Product DetailSonic GradeTrack Listing
On this RFR-1 Maroon label pressing STILL IN THE SHRINK, side two has the Super Hot stamper sound. The sound is shockingly rich, smooth and sweet. Where is the Mercury dryness and screechiness and upper-midrange nasality we're all so used to from their records? It's nowhere to be found on this copy, and that's a good thing!
The strings are huge on this side as well, wall to wall and not bright. The sound is clear and correct from top to bottom!
Side one is not even close I'm sorry to report. The sound is huge and 3-D but there is just much too much smear to qualify as a Hot Stamper pressing. We rate it A to A+.
Wikipedia's Entry
Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
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Overall Sonic Grade:
Side One - A - A+
Side Two - A++
Vinyl Grade:
1) Mint Minus to Mint Minus Minus.
2) Mint Minus to Mint Minus Minus.
Cover Grade: 8 out of 10
TRACK LISTING
Side One
Chicken Reel
Phantom Regiment
Jazz Legato
Jazz Pizzicato
Pirate Dance
A Christmas Festival
Side Two
Promenade
The Bluebells of Scotland
Song of Jupiter
The First Day of Spring
Suite of Carols
Plink Plank Plunk
