Quad LP/Tape Poll Feliciano, Jose: Fireworks [Q8]

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Rate "Fireworks" Q8

  • 10: Tops

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 9

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 8

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • 7

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • 6

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  • 5: Mediocre

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  • 4

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  • 3

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  • 2

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  • 1: Utter crap

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  • Total voters
    2

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RCA PQ8-1595, album originally released 1970.


Program 1:

Fireworks
Destiny
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Norwegian Wood
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Blackbird

Program 2:

Pegao
Once There Was a Love
Susie-Q
Yesterday
Let It Be

ED :)
 
This is one of those early RCA titles that wasn't trying to be four-corner discrete. This one is more of a front & back soundstages with a little bit of left/right going on. But then again, I don't know if the music would warrant an aggressive four-corner mix. I really like some of the song choices on here. Jose is one of few artists (like Elvis) who can take somebody else's song and totally make it his own. I especially enjoy his vocal performance on "Let it Be", although a part of me really wishes he'd pulled out all the stops on that one. The man's got an incredible set of pipes though I wonder if technical limitations of the time were what was holding him back.... or he just didn't want to appear too "over-the-top".

Either way, Great album. Great tunes, but a part of me wishes for just slightly more discrete instrument placement. :music
 
Feliciano was obviously a big Beatles fan, and he liked covering their material. "Destiny" was the single from the album, and didn't do nearly as well as I thought it would; fine performance. As for the mix, I'd rate it a '7'--pretty good, not great separation. I think, too, that more could have been done with some tracks.

ED :)
 
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