Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto - Getz Gilberto

Great Album, but terribly mastered

Upon hearing the original vinyl pressing, I wanted to have a copy to put my SACD player to use. I was very disappointed in the mastering of this SACD. THe recording levels were much too high, and there was no dynamic range to speak of. There were even times that I could notice distortion. THis was regardless of volume level or between the high end sony and toshiba players.

Go out and get the original vinyl, and made sure verve records didn't produce it. February 10, 2008

MORE THAN FIVE STARS

THIS IS THE BEST SELLING BOSSA NOVA ALBUM OF ALL TIME. STAN GETZ JOAO GILBERTO, TWO MASTERS AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME, SOME VOCALS BY ASTRUD GILBERTO, WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT IF YOU WANT TO HEAR BOSSA NOVA? EVERY SONG IS GREAT YOU WILL FEEL A LOT MORE RELAXED AFTER YOU LISTEN TO THIS MUSIC. ESSENTIAL TO ANY ALL-AROUND MUSIC COLLECTION, A SEMINAL RECORDING. October 18, 2007

Great work revisited

It's hard to beat the gritty-rich presence in the quality of these early pop & jazz 4 track recordings. This is a wonderfully high quality quality recording available in the wonderful format of SACD. Even though it is stereo mix only, I love play this SACD version of this album. August 5, 2007

Buy this!

This is not only a pillar of Brazilian/American Jazz fusion, it a pillar of all great music in general. Play this for a romatic date & you will both be getting lucky that night guaranteed. So sensual, mesmorizing, just a flat out stunning piece of work. June 17, 2007

Excellent

Nothing more to say but that the Gets-Gilberto duet is irrepetible. Try to get the volume I as well. It's a jewel.... April 16, 2007

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