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| Artist: | Willie Nelson |
| Title: | Willie Nelson Stardust Analogue Productions 180gm Vinyl 2 LP 45rpm |
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| Released: | 26/01/2018 |
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| Format: | 180GM VINYL 2LP 45RPM |
| Country | US |
| Barcode: | 753088011610 |
| Catalogue number: | ANLP80116.1 |
| Store location: | AUDIOPHILE |
| SKU: | 35594925 |
| Condition: | NEW |
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| Genre: | Blues , Country , Pop |
| Categories: | Essential Vinyl at Great Prices , Recommendations |
Willie's 1978 take on his favorite pop standards
Includes his classic versions of "Stardust" "Georgia On My Mind" and others
Mastered from the original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman
180-gram double LPs plated and pressed by Quality Record Pressings!
Heavyweight gatefold tip-on old-style jacket from Stoughton Printing
"While more expensive, Analogue Productions' 45RPM reissue makes the piano seem more life-sized and restores all the overtones missing from the earlier reissues — all the while delivering enhanced percussion detail and tauter bass. I'm certain that somewhere ahead of the master tape, recording engineers Bradley Hartman and Donivan Cowart slowed down the tape in places for effect. Listen to the opening bars of 'September Song' where the knobs got turned a little too slow. No matter. Analogue Productions' Stardust again earns a super disc designation by today's higher standards." — 5/5 stars, Dennis Davis, vinylreviews.com. Read the whole review here.
"This is a vocal record that even opera lovers treasure. ... these were unexpected vocal knockouts from a shaggy source. ... The 45 RPM pressing on 180g vinyl shows the impeccable care that Analogue Productions lavishes on all its reissues. The higher speed means shorter sides (in this case, 45 minutes of music spread over two discs), and while it may be an audio mirage, the sound is more alive, more present than on a 33 1/3 RPM LP." — Editor's Pick, Recording Of The Month — Performance = 5/5; Sonics = 5/5 — Robert Baird, Stereophile, March 2018
Willie Nelson has long been honored as a genuine legend, and his songs and concerts are loved worldwide. Though his roots are in country, Willie's musical influences are as broad as the Texas skies, unlimited to any one genre.
"These are my favorite songs. My favorite all-time songs," Willie says. "I knew there were millions of people who liked these songs and would love to hear them again. I grew up with them... they're some of the first songs I learned to play."
Here is the familiar Stardust, yet in a way so striking from any versions that have come before. For starters, for this Analogue Productions reissue we turned to the masters, literally. We insisted on the master tapes and no less a skilled mastering engineer than the award-winning Bernie Grundman to cut the lacquers for this project. Then, naturally, we put Gary Salstrom and his crew at Quality Record Pressings to work to plate and press the finest-sounding 180-gram LPs. We bring them to you housed in a heavyweight tip-on, old style gatefold jacket from Stoughton Printing. Unmatched quality; unmatched sound — that's the way Analogue Productions rolls.
It turned out that Willie had some convincing to do to get his record label on board with Stardust. "Why be predictable?" Willie asked Columbia Records executive Nick Blackburn, after the latter resisted the Red Headed Strangers decision to make an album of classic pop tunes.
Willie ultimately scored big-time with this quintessential addition to his album catalog. The songs — Moonlight in Vermont, All of Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore — are lovingly arranged here by Booker T. Jones of Green Onions fame and recorded in Nelson's inimitable style in Emmylou Harris' house.
Booker T's trademark sound set the mood for the sessions. Willie and cohorts mine a mellow groove here, sounding as if Willie is at home, sitting on his porch overlooking the beautiful Texas hill country.
Nelson's Stardust remains a genius-level creation as well as the icon's most commercially successful release, a truly gorgeous record infused with ultimate respect for composers and lyrics and many of the finest performances of Willie's career.
| A1 | Stardust | 3:50 |
| A2 | Georgia On My Mind | 4:19 |
| B1 | Blue Skies | 3:32 |
| B2 | All Of Me | 3:52 |
| B3 | Unchained Melody | 3:48 |
| C1 | September Song | 4:32 |
| C2 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | 2:35 |
| D1 | Moonlight In Vermont | 3:23 |
| D2 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore | 2:30 |
| D3 | Someone To Watch Over Me | 4:01 |
| format | vinyl | CD
| Recently In Stock | No |
| Forthcoming | No |
Timeless Masterpiece
By: Paul Rodriguez on 3 July 2023When I was in my 20s I listened to this recording on many occasions. Willie’s diction and sense of musical space reminds me of Frank Sinatra. But there’s a difference with this recording- it recreates an epoch spanning from the 1930s to 1960s where the moral values of western society is influenced by world events. But there is more - an innocence and optimism that true enduring values actually anchor us into a cocoon of reassurance that we live in a world protected by a loving spiritual presence. A delightful illusion to some.
(5)
Perfect pressing.
By: James Fraser on 15 November 2019Such an amazing album. It never dates, and this pressing is pure perfection.
(5)
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