RCA D2D from Japan,,solo classical guitar..


I bought a sealed one,,,of Romance de Amor by japanese guitarrist Kazuhito Yamashita....its a limited (?) edition direct to disk, recorded in an auditorium in 1978 (guitar player was only 16 at the time). I personally dont like live guitar recorded in large venues, because its hard to pickup ambient cues due to the relatively low power of the unamplified guitar...

But, anyway,,sound is excellent, playing a bit too clinical and lacking of the Segovia feel...but hey...its a young player.

What dissapointed me was that the vinyl is as thin as 3 kleenex tissues..aat least the vinyl is as quiet as a roman catacomb.
jsujo

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LOL...well, the poor guy was only 16 when recorded, during a competition,,,,But you know,,,its all good, as long as its played with some honesty...

I will look for that Castelnuovo-Tedesco LP....

PS: I love classical and flamenco guitar...the only guitar I can afford to play nowadays...
I do have Andrew York;s latest CD and I love it.,there is a guy that has chops, quality engineering, but the guitar is warm and inviting, and great compositional skills...

I do have a couple of Isbin's but for some reason, I dont play them much at all...I dont know about Segovia,,,Its how his playing strikes me without analysis...kind of non pretentious,,,and not the cleanest.