Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Super Hot Stamper

*NOTE: There is a bubble in the vinyl that plays as 8 moderate thuds at the start of track 1 on side 2, "We Work the Black Seam." This album has long been a favorite among audiophiles and it's pretty easy to see why. What Sting does here with jazz music is very similar to what Paul Simon later did with African music on Graceland. Sting surrounded himself with legitimate jazz musicians and together they created an album that gives you the loose, relaxed feel of jazz mixed with Sting's distinct pop sensibility. There are elements of worldbeat, reggae, and soul here as well, but the album never feels disjointed. Sting managed to pull it all together to create a sound that is somehow unique and familiar at the same time. This vintage A&M pressing has the kind of Tubey Magical Midrange that modern pressings rarely begin to reproduce. Folks, that sound is pretty much gone and it sure isn't showing any sign of coming back. We believe that rich, full, solid, Tubey Magical sound is key to t