Early solo DiMeola on CD?

Hey. Hopefully a simple question. How's the quality and variation/versions of CDs of Al DiMeola's solo stuff, more specifically Elegant Gypsy, and, though less importantly right now, his other early solo works? Thanks for any advice/help offered!

Rob

 

The Legacy remasters sound quite good, while the Japanese Sony's (mini-LP sleeves) seem to be a little better still. Most of his solo stuff sounds excellent on vinyl too, and the LPs are cheap.

Scenario may be an exception - I do not like how that one sounds.

His later solo albums, originally on Manhattan Records (?) (Tiramisu, Cielo e Terra etc.) were released on CD by One Way Records (a cheap "special markets" edition), and the sound qty is still very good - with just a few instruments, it is hard to spoil this stuff.

The Rite of Strings (Di Meola/Stanley Clarke/Jean-Luc Ponty) on EMI/Gai Saber is an excellent sounding CD.

 

Elegant Gypsy is available as a SACD import, and sounds fantastic. Absolutely blows away the original cd pressing. Sorry - can't compare it to the recent cd remasters.

While not a DiMeola solo album, the SACD import of Return To Forever's Romantic Warrior also sounds splendid.

 

That one appears to be out of print. It was listed on www.hmv.co.jp at one stage, but I didn't buy it. Foolish. When I went back some time later to buy it, the SACD was no longer listed. Do you know another source?

Regards,
Geoff

 

Sorry Geoff, that's where I got mine. Don't know of any other source.



HZ

 

Have to agree with that, I'm happy to say I own it as well.