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Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus – Analogue Productions LP TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP!Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!Mastered by Kevin Gray & Cut from the Original Mono 100% Analog Master Tapes! One of the pivotal recordings in bringing about the widespread acceptance of Sonny Rollins as a major figure, Saxophone Colossus inspired critics to write scholarly analyses and fans to revel in the hard-swinging invention, humor, and tender-strength balladry. Up to this album, while most musicians recognized Rollins as one of the new influential forces in the jazz of the ’50s, most critics were carping at Rollins or damning him with faint praise. „St. Thomas“, a traditional West Indian melody which Mal Waldron remembered as „The Carnival“, was recorded by many artists after Sonny introduced it here, and it remains a jazz standard today. The contributions of Tommy Flanagan’s elegant swing, Doug Watkins’s steady lift, and Max Roach’s most musical accompaniment and soloing (hear „Blue 7“) make this a landmark album. Originally released in 1956. Features 180g Vinyl Limited Edition, Less Than 1000 Records per stamper, released in limited quantities Cut from the analogue masters by Kevin Gray Pressed by Quality Record Pressings with a flat edge profile & deep groove label, true to the original LP Deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket Officially Licensed & Authorized for release by the Record Label Mono Musicians Sonny Rollins tenor sax Tommy Flanagan piano Doug Watkins bass Max Roach drums Selections Strode Rode Blue 7 Moritat St. Thomas You Don’t Know What Love Is Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus – Analogue Productions LP TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP! Pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Mastered by Kevin Gray & Cut from the Original Mono 100% Analog Master Tapes! One of the pivotal recordings in bringing about the widespread acceptance of Sonny Rollins as a major figure, Saxophone Colossus inspired critics to write scholarly analyses and fans to revel in the hard-swinging invention, humor, and tender-strength balladry. Up to this album, while most musicians recognized Rollins as one of the new influential forces in the jazz of the ’50s, most critics were carping at Rollins or damning him with faint praise. „St. Thomas“, a traditional West Indian melody which Mal Waldron remembered as „The Carnival“, was recorded by many artists after Sonny introduced it here, and it remains a jazz standard today. The contributions of Tommy Flanagan’s elegant swing, Doug Watkins’s steady lift, and Max Roach’s most musical accompaniment and soloing (hear „Blue 7“) make this a landmark album. Originally released in 1956. Features 180g Vinyl Limited Edition, Less Than 1000 Records per stamper, released in limited quantities Cut from the analogue masters by Kevin Gray Pressed by Quality Record Pressings with a flat edge profile & deep groove label, true to the original LP Deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket Officially Licensed & Authorized for release by the Record Label Mono Musicians Sonny Rollins tenor sax Tommy Flanagan piano Doug Watkins bass Max Roach drums Selections Strode Rode Blue 7 Moritat St. Thomas You Don’t Know What Love Is &times Buy now! eBay integration by

Freddie King – Getting Ready… – Analogue Productions LP „I took a listen to King’s original version of his ‚Same Old Blues‘ appearing on his 1971 LP, Getting Ready, re-issued by the always-reliable audiophile quality label, Analogue Productions. Here was Good Sound embodied: the tactile dynamic shadings and amplified heat from King’s electric guitar were captured in an airy recording space; his vocals were clear and natural and he joined the chorus of background vocalists (and the twinkling of Leon Russell’s piano) in a layered, dimensional space.“ — Nelson Brill, bostonconcertreviews.com, April 15, 2018. Read the mention, included in Brill’s review of Marcia Ball In Concert, here. „…the pure analog sound and straightforward recording technique let the music speak for itself…has an immediacy that few contemporary recordings can match, and with the QRP vinyl you’ll get so much closer to the sound of the analog master tape.“ – Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophiliac, August 28, 2011 Freddie King is easily one of the most influential blues guitarists of his or any generation. Any blues enthusiast or guitar aficionado would have him ranked high on their list of all-time greats. He was a guitar hero before there was „Guitar Hero“. Getting Ready… was King’s first of three releases for Shelter Records, Leon Russell’s Tulsa-based label. In fact, when Russell first formed Shelter, he reportedly did so partly to play out his vision of recording one of his favorites, Freddie King. Recorded in October 1970 at the TER-MAR Chess Studios in Chicago and released in 1971, Getting Ready… is proof positive that King was the man and that Shelter Records was one cool label. The record includes a cover of Jimmy Rogers‘ classic „Walking By Myself“ and King references Rogers also in the lyrics of another track on the record, „Living On The Highway“. Rogers was the first artist to record for Acoustic Sounds‘ own APO Records label and the first to appear in concert at Acoustic Sounds‘ Blue Heaven Studios. More APO and Blue Heaven tie-ins to Freddie King include Jimmie Lee Robinson, who while living was the veritable soul of APO and Blue Heaven. When King moved from Texas to Southside Chicago around 1950, he formed his first ever band, The Every Hour Blues Boys, with Robinson. The backing band for Getting Ready… includes the stud cast of Leon Russell on piano and guitars, Duck Dunn on bass, Don Preston on guitar, Jon Gallie on organ, Chuck Blackwell on drums and Charles Myers on drums. Getting Ready is among the first titles to be pressed at Acoustic Sounds‘ Quality Record Pressings. 