West, Bruce & Laing – Why Dontcha (24/96 vinyl rip/with artwork)
Original US 1972 pressing (Columbia C 31929)
Vinyl condition - NM
I've always liked this LP...nothing earth-shattering, just good tunes from these guys. "Third Degree" is a favorite and "Out Into The Fields" is one of the prettiest Jack Bruce/Peter Brown songs ever written, IMO...it's been stuck in my head since I did this rip. Jack was an amazingly talented man...AFAIC, without him, Cream would have been just another OK blues-rock outfit, out of many during that time period. He brought something totally unique to the party. Well yeah, they all did, but it was his songs I always enjoyed the most, but that's just me...you will be sorely missed by many, Jack! If this generates any interest, I'll put up "Whatever Turns You On", their second LP...
Side 1
1. Why Dontcha
2. Out Into The Fields
3. The Doctor
4. Turn Me Over
5. Third Degree
Side 2
1. Shake Ma Thing (Rollin Jack)
2. While You Sleep
3. Pleasure
4. Love Is Worth The Blues
5. Pollution Woman
Turntable – Technics SL-Q3 (quartz-phase-locked direct drive)
Cartridge/Stylus – Shure M97xE/Jico N97xE SAS stylus
Phono Preamp/Line Level Booster – Technolink TC-760LC/TC-780LC
Sound Card - M-Audio Delta Audiophile 192
Interconnects - Custom built NY Pro Audio (Mogami 2528)
Record Cleaner – Spin-Clean Mk II and/Vintage Discwasher on/SoundGuard Record Care WorkPad
Recording/Cleanup – Audacity/ClickRepair(when necessary/set at 5)/Audition and/or iZotope(manual repairs)/iZotope(resampling)
Captured at 32-bit float/192