MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN AUDIOQUEST LP MONSTER AUDIOPHILE

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Mighty Sam McClain, Give It Up To Love, Audioquest 1015. Year of release is 1993. Personnel includes Mighty Sam McClain on vocals, Bruce Katz on piano and Hammond B-3 organ, Kevin Barry on guitar, Michael Rivard on bass, Lorne Entress on drums, and Bennie Wallace on tenor sax (for Got To Have Your Love). Tracks include Give It Up To Love, Too Proud, What You Want Me To Do, Here I Go Falling In Love Again, Got To Have Your Love, Child Of The Mighty Mighty, I'm Tired Of These Blues, I Feel Good, Don't Turn Back Now, and Lonesome Road. This is a listing for a rare copy of a superb modern audiophile recording. Many audiophiles do not realize that "Mighty Sam" was a renowned Deep Soul and Blues artist from the middle and late 60's who released several singles on the Amy label. They think that Sam was another one of the "nobody" artists that some audiophile recording company dug up who just happened to be really good, in fact, even sensational! One of Sam's Amy releases, "Fannie Mae," the original Buster Brown hit reached #120 on Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100 charts. Here are some comments about this album available at http://www.valley-entertainment.com/Artists/Mighty_Sam_McClain/:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "1993 Blues Album Of The Year Tower Records Pulse! "Highly Recommended" - #1 Top Ten List Blues Review Quarterly "Give It Up To Love is the R&B comeback of the year." Rolling Stone "If you buy only one recording this year, this is the one to buy." Music City Blues "Readers who yearn for the days of classic deep soul will definitely want this one!" Living Blues "Mighty Sam McClain's Give It Up To Love is one of the great soul records." Stereophile "Don't miss this! I wore out my copy, playing it over and over ..." The Absolute Sound Mighty Sam is a rhythm and blues legend who comes out of the classic Otis Redding/Bobby Bland tradition. A smoking backing band. A stunning comeback!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This album was recorded direct to disc. The sound quality is spectacular. It is superior to most Mobile Fidelity releases. The record is guaranteed to play near mint plus plus! I listened very carefully, with all air conditioning, heating, and ceiling fans off. What I heard was 99%+ dead silence. This is an album with an incredible dynamic range and signal to noise ratio. All I could hear were a few (I could count them on two hands) isolated clicks. They were softer than a static electrical charge or a speck of dust would create. The only reason that anything was detectable at all was due to the fact that the record and room were so dead silent. Bear in mind that this was a critical listening test. The record sounded like it could play absolutely stone cold mint when I began play grading it! So, I wanted to determine if it in fact did. It took several tracks before I could even detect anything. I am hear to tell you that it played as close to "stone cold mint" as a record could play without achieving absolute 100% perfection. The record and labels visually grade as near mint plus plus. The jacket grades as a strong VG++ only because of two flaw areas. There are a few seam wrinkles, but these appear to be pressing plant generated. There are a handful of minor "pits" on the front and back covers within one-eighth of one inch of the spine. The pits are the size of staple holes except for the fact that the holes are superficial and do not penetrate the cover. The cover is otherwise like new with no surface wear and a neat quasi-laminated finish typical of modern releases. The jacket is quite attractive, and the minor flaws are only noticeable if you are looking for them. There are no bends, dents, or wrinkles (other than the minor seam wrinkles mentioned above which are common to many modern jackets). This is an audiophile recording that is an absolute masterpiece and one that most half speed collectors should not be without. 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