"This is one of the most lasting and continually interesting albums ever made. I have owned this album since it's release and still enjoy it as much as the first time I tracked it. Thelma Houston is amazing and Pressure Cooker is composed of some of the finest studio musicians of the era. Being a direct to disc recording means even an unsophistacted ear can hear the dynamics and even some minor flubs in the band. As a former professional musician, the lack of multiple tracks edited until close to perfection, is a welcome plus. This is a must have for any serious collector."
Doug Sax Does it AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael J. Klementovich | Bethlehem PA | 08/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Anything Doug Sax Masters is incredible and every CD or record collection needs to have some Sheffield Recordings in it.
I also recommend Growing Up in a Hollywood Town and West of OZ as these and the Thelma Houston are a must in any collection. Not only for performance BUT these are demo Audiophile Recording on the highest level...These are the BIG 3"
What cd format did for this album
W. Melton | 12/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I had a vinyl pressing back in the late 70's. Later on I checked a copy out of a library and made a tape from it. Then later with the avdent of computer and the approraite software made a cd of the tape. Which sounded better than other cd's I had brought. Which my wife took to work and it some how walked off. Well I finally found a copy on cd a gold one at that paid a little more for it. But was it ever worth it. It without any doubt sounded better than the tape or the cd I had made from the tape. If you going to be shopping for a stereo and you want a cd to test the rigg out with before you buy take this cd along. The silent parts are that silent. It is as though you sitting right in the middle of a front row seat. In a club. Without the club.what the other people with positive reviews say they hitting the nail on the head."
Nothing Short of Brilliant
Richard | Surrey | 05/14/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This has been a favourite of mine for years - since I fist heard the vinyl direct disc recording in 1978. I was very pleased to be able to get a CD version, which is just as lively. This is fantastic music, brilliantly arranged and executed. Even for someone who doesn't dance, it's hard not to jump up to this. Some of it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up its so good."