Essential: a masterpiece of Rock music
I think the Rubber Soul US release is interesting because differs in some songs from its UK pair.
What I celebrate about the US mix is that this is where “I’m Looking Through You” song appears for the first time with the famous false start (And that I personally value it very much).
Vinyl pedigree: A Capitol reissue (Purple label of 1978) and mastered by John Lemay. Silent pressing of the Winchester plant.
George Duke was an American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He first made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He was known primarily for thirty-odd solo albums, of which 'A Brazilian Love Affair' from 1980 was his most popular, as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.
2014 original album series 5 CD set, in LP replica papersleeves. Collects five classic UK Mersey beat albums: Gerry & the Pacemakers' "How Do You Like It?" (1963) & "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (1965), plus the Swinging Blue Jeans' "Blue Jeans A'Swinging" (1964), Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas' "Listen…" and the Fourmost "The First & the Fourmost (1965)…
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