The Doobie Brothers – “Toulouse Street” MoFi

Description

For all intents and purposes, Toulouse Street functions as theDoobie Brothers debut. Though it released a self-titled effort in1971, the band admitted the latter album was rushed and reflectedthe results of a group that had barely spent any time together.Toulouse Street unfolded amid far more favorable circumstances.

Overflowing with feel-good vibes and a catchy hybrid of Southern-reared blues, rock, R&B, and country, it touted key lineup changesthat proved crucial to the bands success. And its how mostlisteners discovered Tom Johnston and Co., setting the stage for adominant run during the Seventies that led to the Doobie Brothersinduction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Sourced from the original analog master tapes, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, and housed in a Stoughton gatefoldjacket, Mobile Fidelitys numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP ofToulouse Street offers the 1972 set in definitive sound. Given theluxurious room of a 45RPM version for the first time and benefitingfrom wider grooves, the music benefits from extraordinarysoundstages, ultra-quiet backgrounds, vivid dynamics, andincredible imaging. Ted Templemans production shines like neverbefore. Facets that help make the album so welcoming voicesthat naturally rise and fall, notes that properly carry and decay, basslines you can trace from beginning to end, well-placed percussiveaccents, well-defined separation between the players comeacross on this collectible reissue with involving presence, balance,and realism. Its like the man says: Listen to the music. All the time.