HARRY BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE HALL AP, 5LP, 45RPM, 180G, RTI, NEW/SEALED
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HARRY BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE HALL
RCA RECORDS ISSUED IN 1959, ANALOG PRODUCTIONS 180G, 5LP, 45RPM, PRESSED AT RTI, MASTERED BY RYAN K. SMITH AT STERLING SOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG 3-TRACK TAPES AND PLATED BY GARY SALSTROM AT QRP.
RATED 10/11 MUSIC AND 11/11 SOUND BY MICHAEL FREMER (ANALOG PLANET) NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY AWARDS "ALBUM OF THE YEAR" IN 1961. FEATURED IN VINYL GOURMET AUDIOPHILE TOP 100
"THE GRANDADDY OF ALL LIVE ALBUMS, THIS RECORDING CAPTURES THE EXCITEMENT OF A HARRY BELAFONTE CONCERT AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POPULARITY. ALWAYS A MUSICAL CHAMELEON, FROM A BASE OF FOLK MUSIC, BELAFONTE ADDED BLUES, SOUL, JAZZ, POP AND A PLETHORA OF VARIOUS CARIBBEAN STYLES TO CREATE ALBUMS THAT WERE UNIQUE, SOCIALLY RELEVANT AND JUST PLAIN ENTERTAINING. ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVE RECORDINGS EVER MADE!"
"WE'VE INCLUDED THE ENTIRE CONCERT. THE FIFTH DISC IN THIS PREMIUM SET INCLUDES TRACKS HERETOFORE MISSING FROM PRIOR EDITIONS DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS. THEY INCLUDE BELAFONTE'S SPOKEN INTRODUCTION BEFORE LAUNCHING INTO THE TOUCHING AND TENDER "SCARLET RIBBONS", FOLLOWED BY THE ORCHESTRAL OVERTURE."
"BELAFONTE BROUGHT 'WORLD' MUSIC TO THE MASSES, STARTING WITH 'CALYPSO'...BY THE TIME THESE TWO BENEFIT CONCERTS WERE PERFORMED ON APRIL 19TH & 20TH 1959, BELAFONTE HAD AMASSED A CATALOG OF HITS FAMILIAR TO A WIDE SWATH OF AMERICANS...ONE CAN ARGUE THAT ORIGINALS ARE THE BEST BUT NOT HERE. NO WAY! UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL PRESSINGS MASTERED FROM 2-TRACK MIX DOWN FROM 3-TRACK ORIGINAL TAPE. CLASSIC RECORDS' REISSUE ON BOTH 33 1/3 AND SINGLE-SIDED 45RPM RECORDS AND THIS NEW MASTERING ARE SOURCED DIRECTLY FROM THE 3-TRACK TAPE...HOWEVER, WHILE I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS MORE TO GET FROM THE TAPE THAN WHAT BERNIE GRUNDMAN GOT FOR CLASSIC RECORDS, I THINK RYAN K. SMITH AND THE STERLING TEAM HAVE DONE JUST THAT, SHOWCASED BY THE UTTER BLACK QRP BACKGROUNDS. ...IT IS AMONG THE GREATEST, IF NOT THE GREATEST LIVE-CONCERT RECORDINGS EVER MADE AND BELAFONTE'S AND THE ORCHESTRA'S PERFORMANCES MAKE IT WELL-WORTH REVISITING." MICHAEL FREMER, ANALOG PLANET
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