No Jim Croce fans? wow, tough crowd.
I'll have to say that these are some of the best GRT Q8's made. Their sound quality is above average when compared to other non-ABC GRT Q8's. Matter of fact, I'll go as far as to say the ABC/GRT Q8's sound the best, with the Arista's and Fantasy/Milestone ones coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Now for the title at hand. The Jim Croce Quad mixes while hardly adventurous, do the music justice by pulling it apart enough that you almost have a feel for what went on in the studio. The mix is aggressive enough to spread everything very wide, but thankfully, nothing panning around making you nauseous.
Jim and Murray's guitars are usually panned hard left and right, background singers in the rears and one thing that's very obvious on the title track is I guess they recorded the Bass guitar amped and direct as it's most definitely amped to the right and direct to the left.
Drums are usually situated in left rear, but does change from song to song.
Jim's lyrics and vocals are second to none. Most of, if not all of his songs are from people, places or situations he himself experienced. In his live shows, he often told a short story to explain why or how the song came to be.
So, the music itself, I give a full 10. Jim Croce IS the definitive singer/songwriter. The mix, I give an 8.5 as there are a few items I disagree with, but for the most part, very enjoyable. Sound quality from the Q8 is very good. Overall Score: a solid 9.
It's a shame we lost Jim at such a young age so long ago. There's no telling where his career may have gone as he was just beginning to see the fruits of his work when he lost his life.