The newest Santana album is great music, as most of you already know. The recording and engineering is also well done, particularly for a commercial release. The cuts with Dave Matthews are better than many of his own albums, and I love the Everlast tracks. Finally, there are no dog sides on this double album, where you are forced to cue up to avoid a bad performance. All in all a great addition to your music collection, this album is way beyond the "audiophile" LP releases that are done just for the sake of sonics. (Note, this last comment is NOT aimed at the wonderful Classic Records reissues of Jazz, Classical and Popular music that I also love!)
Viva la Vinyl!!
Hey fellow vinylphiles! How about some feedback on any new vinyl discoveries, particularly on the fairly regular stream of reissues. Any real gems? Any dogs to avoid? None of us want to drop 25-30 bucks on a 180 gram slab 'o' vinyl only to discover something better heard on CD (OK you CD diehards, no offense - I listen to the silver discs too, just not NEARLY as often) Anyway, let's hear it for the continuing vinyl renaissance!