Azimüth* – Azimüth

The earlier Far Out pressing (non gatefold) sounded punchier with more pronounced bass, although my copy had a bit of surface noise and pops. This pressing sounds compressed and muffled.

Distinctly mediocre. A somewhat insipid recording of uninspiring latin flavoured grooves. The highlight of the album is easily Montreal City with its funky Moog bass line and smooth electric piano solo/lead lines.

Periscópio lives up to the hype to a certain degree but becomes repetitive and tiresome with the awkward change-up in tempo and disted timing of the musicians.

Overall an obscenely overrated record. So happy I got top dollar for my original copy.

My copy sounds fine, no distorsion here! . . .

My copy has a little of surface noize, but the master is better than the last brazilian one. The big fault in this edition is that it not reproduces the original gatefold and the way the artwork was made for the inner inlay is very lazy, with a lot of blank space tha makes it looks really ugly.

Pude comparar com a edição mais recente da Far Out, e esta aqui vai lado a lado. Ainda sinto que a da Far Out, sonoramente falando, canta mais e um tanto mais detalhado. Mas esta versão da Noize falou bonito no som, um pouco mais velado e misturado, sim! e o Lp tem as questões da Polysom, mas o som entregou.

Shitty pressing. Sounds like a copy from a noisy original.

Unfortunately this unofficial release has quiet a bit of distortion when it gets to the last tracks on each side. But otherwise it sounds Allright.

Double dipped and got a good one.

My previous review lamented the non filled mess that was my first copy. MPO went through a horrible 2019-2021 where almost every LP i had from them was a noisy rip fest die to these unformed grooves.

This 2nd copy ive just acquired is much better. Theres a bit of dish warp but its well centered and free of groove defects. MPO have definately upped their game and props to them for that. This hobby demands quality over quantity.

Adide from the lovely near silent surface here, the mastering is also on point. Very clean, very nice sounding indeed. No nasties. Wonderful music, Azymuth are the best group out of Brazil ever!!!

The Single alone that is called Manha is wonderful - If you just had limited time to listen to one track on this album - Please listen to the track called "Manha" - you will not regret it.

Please click on this link to find out more about this group and project:

https://www.electricsoulshow.com/news/morning-brazilian-style-manha-estilo-brasileiro

Outstanding pressing, very dynamic.
Zero defaults.
Gatefold is nice.
Music is fantastic but you know it.