Joe Farrell Quartet – Joe Farrell Quartet

The sound quality of the Blu Spec release is exceptional. Terrific sonically, the clear clean warm spacious sound stage is perfection. This disc is better than many SACD recordings I own.

By far, the best sounding version on CD and without additional compression present on all other versions, digital or analog.

This is not strictly speaking, a review; on the whole, this album is not so much my cup of tea because Farrel's tone is not so much to my taste, though it strikes me that the tone is reminiscent of Coltrane's, though somehow, compared to Trane, there's a difference that's crucial for me. I write, though, on this ground. The fact that I have the Van Gelder stamp in my pressing's runout led me to wonder whether Rudy's mastering of the album included cutting it. The answer, as revealed by the article by Steve Guttenberg connected to this URL, is that that's exactly what it means - the article includes a photo of Mr. Van Gelder's lathe. Until today and my little research project, I had no idea that Rudy cut albums. But he did, and it makes sense that he did, because it's so pivotal to the sound of the album actually, as everyone who uses this website appreciates more or less by definition.

https://www.cnet.com/pictures/go-behind-the-scenes-at-this-historic-recording-studio/.