Pat Metheny GroupLetter From Home

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Jazz

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Latin Jazz

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Tracklist

Have You Heard 6:30
Every Summer Night 7:11
Better Days Ahead 3:06
Spring Ain't Here 6:46
45/8 0:55
5-5-7 7:46
Beat 70 4:47
Dream Of The Return 5:16
Are We There Yet 7:55
Vidala 3:04
Slip Away 4:56
Letter From Home 2:35

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    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album, SRC Pressing
    Metheny Group Productions – GHS 24245 US 1989 US1989
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Geffen Records – 45.006 Venezuela 1989 Venezuela1989
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Metheny Group Productions – 924 245-1 Europe 1989 Europe1989
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989-06-29, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album
    Geffen Records – 924 245-2 Europe 1989 Europe1989
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Geffen Records – 924245-1 Yugoslavia 1989 Yugoslavia1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album, Dolby HX Pro
    Geffen Records – M5G 24245 US 1989 US1989
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Geffen Records – XGHS 24245 Canada 1989 Canada1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Geffen Records – 924 245-4 UK 1989 UK1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Geffen Records – 670.9059 Brazil 1989 Brazil1989
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album, Dolby HX Pro
    Geffen Records – M5G 24245 Canada 1989 Canada1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989-06-29, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Club Edition
    Metheny Group Productions – M2G 24245 US 1989 US1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – LGXB-6861 Mexico 1989 Mexico1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – 924 245-4 Europe 1989 Europe1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989-06-29, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Stereo
    Metheny Group Productions – none Japan 1989 Japan1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Carta De Casa = Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Carta De Casa = Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – 24245 Argentina 1989 Argentina1989
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    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, CD Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – CD 24245 Canada 1989 Canada1989
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    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, CD Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – 9 24245-2 US 1989 US1989
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    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Geffen Records – GEFC 24245 Europe 1989 Europe1989
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    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – GHS 24245 South Korea 1989 South Korea1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Jugoton – MC-7-S 3 02316 4 Yugoslavia 1989 Yugoslavia1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989-06-29, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Promo, Stereo
    Metheny Group Productions – none Japan 1989 Japan1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album, Club Edition
    Metheny Group Productions – M5G 24245 US 1989 US1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989-06-29, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album
    Geffen Records – 9 24245-2 US 1989 US1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989-06-29, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album
    Geffen Records – M2G 24245 Canada 1989 Canada1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album
    Geffen Records – 24 245-2 (SW-F-0177) South Korea 1989 South Korea1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Geffen Records – XGHS-24245 Canada 1989 Canada1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Geffen Records – 24245-4 Turkey 1989 Turkey1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album, Club Edition, Carrollton pressing
    Geffen Records – GHS 24245 US 1989 US1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Geffen Records – 199002 Chile 1989 Chile1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Carta De Casa = Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Carta De Casa = Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Geffen Records – 90146 Argentina 1989 Argentina1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Metheny Group Productions – W0320-9 Indonesia 1989 Indonesia1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album, Promo
    Geffen Records – GHS 24245 US 1989 US1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, Cassette Letter From Home
    Cassette, Album
    Metheny Group Productions – MC-7-S 3 02316 4 Yugoslavia 1989 Yugoslavia1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1989, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Club Edition, SRC/ARC
    Geffen Records – 9 24245-2 US 1989 US1989
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1991, Vinyl Letter From Home
    LP, Album
    Geffen Records – 170.8001 Brazil 1991 Brazil1991
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1991, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Reissue, Repress
    Geffen Records – GEFD 24245 Europe 1991 Europe1991
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1991-05-21, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Reissue
    MCA Victor, Inc. – MVCG-38 Japan 1991 Japan1991
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 1991, Cassette Letter From Home
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    Geffen Records – GEC 135 24245 Chile 1991 Chile1991
    New Submission
    Cover of Letter From Home, 2006-02-07, CD Letter From Home
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Slipcase
    Metheny Group Productions – 7559-79940-2 UK, Europe & US 2006 UK, Europe & US2006
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    Cover of Letter From Home, 2006, CD Letter From Home
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    Metheny Group Productions – none US 2006 US2006
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    Reviews

    • 44.1k's avatar
      44.1k
      Music is like always great jazz fusion.
      Good mastering, maybe not the best but an 8 out of 10
      • Ajapanagamanas's avatar
        Ajapanagamanas
        Edited 2 months ago
        im cool with the sound. thing is they butchered the graphics, especially for the back cover art which has an atrociously blurry look to it. just look at the pixelated Lyle Mays pic. disrespectful as hell. mine also didnt include the book. oh well.

        edit: no, you know what these fuckers did? go have a look at the back side of the inner tray of the CD editions. they STRETCHED it to replicate the og vinyl back sleeve. theres a distinct picture missing on the back tray of the CD (where the barcode was put) thats also missing on this sleeve, on the upper right corner.
        • Grand_Cross's avatar
          Grand_Cross
          The volume of this vinyl is low, but aside from that if you crank up the volume it sounds great. Considering that an original vinyl runs for 100 USD used, getting this new for around 20 USD is a really good deal.
          • jcc1970's avatar
            jcc1970
            Wonderful album, "Dream of the Return". X X X X
            • lampio's avatar
              lampio
              I bought the record because it was on sale, assuming it was a second hand edition. I received it and to my surprise it came factory sealed and the sound is quite good, compared to the still life copy I have, German of the time, very similar sound, strong bass, precise treble, a little noise in the middle from face 1, but nothing major. This label has reissued a significant number of records of various styles, I don't know if they will all have the same quality
              • Dadawada's avatar
                Dadawada
                Edited 2 years ago
                First impressions are this is a poorly executed engineering and pressing. I had high hopes. There is little to no sound stage. Everything is just there in both left and right. It is very flat. The sound volume was also very low. There are lots of pops and crackles everywhere.

                I would not recommend this pressing unless I just so happened to get the only bad one.
                • mikeSF_'s avatar
                  mikeSF_
                  Edited one year ago
                  A lifelong Metheny fan, this is my favorite record and I doubted I would find a clean vinyl copy since they are pretty rare. Spotted this and paid a for it without any second thoughts.

                  The music is exquisite. Along with First Circle and Still Life(Talking), this is Pat's Brazil-era sound with large ensemble, latin percussion, horns, voices, the works. The magic formula is well dialed-in by this point: Lyle M, Steve R, and Paul W.

                  The mix is fantastic. Super layered and immersive throughout. Dynamics and details. Mastered by Bob Ludwig. Thankfully, I can say as much about this pressing, big and detailed, no complaints whatsoever.

                  5 stars for a true contemporary jazz masterpiece.
                  • HtbGibsonGuitars1's avatar
                    One of Pat Metheny's all time CD's, look at all the different numbers of pressings!
                    • HtbGibsonGuitars1's avatar
                      Have three copies of this CD. Why? you ask, can't risk losing or breaking one, or even one not being readable after a time.
                      • BLACKY131313's avatar
                        BLACKY131313
                        This release has a much better tonal range than remasters after 2006. Dynamic Range DB = 13db, and remasters have DB = 09 db

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