{"product_id":"herbie-hancock-head-hunters-200g-vinyl-2lp","title":"Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (200g) Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe quintessential jazz-funk \/ fusion album and, at the time of its release, the best-selling\u003c\/i\u003e \"jazz\" album of all time. People had already been pretty successful in the jazz fusion vein, but it was \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Herbie+Hancock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHerbie Hancock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e who really captured the vibe and the audience with his backbone of funk. \"Watermelon Man\" is probably the most famous cut on here with the long looped intro and funky breakdown (even made it so far as skate video fame). \"Chameleon\" is equally head-nodding and carries out some excellent solo goings on with Herbie getting loose all over the synthesizers and arps and rhodes and stuff. I can't imagine what all those post-LSD heads were thinking listening to this shit in 1973. Like... wow man. Pretty much the same crew, with the addition of Soul Honkey #1 \u003cstrong\u003eMike Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums and the subtraction of Herbie, went on to record under the band name \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=headhunters\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Headhunters%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Herbie%20Hancock%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Herbie%20Hancock%20%26%20The%20Headhunters%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeadhunters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, releasing the classic \"Survival Of the Fittest.\" A note on this deluxe audiophile reissue from the label: \u003cem\u003e\"Columbia's LP release had decent sound, but Analogue Productions' new vinyl mastering by \u003cstrong\u003eRyan Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e at Sterling Sound takes the sound up several notches from there. The LP is housed in a gorgeous film-laminated jacket from Stoughton Printing — it looks and sounds better than ever.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Cut nice and loud at 45 RPM on double vinyl, with a dedicated side per track. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e200g double vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egatefold sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eold-style deluxe film-lamination tip-on jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eremastered at Sterling Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Analogue Productions 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by the mgmnt 06\/2017\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Herbie Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":38230516488,"sku":"fr-3666","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/herbiehancock-headhunters.jpg?v=1762273426","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/herbie-hancock-head-hunters-200g-vinyl-2lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}