Junior Mance – Junior

My copy has a moderate warp but it doesn't effect the sound. Luckily, it is very quiet on both sides. Practically free of any surface noise. So quiet, in fact, that it is easy to be deceived into thinking you're listening to a particularlly great sounding CD rather than vinyl. I can live with the warp with sound this good. My first Junior Mance LP and it is a good one!

Outstanding collection of songs. Mostly soulful mid-tempo, bluesy romps or slow burners. Ray Brown truly adds a special flavor to the sauce.

The pressing is a bit noisy compared to other reissues by Craft, Blue Note and Acoustic Sounds. Third Man has some work to do in the quality control department. If you are going to charge similar prices to other labels at least do a better job trimming the edges! Smooth them out!!

Still highly recommended!!

Amazing music, great remastering - unfortunately mine was riddled with pops and ticks on side 2. Returned :(

This LP sounds fine. Piano a bit "boxy" at times, but early stereo. RKS Sterling remaster. These Verve by Request have been hit and miss. (The John Scofield was incredibly inept remaster). I remain cautious on this series. Thanks for using Sterling for the mastering.