1. Same Old Blues 2. Dust My Broom 3. Worried Life Blues 4. Five Long Years 5. Key to the Highway 6. Going Down 7. Living on the Highway 8. Walking by Myself 9. Tore Down 10. Palace of the King Freddie King – Getting Ready… – Analogue Productions LP „I took a listen to King’s original version of his ‚Same Old Blues‘ appearing on his 1971 LP, Getting Ready, re-issued by the always-reliable audiophile quality label, Analogue Productions. Here was Good Sound embodied: the tactile dynamic shadings and amplified heat from King’s electric guitar were captured in an airy recording space; his vocals were clear and natural and he joined the chorus of background vocalists (and the twinkling of Leon Russell’s piano) in a layered, dimensional space.“ — Nelson Brill, bostonconcertreviews.com, April 15, 2018. Read the mention, included in Brill’s review of Marcia Ball In Concert, here. „…the pure analog sound and straightforward recording technique let the music speak for itself…has an immediacy that few contemporary recordings can match, and with the QRP vinyl you’ll get so much closer to the sound of the analog master tape.“ – Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophiliac, August 28, 2011 Freddie King is easily one of the most influential blues guitarists of his or any generation. Any blues enthusiast or guitar aficionado would have him ranked high on their list of all-time greats. He was a guitar hero before there was „Guitar Hero“. Getting Ready… was King’s first of three releases for Shelter Records, Leon Russell’s Tulsa-based label. In fact, when Russell first formed Shelter, he reportedly did so partly to play out his vision of recording one of his favorites, Freddie King. Recorded in October 1970 at the TER-MAR Chess Studios in Chicago and released in 1971, Getting Ready… is proof positive that King was the man and that Shelter Records was one cool label. The record includes a cover of Jimmy Rogers‘ classic „Walking By Myself“ and King references Rogers also in the lyrics of another track on the record, „Living On The Highway“. Rogers was the first artist to record for Acoustic Sounds‘ own APO Records label and the first to appear in concert at Acoustic Sounds‘ Blue Heaven Studios. More APO and Blue Heaven tie-ins to Freddie King include Jimmie Lee Robinson, who while living was the veritable soul of APO and Blue Heaven. When King moved from Texas to Southside Chicago around 1950, he formed his first ever band, The Every Hour Blues Boys, with Robinson. The backing band for Getting Ready… includes the stud cast of Leon Russell on piano and guitars, Duck Dunn on bass, Don Preston on guitar, Jon Gallie on organ, Chuck Blackwell on drums and Charles Myers on drums. Getting Ready is among the first titles to be pressed at Acoustic Sounds‘ Quality Record Pressings. 1. Same Old Blues 2. Dust My Broom 3. Worried Life Blues 4. Five Long Years 5. Key to the Highway 6. Going Down 7. Living on the Highway 8. Walking by Myself 9. Tore Down 10. Palace of the King &times Buy now! eBay integration by

Freddie King – Getting Ready… – Analogue Productions LP „I took a listen to King’s original version of his ‚Same Old Blues‘ appearing on his 1971 LP, Getting Ready, re-issued by the always-reliable audiophile quality label, Analogue Productions. Here was Good Sound embodied: the tactile dynamic shadings and amplified heat from King’s electric guitar were captured in an airy recording space; his vocals were clear and natural and he joined the chorus of background vocalists (and the twinkling of Leon Russell’s piano) in a layered, dimensional space.“ — Nelson Brill, bostonconcertreviews.com, April 15, 2018. Read the mention, included in Brill’s review of Marcia Ball In Concert, here. „…the pure analog sound and straightforward recording technique let the music speak for itself…has an immediacy that few contemporary recordings can match, and with the QRP vinyl you’ll get so much closer to the sound of the analog master tape.“ – Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophiliac, August 28, 2011 Freddie King is easily one of the most influential blues guitarists of his or any generation. Any blues enthusiast or guitar aficionado would have him ranked high on their list of all-time greats. He was a guitar hero before there was „Guitar Hero“. Getting Ready… was King’s first of three releases for Shelter Records, Leon Russell’s Tulsa-based label. In fact, when Russell first formed Shelter, he reportedly did so partly to play out his vision of recording one of his favorites, Freddie King. Recorded in October 1970 at the TER-MAR Chess Studios in Chicago and released in 1971, Getting Ready… is proof positive that King was the man and that Shelter Records was one cool label. The record includes a cover of Jimmy Rogers‘ classic „Walking By Myself“ and King references Rogers also in the lyrics of another track on the record, „Living On The Highway“. Rogers was the first artist to record for Acoustic Sounds‘ own APO Records label and the first to appear in concert at Acoustic Sounds‘ Blue Heaven Studios. More APO and Blue Heaven tie-ins to Freddie King include Jimmie Lee Robinson, who while living was the veritable soul of APO and Blue Heaven. When King moved from Texas to Southside Chicago around 1950, he formed his first ever band, The Every Hour Blues Boys, with Robinson. The backing band for Getting Ready… includes the stud cast of Leon Russell on piano and guitars, Duck Dunn on bass, Don Preston on guitar, Jon Gallie on organ, Chuck Blackwell on drums and Charles Myers on drums. Getting Ready is among the first titles to be pressed at Acoustic Sounds‘ Quality Record Pressings. 1. Same Old Blues 2. Dust My Broom 3. Worried Life Blues 4. Five Long Years 5. Key to the Highway 6. Going Down 7. Living on the Highway 8. Walking by Myself 9. Tore Down 10. Palace of the King Freddie King – Getting Ready… – Analogue Productions LP „I took a listen to King’s original version of his ‚Same Old Blues‘ appearing on his 1971 LP, Getting Ready, re-issued by the always-reliable audiophile quality label, Analogue Productions. Here was Good Sound embodied: the tactile dynamic shadings and amplified heat from King’s electric guitar were captured in an airy recording space; his vocals were clear and natural and he joined the chorus of background vocalists (and the twinkling of Leon Russell’s piano) in a layered, dimensional space.“ — Nelson Brill, bostonconcertreviews.com, April 15, 2018. Read the mention, included in Brill’s review of Marcia Ball In Concert, here. „…the pure analog sound and straightforward recording technique let the music speak for itself…has an immediacy that few contemporary recordings can match, and with the QRP vinyl you’ll get so much closer to the sound of the analog master tape.“ – Steve Guttenberg, The Audiophiliac, August 28, 2011 Freddie King is easily one of the most influential blues guitarists of his or any generation. Any blues enthusiast or guitar aficionado would have him ranked high on their list of all-time greats. He was a guitar hero before there was „Guitar Hero“. Getting Ready… was King’s first of three releases for Shelter Records, Leon Russell’s Tulsa-based label. In fact, when Russell first formed Shelter, he reportedly did so partly to play out his vision of recording one of his favorites, Freddie King. Recorded in October 1970 at the TER-MAR Chess Studios in Chicago and released in 1971, Getting Ready… is proof positive that King was the man and that Shelter Records was one cool label. The record includes a cover of Jimmy Rogers‘ classic „Walking By Myself“ and King references Rogers also in the lyrics of another track on the record, „Living On The Highway“. Rogers was the first artist to record for Acoustic Sounds‘ own APO Records label and the first to appear in concert at Acoustic Sounds‘ Blue Heaven Studios. More APO and Blue Heaven tie-ins to Freddie King include Jimmie Lee Robinson, who while living was the veritable soul of APO and Blue Heaven. When King moved from Texas to Southside Chicago around 1950, he formed his first ever band, The Every Hour Blues Boys, with Robinson. The backing band for Getting Ready… includes the stud cast of Leon Russell on piano and guitars, Duck Dunn on bass, Don Preston on guitar, Jon Gallie on organ, Chuck Blackwell on drums and Charles Myers on drums. Getting Ready is among the first titles to be pressed at Acoustic Sounds‘ Quality Record Pressings. 1. Same Old Blues 2. Dust My Broom 3. Worried Life Blues 4. Five Long Years 5. Key to the Highway 6. Going Down 7. Living on the Highway 8. Walking by Myself 9. Tore Down 10. Palace of the King &times Buy now! eBay integration by

Steppenwolf – Gold: Their Great Hits – Analogue Productions 45rpm LP 200-gram double LP! Now at 45 RPM! Plating and pressing by Quality Record Pressings! Mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Mastered from the original analog tapes 12″ full-color poster insert w/ track list Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket Steppenwolf – Gold: Their Great Hits – Analogue Productions 45rpm LP 200-gram double LP! Now at 45 RPM! Plating and pressing by Quality Record Pressings! Mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Mastered from the original analog tapes 12″ full-color poster insert w/ track list Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket &times Buy now! eBay integration by

Steppenwolf – Gold: Their Great Hits – Analogue Productions 45rpm LP 200-gram double LP! Now at 45 RPM! Plating and pressing by Quality Record Pressings! Mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Mastered from the original analog tapes 12″ full-color poster insert w/ track list Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket Steppenwolf – Gold: Their Great Hits – Analogue Productions 45rpm LP 200-gram double LP! Now at 45 RPM! Plating and pressing by Quality Record Pressings! Mastering by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Mastered from the original analog tapes 12″ full-color poster insert w/ track list Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket &times Buy now! eBay integration by