{"product_id":"rollitakin_2512_2_6xx","title":"Rollins, Sonny - Taking Care Of Business (Tenor Madness, etc.) - Super Hot Stamper","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Two-Fer includes all of Tenor Madness and most of Work Time and Tour De Force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTop jazz players such as \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22ray-bryant%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRay Bryant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22john-coltrane%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22red-garland%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed Garland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Kenny Drew, \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22max-roach%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMax Roach \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%22paul-chambers%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Chambers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e can be heard on the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want all the Tubey Magic of the earlier pressings, a top quality pressing of the real Tenor Madness album on Prestige is going to give you more of that sound. David Turner's mastering setup in the 70s has a healthy dose of tubes, but it can't compete in that area with the All Tube cutting systems that were making records in the 50s and 60s.  Without one of those early pressing around to compare, we don't think you're going to feel you are missing out on anything in the sound with this outstanding copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd where can you find an early Prestige pressing with audiophile playing surfaces like these?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese vintage pressings have 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, these are the records for you. It's what vintage all analog recordings are known for -- \u003ci\u003ethis sound\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat The Best Sides Of Taking Care Of Business Tave 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 beginning in \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=tag:%221955%22\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1955\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 these records 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 are the only way to find pressings that sound as good as these two do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlbum Background\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide 1 and Side 2, #1 originally included on Work Time (Prestige 7020); Side 2, #2-4 and Side 3, #1 and 2 originally issued as Tenor Madness (P-7047); \"Sonny Boy\" included on Sonny Boy (P-7207); and the balance of Sides 3 and 4 on Tour de Force (P-7126). \"Tenor Madness\" and \"When Your Lover Has Gone\" were reissued as part of the \"twofer\" Sonny Rollins (P-24004) but are also included here so that the important Tenor Madness session can be presented in its entirety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat We're Listening For On Taking Care Of Business\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\u003eThen: \u003cstrong\u003epresence and immediacy\u003c\/strong\u003e. The saxophone isn't \"back there\" somewhere, lost in the mix. It's front and center where any recording engineer worth his salt -- the great Rudy Van Gelder in this instance -- would put it.\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 and maybe a bit better 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","brand":"Rollins, Sonny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51928388534568,"sku":"rollitakin","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/3415\/2295\/products\/rollitakin.jpg?v=1745337806","url":"https:\/\/better-records.com\/products\/rollitakin_2512_2_6xx","provider":"Better Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}