AL STEWART 24 Carrots NAUTILUS SUPERDISCS NR 34 Half Speed AUDIOPHILE SEALED
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AL STEWART 24 Carrots
New & Sealed Audiophile Vinyl Record
Record Label: Nautilus Superdiscs NR 34
The first album with his new band Shot in the Dark, This is Al Stewart's nInth studio solo album. Originally released in 1980, it is given the Nautilus Audiophile treatment here.
Nautilus Superdiscs featured superior quality pressings with extended dynamic range and the highest quality control standards. Surface noise often found on mass-produced releases are virtually non-existent on Nautilus' silky-quiet pressings. All are cut at Half Speed and sourced from the original analog stereo master tapes. Only the finest imported virgin vinyl was used.
New and sealed in it's original loose shrink-wrap. Corners are sharp, colors vibrant and spine is straight. There are no flaws or blemishes. 100% mint.
Side One
1. Running Man
2. Midnight Rocks
3. Constantinople
4. Merlin's Time
5. Mondo Sinistro
Side two
6. Murmansk Run/Ellis Island
7. Rocks in the Ocean
8. Paint by Numbers
9. Optical Illusion
Review: The pun of the title of 24 Carrots... the first overt signal of humor Al Stewart has displayed in years, possibly ever... illustrates that a lot has changed since 1978's Time Passages. The loosening of his wit is perhaps the most evident, but the most significant is the departure of producer Alan Parsons, who collaborated with Stewart on his mid-'70s triptych of masterpieces. In truth, 24 Carrots isn't far removed from those high points, because he is indeed still writing at a remarkably consistent pace. No, this record isn't quite at the high standard of the previous three albums, but it does have a number of brilliant moments, from the opening "Running Man" through the silly but effective "Mondo Sinistro" and the gorgeous "Midnight Rocks."
Though there are some songs that don't quite click (something that did not happen on the aforementioned trio), overall the record coheres nicely, thanks not just to the uniform classiness of Stewart's songs, but to his production with Chris Desmond. Although the production does hint at the antiseptic cleanliness that sank many of his latter-day recordings, here, it is just a perfect balance of audio precision and elegant studiocraft. Despite its occasional missteps, it still is a fine record, a fitting, wistful coda to Stewart's classic period.
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