I just cleaned this album on my VPI 16.5 record cleaner and then played it on my He-Man Rig which consists of a Rega Planar Three with an Ortofon X5-MC cartridge on an RB-300 tone arm with a Valee PA-12B phono preamp / preamp feeding two ArtSound 805 monoblocks.
This album sounds fair to middlin'. There were many pops and ticks, but no skips. I would rated it a 5.75-6 out of ten. For those who enjoy the historical aspects early HiFi and/or a Kentomaniac with love for early pressings, its flaws can be excused and perhaps even embraced.
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