ALBERT COLLINS, ROBERT CRAY Showdown MFSL 1-217 200 Grams RARE Audiophile SEALED

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ALBERT COLLINS, ROBERT CRAY & JOHNNY COPELAND Showdown!
New & Sealed Audiophile Vinyl Record

Record Label: Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-217

This Original Master Recording was made using the half-speed production process. The pressing was sourced from the original stereo master tapes. The disc was specially plated and pressed on 200 grams of High Definition Vinyl. These are considered by audiophiles to be among the finest recordings ever produced and very limited in quantity.

Limited Edition #0614

Record is new and still sealed in it's original plastic sleeve. Perforation is completely intact. There is a price sticker on the plastic sleeve. Corners are sharp, colors vibrant and spine is straight. There are no flaws or blemishes. 100% mint.

Songs:

Side One
T-Bone Shuffle
The Moon is Full
Lion's Den
She's Into Something
Bring Your Fine Self Home

Side Two
Black Cat Bone
The Dream
Albert's Alley
Blackjack

Review: This excellent record finds three guitar legends squaring off, cutting heads, and forming a brotherhood forged in blues. The elder statesman and leader here is the irrepressible Albert Collins, whose guitar sound and unique approach to the blues has been bending ears since the '50s. Johnny Copeland, the "Texas Twister," an early disciple and longtime friend of Collins, is also here, showing he's moved well beyond Collins's early tutelage. The youngest gun is Robert Cray, another musician Collins took under his wing (some 15 years after he first met Copeland).

Backed only by a bassist, drummer, and organist (the spare backing band helps put the guitar work at center stage), Collins, Copeland, and Cray go toe-to-toe on these tracks. What's especially intriguing is that each song gives equal air time to each musician, making room for solos all around and even, on some tracks, shared vocals. Copeland is the wildest here, with his wooly, rough-hewn voice and blistering leads, counterbalanced by Cray, who lends a laid-back air of sophistication to the proceedings. Collins brings it all together with his signature "icy" style. SHOWDOWN! is a dream come true for blues-guitar fans.

SHOWDOWN! is one of the most successful collaborations in modern blues recording, bringing Collins together with two of his best-known proteges, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray....the album features a selection of great songs, with plenty of room for state-of-the-art guitar virtuosity...
Living Blues (19950901)


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