Various Artists - The Wonderful Sounds of Female Vocals Hybrid Stereo SACD CAPP 122 SA

Various Artists - The Wonderful Sounds of Female Vocals

Hybrid Stereo SACD

Female vocalists have forever been celebrated by audiophiles and music lovers alike. Whether the delivery is delicate or bombastic, a great female vocal well-recorded is just so sensuous. It's the genre that most often typifies the potential of hi-fi and what it can do to engage our emotions. It's no wonder the hallways of any hi-fi show will be resonating with the sounds of sparsely-arranged recordings of great women singers. It's the genre that best shows off the systems that manufacturers and dealers are trying to sell.

Now, you can have all of those best demo tracks on one record. Show stoppers by Julie London, Diana Krall, Rickie Lee Jones, Nina Simone, Janis Ian, Phoebe Snow, Jennifer Warnes, Dusty Springfield, Shelby Lynne and many more. Every single track is an audiophile demo classic. Drop the needle and drop your friend's jaw!

Michael Fremer, of AnalogPlanet.com and Stereophile Magazine, walks you through each track and its historic place with very through and entertaining liners.

Plating and pressing was done at Quality Record Pressings.

Ever have that moment where you want to really light up your system — either for a late-night session by yourself or for when you've got company — and you don't want to keep changing records to keep the hit parade going? This record ends that issue. You've only got to make one selection.

Track Listing

Cry Me A River - Julie London

Black Coffee - Ella Fitzgerald

Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow

Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

Just A Little Lovin' - Shelby Lynne

Show Biz Kids - Rickie Lee Jones

Crazy – Patsy Cline

Tennessee Waltz – Holly Cole

Breaking Silence – Janis Ian

Hey There – Myra Taylor

What a Shame – Patricia Barber

Plain Gold Ring - Nina Simone

The Moon Is Made Of Gold - Rickie Lee Jones

Blue Moon - Julie London

Blame It on the Moon - Nancy Bryan

Diamonds and Rust - Joan Baez

Somebody Who Loves You - Joan Armatrading

Send In the Clowns - Judy Collins

Ballad Of The Runaway Horse - Jennifer Warnes

A Case of You - Diana Krall

The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield

Brothers In Arms - Joan Baez