Various Artists
MCA Master Series Sampler ’89
MCA Master Series (US) 1989
MCA-39126 (LP) Audiophile. Promotional copy. w/company’s inner sleeve.
sleeve : EX(DJS, SOC, wear on corner, slightly wrinkle.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise.)
A label compilation album in the high-quality MCA Master Series, which employed JVC’s digital audio mastering system. This sampler brings together works by artists who released albums on the label in 1989, including Blue Chip by the guitar duo Acoustic Alchemy; The Runaway by Booker T. Jones, who had left Booker T & the MG’s to pursue a solo career; The Telluride Sessions by the progressive bluegrass band Strength In Numbers; Letting Go, a collaborative work by Giles Reaves and Jon Goin; and Plant Early by Jerry Douglas. Two tracks are selected from each title. Although the genres represented here vary widely, the finely detailed sound production characteristic of this series gives the compilation a strong sense of cohesion.
B3: Giles Reaves & Jon Goin “Sunday Afternoon”
B4: Jerry Douglas “Pushed Too Far”