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Title: Magic at Carnegie Hall
Review: [this review refers to the original vinyl recording]Friday night, February 22nd, 1963 the Dave Brubeck Quartet performed at Carnegie Hall. They were unsure the concert would occur because New York City was in the midst of a newspaper strike, hence they were unable to fully advertise the performance. They had nothing to fear.We, the listening audience, were lucky that the relatively new recording technique of "stereo fidelity recording" was mature enough that the performance was preserved in stereo: Columbia, who produced the original vinyl discs, released both a stereo and monaural version.By luck, I was already a fan because of the famous single, "Take Five" and purchased the album at the local PX at the Army base in Kaiserslaurtern, Germany. While I've transferred the music to a digital format, I still love playing the vinyl records with headphones on and a glass of scotch at my side.Simply the best 96 minutes of the Dave Brubeck Quartet available.
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