MFSL LP Santana Abraxas, Original Master Recording

hearingimpared
hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
edited March 2008 in Music & Movies
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WOW!!!!

My son gave me this for Christmas but the Elusive Disc was out of stock it just arrived today.

I've listened to this recording 1000 times in my youth, sober, stoned, tripping, etc . . . NEVER has it sounded this great.

Pretty cheap too, $29.99

Sonics - Five Stars
Performance - Five Stars
Music (if you like Santana) - Five Stars
Vinyl - quiet as it comes
SDA showcase - Five Stars

Again I say WOW!

If you have a turntable and like Santana or even if you don't like Santana get this LP. If you don't like Santana you will after this one.

The percussion is pinpoint and thunderous, Santana's guitar just siiiinnnnnnnggggggggsss and wales beautifully.

I was so lost in the music that the stylus nailed the label. . .. but no harm done.

MUST HAVE!!!!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited March 2008
    A great album! I've heard this many times, but not in recent years. I think I have it on a factory R2R. I got to dig that up.

    Thanks for sharing Joe!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2008
    Joe, you're late :)

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65131
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,606
    edited March 2008
    It's always been a must have for me.
    The sound is as different as anything I have ever heard.
    I no longer have it on vinyl, but the cd is very good.
    Not quite as good as vinyl, but they didn't hose it up
    like many other titles were when they put it on cd.
    I wonder sometimes about how badly the industry screwed up
    the trasition. They seem to have been caught napping,
    and ended up rushing stuff out in cd format.
    Sounds like you have a keeper there!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited March 2008
    The SACD version is fantastic!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    I wonder sometimes about how badly the industry screwed up
    the trasition. They seem to have been caught napping,
    and ended up rushing stuff out in cd format.

    You are dead on about this. I have a "Best of" Santana CD that has awesome stuff on it including the studio version of Jingo and the Woodstock version of it and this CD sounds like it was recorded on a dictaphone.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2008
    F1nut wrote:
    The SACD version is fantastic!

    Yes it is! I always hoped Santana's debut album would be re-issued on SACD.

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    I gotta get the SACD now.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    do we REALLY need TWO threads about this album? Sheesh! you vinyl guys are worse than us HD DVD is dead guys. :rolleyes: :p:D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    Sorry Al when I did the search on Abraxas it didn't come up in the title of threads so I started what I thought was the first one.

    But I must say this IS good enough to have two!!!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2008
    I'll just say this: if you don't have a little vinyl rig, you don't know what you're missing :D
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2008
    I was offended by something Ricardo did several years ago (although I can't remember what) so I'm not speaking to him...OR responding in his thread! Therefore I must post in this one.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    Ha ha ha, Al was the first guy on this forum to get "The Clamp!!!!"


    BTW I just listened to Abraxas again and my goodness how much better it sounded than the first time.

    I have two sets of MIT Shotgun S3s burning in on my digital rigs and are almost at the required two week period. I'm burning them in for use in my vinyl rig and I can't wail till Saturday when they are done burning in to hear this record through them.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2008
    Ricardo wrote:
    I'll just say this: if you don't have a little vinyl rig, you don't know what you're missing :D

    EEK :eek::eek::eek:....

    Now he has posted here...I'll have to delete my prior post...

    Then I'll have to delete this one...:rolleyes:
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    shack wrote: »
    I was offended by something Ricardo did several years ago (although I can't remeber what) so I'm not speaking to him...OR responding in his thread! Therefore I must post in this one.

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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