listed on the site are seriously reduced prices or traded back in to the local record stores we shop at.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose of you looking for quiet vinyl will have to settle for the sound of other pressings and Heavy Vinyl reissues, purchased elsewhere of course as we have no interest in selling records that don't have the vintage analog magic of these wonderful recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to make the trade-off between bad sound and quiet surfaces with whatever Heavy Vinyl pressing might be available, well, that's certainly your prerogative, but we can't imagine losing what's good about this music -- the size, the energy, the presence, the clarity, the weight -- just to hear it with less background noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Must Own Jazz Record\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Demo Disc quality recording should be part of any serious audiophile jazz collection. Others that belong in that category can be found \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22core-jazz-collection%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Byrd, Donald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52199297122600,"sku":"byrd_newpe","price":499.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/3415\/2295\/products\/byrd_newpe_2005_1469548878_364dddcb-a90e-4440-be7b-8f97e98c7e58.jpg?v=1632170880","url":"https:\/\/better-records.com\/products\/byrd_newpe_2608-2","provider":"Better Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}