Rhino simply added two nice titles to their ongoing AAA 180g 1LP Excessive Constancy collection — particularly, The Doobie Brothers’ March 1973 providing The Captain and Me and Herbie Hancock’s Could 1972 effort, Crossings.
Each of those Rhino Hello-Fi titles can be found completely at Rhino.com and choose Warner Music shops worldwide. Every version is proscribed to five,000 numbered copies, and their respective SRPs is $39.98.
Moreover, an unique bundle of The Captain and Me Hello-Fi LP and the 2022 hardcover Lengthy Prepare Runnin’: Our Story of The Doobie Brotherssigned by longtime Doobies members, co-founders Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons, shall be made obtainable on December 1. This bundle is proscribed to 300 signed copies, and has an SRP of $59.98.
You’ll be able to order the Doobies bundle and/or the opposite two LP choices proper now, proper right here.
Rhino Hello-Fi confirms that each one album lacquers on this collection are AAA and lower instantly from the unique stereo grasp tapes by Kevin Grey, with Optimum dealing with the 180g vinyl pressings. Tip-on jackets and shiny covers add to the general “aesthetic” of this collection, in keeping with Rhino — and we are inclined to agree with that evaluation.
Based on the wording in Rhino Hello-Fi’s press notes, Crossings is jazz pianist Herbie Hancock’s tenth studio album, one which noticed his group of collaborative gamers increase to a septet with the addition of Patrick Gleeson on the Moog synthesizer. The three-track album Crossings continued with the avant-garde fashion of March 1971’s The writerin addition to Hancock’s ongoing experimenting with digital and funk jazz fusion.
The Rhino Hello-Fi Crossings set contains scans of the unique grasp tape containers, a replica of the unique album label, and unreleased images. Detailed liner notes from Gleeson increase on Hancock and the ensemble’s compositional strengths, sharing that they, quote, “had a marked impact on the band’s solos, altering, even reversing, the same old relationship between soloist and accompaniment.”
Using the excessive of their breakthrough July 1972 sophomore album Toulouse AvenueThe Doobie Brothers launched the hit-filled followup The Captain and Me in March 1973. Persevering with to work with producer Ted Templeman, the Doobies moved extra in the direction of a country-rock sound on Captain that noticed the album peak at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, and it in the end earned 2x platinum standing from the RIAA (i.e., 2 million copies offered).
The Rhino Hello-Fi Captain and Me set incorporates scans of the unique grasp tape containers and lacquer-cutting notes for fan-favorite tracks “Lengthy Prepare Runnin’” and “With out You.” Liner notes excerpts culled from the aforementioned Lengthy Prepare Runnin’: Our Story of The Doobie Brothers hint the album’s making.
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
THE CAPTAIN AND ME
180g 1LP (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
Facet A
1. Pure Factor
2. Lengthy Prepare Runnin’
3. China Grove
4. Darkish Eyed Cajun Lady
5. Clear As The Pushed Snow
Facet B
1. With out You
2. South Metropolis Midnight Girl
3. Evil Lady
4. Busted Down Round O’Connelly Corners
5. Ukiah
6. The Captain And Me
HERBIE HANCOCK
CROSSINGS
180g 1LP (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
Facet A
1. Sleeping Large
Facet B
1. Quasar
2. Water Torture
