This is a great album that hasn't been served well by previous CD releases. The last one, on Nightwing, was heavily compressed and brickwalled in places. I was looking forward to this new release on Esoteric.
However, the sound is poor. There is an overall dullness to the sound, which suggests overuse of noise reduction, but closer listening indicates that it may also be the tape source. The CD sounds like it has been mastered from a poorly recorded cassette tape. The worst track is Another Nail, where the stereo image drifts and the overall volume drops towards the end of the track. By contrast the Nightwing version appears to have used a perfectly good tape source. I do give Esoteric credit for not compressing the sound, but that's all.
I am generally a fan of Esoteric and I enthusiastically support their reissue program, but sorry guys, this one's a dud.
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