Reissue of Time Out in 33 1/3 RPM. Gatefold jacket, with rare black and white photos from the Columbia Studios recording session. Heavy-duty chipboard shell stock by Stoughton Printing NOTE: Cover erroniously states "RECORDING IS DESIGNED FOR USE ON 45 RPM STEREOPHONIC REPRODUCERS" This is the exact same rear cover image carried over from the previous 2X45 version, but vinyl is indeed 33 1/3 RPM.
Nice-looking cover and vinyl record! The sound quality is superb, without pops, clicks, or surface noise. Everything is of high quality—this is how it should be done!
My record player: Pro-Ject Debut Pro with a MoFi Ultratracker cartridge.
This is a pressing to really show off your stereo to other people. Incredible staging, instrument sound, musicality and presence. It really has everything. Soundwise, reminds me of the TBM favs (e.g. Midnight Sugar). The only thing different here is that instead of "average noodling" you actually get encouraging jazz music (yes I know Take Five is somewhat duh for jazz fans but it's a nice tune still) with a nice twist considering metres.
AP quality as usual: Beautiful packaging (the beautiful gatefold with session photos is a thing to point out), dead quiet.
A truly remarkable recording. The mix is nearly perfect for my tastes with the bass coming through nicely. The drum sound is phenomenal. You know you've got a great pressing when the noise floor is the tape hiss.
The late 50's and early 60's might have been the pinnacle of recorded music. I've got the VMP cut of Monk's Music, and that album is staggeringly good as well. To close your eyes and be transported back in time and straight into the studio is quite the trip indeed. LOVE IT!
This is my first AP vinyl. What an incredible pressing! The clarity of the snare drum and toms on the Take Five solo, the sustain of the last piano key of any phrase on Strange Meadow Lark, and the air pushing through the alto sax on Take Five, are surreal and otherworldly. I have not heard this kind of detail on a recording. I felt like I crossed a threshold of my listening experience.
Echoing benlorimore below, this is hands down the best recorded and pressed album in my collection. With a good hifi setup, this LP sounds like you're standing in the studio with the band, right in the middle of them. Every instrument is astonishingly clear and immediate, especially the drum kit, which truly stands out (but not disproportionately) to my ears. The cymbals, especially when tapped lightly with wooden sticks, are so crisp and luminous, they really do give the illusion of being in the room with you. Absolutely remarkable.
And the compositions, of course, are all masterworks, performed by masters.