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Boots Randolph - Boots With Strings (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz]

Posted By: HDV

Date: 4 May 2024 17:15:26

Boots Randolph - Boots With Strings (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz]

Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville sound" for most of his professional career. From the pensive cover-shot down to the "recorded in Hollywood" liner note, "Boots with Strings" signals a completely different approach for Randolph. The saxophonist's tastes and inclinations had always seemed boxed in by Nashville and the 'yakety' style that made him famous, so, here he abandons the rockabilly, soul, country, and r&b tendencies of his Nashville records for a full-blown easy-listening record.

His horn sounds great, as full and inventive as ever, but, coupled with stock arrangements of current-ish pop hits ("Moon River", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", and two Beatles covers - "Yesterday" and "Michelle"), this album merely signals the long slow slide away from hot after-hours sessions to the sort of albums his compatriots Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer had been making for years - essentially karaoke albums with a really talented instrumentalist up-front. "The Shadow of Your Smile" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (which completely duplicates the Phil Spector arrangement of the original) sound good when they're on, but this is mostly a futile exercise, only a step above muzak.

Tracklist:

01 - The Shadow of Your Smile
02 - What Now My Love
03 - Days of Wine & Roses
04 - Yesterday
05 - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
06 - What Kind of Fool Am I?
07 - Moon River
08 - Michelle
09 - Stranger On the Shore
10 - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
11 - Dear Hearts
12 - Unchained Melody

Produced by Fred Foster. Engineers: Ben Jordan, Tommy Strong.

Dynamic Range Report

Analyzed: Boots Randolph / Boots with Strings
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -3.27 dB -20.51 dB 3:13 01-The Shadow of Your Smile
DR11 -0.82 dB -16.23 dB 3:00 02-What Now My Love
DR13 -4.89 dB -21.63 dB 3:03 03-Days of Wine & Roses
DR12 -1.87 dB -18.17 dB 2:16 04-Yesterday
DR12 -0.13 dB -16.76 dB 4:08 05-You've Lost That Loving Feeling
DR11 -0.87 dB -16.97 dB 2:41 06-What Kind of Fool Am I?
DR14 -0.94 dB -18.49 dB 2:48 07-Moon River
DR14 -1.40 dB -18.82 dB 2:47 08-Michelle
DR12 -0.12 dB -16.72 dB 3:51 09-Stranger On the Shore
DR13 -2.70 dB -20.39 dB 2:43 10-I Left My Heart In San Francisco
DR14 -1.37 dB -18.22 dB 3:06 11-Dear Hearts
DR12 -7.15 dB -22.83 dB 3:08 12-Unchained Melody
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4704 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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