Sonny Rollins' Way Out west is fantastic in both fidelity and performance. Perhaps it's where Ray Charles got the idea to to a country & western album.
With as much as I buy, I rarely listen multiple times within a few weeks. Still, I've played this one at least a dozen times. I got my original LP at the same time I got my own personal stereo in my room. That was months before Born to Be Wild got any airplay. As I recall, I bought it unheard based on a sparkling review in Guitar Player magazine. It didn't disappoint!
When I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher let us study in her classroom during lunch period. We were all honor students, good kids, or so she thought. She had a few LP's and a record player. I remember S&G's Sounds of Silence, the Mason Williams album, and Steppenwolf. She was hip, and about eight years older than we were. The use of her room ended when she unexpectedly showed up while we were playing the Pusher. It was the last time we got to use her room. She also took Steppenwolf back home.
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