Brewer & Shipley - Down In L.A. - Super Hot Stamper

Brewer & Shipley - Down In L.A. - Super Hot StamperBrewer and Shipleys first and only release for A&M has long been a Desert Island Disc in my world. I consider it one of the top debuts of all time, although its doubtful many will agree with me about that since I have yet to meet anyone who has ever even heard of this album, let alone felt as passionate as I do about it. To me this is a classic of Hippie Folk Rock, along the lines of The Grateful Dead circa American Beauty, surely a touchstone for the

Herbie Hancock manages to get a lot of different jazz artists to play some of the most interesting jazz I’ve ever heard

since even the good stampers sound mediocre most of the time

Many copies are not

much like the first Santana record

spitty sibilance

This is some of the most wonderful music ever composed

the magic of the experience far exceeds just another batch of catchy songs with clever arrangements

wall-to-wall

with plenty of What to Listen For advice

the most of any single group or artist

When a copy is cut really clean

If you have a system like that