AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Pure Audiophile - PA-005 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
Pure Analogue Audiophile Half Speed Mastering by Stan Ricker
1,000 Numbered Limited Edition - Pressed at RTI - Bonus Track
Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in of Stereophile!
Plas Johnson is most well known for his ultra-famous sax solo on Henry Mancini's Pink Panther movie theme song. He also plays the sax solo for Neil Hefti's signature music for The Odd Couple TV series. He has recorded with countless musicians including: Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and many others. Positively is one of his best recordings and features Ray Brown on bass, Herb Ellis on guitar, Jake Hanna and Jimmy Smith on drums and others.
This limited two-LP set is half-speed mastered from the original analog master tapes, by Stan Ricker and plated and pressed at RTI on HQ 180-gram vinyl. Each release is individually numbered and housed in gatefold jackets. Clifford Bailey added artwork on the inner gatefold. There is an excellent bonus track "Parking Lot Blues" from Johnson's 1975 release The Blues.
Great cooking session with Johnson and Herb Ellis, Bobbye Hall, Jake Hanna, Mike Melvoin, Jimmie Smith.
Plas Johnson also plays the sax solo for Neil Hefti's signature music for "The Odd Couple" TV series. He has recorded with countless musicians including: Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and many others.
"Positively" is one of his best recordings, and features Ray Brown on bass, Herb Ellis on guitar, Jake Hanna and Jimmy Smith on drums, and others.
This limited 2-LP set There is an excellent bonus track 'Parking Lot Blues' from "The Blues" by Plas Johnson.
Musicians:
Plas Johnson, alto & tenor saxophones
Ray Brown, bass
Herb Ellis, guitar
Bobbye Hall, congas
Jake Hanna, drums (2, 4-5, 7-9)
Jimmie Smith, drums (1, 3, 6, 10)
Mike Melvoin, keyboards
Selections:
LP1
1. Positively
2. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
3. Let's Get It All Together
4. Easy For You To Say
5. Never More
6. My Foolish Heart
LP2
7. Careless Love
8. A Cottage For Sale
9. Dirty Leg Blues
10. Sea Sea
Bonus Track:
11. Park Lot Blues
