You know, I'm trying really hard to like Friday Music, I really am. In fact, the "Elvis" is superb in every way - the sound is outstanding, deep, open, warm and engaging tonality, the inner timing is excellent - superb. And totally recommended.
The Traffic on the other hand, is problematic. The cover scan kind of gives a hint of what's to come - it certainly is not the best effort. The pressing itself is ok - not as good as the RTI Elvis pressing. And the sound is nowhere close to an original, or even a decent early US United Artists pressing or my Island Japanese pressing. There is obviously great variation track to track in the recording and instrumentation used on each track, but despite that, the mastering is a let down here. Bass is murky, boomy, indistinct. The top end has a bit of an etched quality to it - not natural. The midrange should have been brought up more. Overall, what lets this down is poor EQ choices made, with difficult tapes. Traffic obviously needs much more mastering studio time to get to real quality sonics, and it didn't get it here.
Not terrible sounding, but not good enough for a premium vinyl reissue. A miss.
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