Lincoln Mayorga: Lincoln Mayorga & Distinguished Colleagues Vol.II
Lincoln Mayorga, arranger, harpsichord, piano.
Lincoln Mayorga, Doug Sax, prods.; Bill Schnee, eng.; Sherwood Sax, design engineer.
Sheffield Lab S-10 (LP). Ever wonder just how much sound quality is lost by recording stuff on tape before making a disc? Here's your answer. This program of soft rock and cool jazz arrangements was recorded straight from studio to disc, and the sound is incredible! Suddenly, a veil that we never realized was there has been lifted, and we had the feeling we were listening to a direct-wire transmission rather than to a recording. We're not at all sure we will ever feel quite the same again about any. other recording, such is the dramatic difference in transparency and cleanness. We realize it is impractical even to hope that all recordings in future might be made like this, but God, how we wish it could be so!
This disc isn't cheap, at $7.50, and it is available only from a few record and audio stores (ours came from Music and Sound, Jenkintown, PA), or you can order it directly from Sheffield Records. But it's worth having, if only as a tantalizing glimpse of how good a disc can sound. And we must doff our editorial hat to these 12 intrepid musicians who thought they could play for 20-odd minutes at a time without goofing up at least once, and then managed to pull it off. Oh yes, the program material is very enjoyable, too, which is a nice bonus.—J. Gordon Holt
Lincoln Mayorga, arranger, harpsichord, piano.
Lincoln Mayorga, Doug Sax, prods.; Bill Schnee, eng.; Sherwood Sax, design engineer.
Sheffield Lab S-10 (LP). Ever wonder just how much sound quality is lost by recording stuff on tape before making a disc? Here's your answer. This program of soft rock and cool jazz arrangements was recorded straight from studio to disc, and the sound is incredible! Suddenly, a veil that we never realized was there has been lifted, and we had the feeling we were listening to a direct-wire transmission rather than to a recording. We're not at all sure we will ever feel quite the same again about any. other recording, such is the dramatic difference in transparency and cleanness. We realize it is impractical even to hope that all recordings in future might be made like this, but God, how we wish it could be so!
