If you like Colossus try "Way Out West". Also a really great recording on Contemporary. Its a trio date - Rollins with, if I'm not mistaken, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne. Another amazing performance and very well recorded. If you can find one, I might recommend a mono copy. The stereo mix has that early two channel disease where the sax is hard panned to the left and the bass and drums are hard to the right making the the whole thing sound a little funny.
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - best LP?
I just love this LP! For some time I've been trying to gather all the versions I can find of it to get the best possible fidelity.
The one version I can't seem to get my hands on is Analogue Productions' 45rpm reissue from the Fantasy 45 series. Does anybody here have that and can compare it to for example the 180g DCC pressing? The DCC is the best version I've got by far, and I think now that I've played through them all except the original Prestige and the AP 45.
I'd also love to hear someone compare the original to the modern reissues.
The one version I can't seem to get my hands on is Analogue Productions' 45rpm reissue from the Fantasy 45 series. Does anybody here have that and can compare it to for example the 180g DCC pressing? The DCC is the best version I've got by far, and I think now that I've played through them all except the original Prestige and the AP 45.
I'd also love to hear someone compare the original to the modern reissues.
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