I have a mint US Cypress copy, (I'm trying to remember if this one or the Canadian issue was praised the most). I listened to some of it today. While it is "clean & clear", it has that digital, uninvolving edge that kind of turns me off.
Being Thanksgiving and all, and since I always pull out Suzanne Vega's "Solitude Standing" this time of year, ("Fancy Poultry Parts"), I thought I'd make a comparison. They are both from the digital recording age. (SV from 87' - JW from 86').
Playing the JW, I was thinking, very critically, not really enjoying the listen, the experience, the music.
SV, now, this is a totally different listening experience! It sounds great! Nothing edgy, nothing sterile, nothing out of the ordinary. It is in fact an lp I hold in the highest regard, still.
The SV should really be the lp commanding the high prices. Thankfully it is available to us, the ones who love music, for a reasonable price.
Not a huge Leonard Cohen fan but I do like Jennifer Warnes quite a bit. There are songs on FBR that I like and others not so much so for me a mixed bag. Some of the songs I don't like seem to have a 50's Beat generation vibe. Prefer The Hunter and The Well. As for sound quality I think the last 24k gold issues of all three sound excellent.
Interesting to read your opinion on FBR. I've always found Jennifer's, The Hunter, to be far superior both sonically as well as material. I've never fully understood the attraction to FBR.
Regardless of whether you like 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' and you probably won't if you're not fond of Leonard Cohen, it's worth having for the Stevie Ray Vaughan intro to 'First We Take Manhattan.'
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