George Benson: Guitar Man
Concord 180g LP
On this album Benson dumps the pop/disco flavor of many of his previous albums and returns to his roots of good ole guitar based jazz, a welcome change in my book. Musically a very nice album (although I have been partial to George Benson all the way back to his CTI albums , so take that for what it is worth.)
The 180g pressing form Concord is a bit on the noisy side with more clicks and pops that I am used to tolerating, but on the other side of the coin is is not being marketed nor priced as a super audiophile release. So in that light while it has more surface noise than I expect from a 180g release, it is not really any more than I would hear on a standard vinyl pressing (which is how it is priced.) Normal price is right around $18 and it can be had right now on Amazon for 12 and change.