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Lincoln Mayorga & Amanda McBroom - Growing Up in Hollywood Town
Vinyl Rip in 24-Bit/192-kHz | FLAC tracks | no cue | no log | Covers | Rapidshare + FileFactory | 0.98 GB
1980 | Genre: Jazz | Label: Sheffield Lab | LAB-13 | Direct-to-Disc recording, Limited Edition

"Amanda" is beautiful and haunting. "The Portrait" is evocative and sad. And "The Rose," written for the film of the same name, garnered a Golden Globe Award for Amanda McBroom. She also does a great job with "Dusk." The other five cuts are primarily instrumental, and include two pieces penned by Lincoln Mayorga. I love Amanda's cuts, while the rest are more a matter of taste (you may translate that as "Audiophile" with a capital "A").

{ Dave Glackin - enjoythemusic.com }

This rip was taken from a brand-new vinyl (unsold stock from a shop), a rarity, considering it is a Direct-to-Disc recording from the 80s with limited production run. The recording quality is superb, one of the best from Sheffield Lab.

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