Got the Spontaneous reissue in the mail today. It's more than decent, the mix is slightly boomy on the low end. There is some distortion in the brighter frequencies especially noticeable on the clarinet features. Fortunately not too noticeable. The snare on "Green Salad" is nice and crispy, so I bet they just went a little hot on it to help counter the boominess of the low end. "Blue Waves" sounds excellent and pretty well balanced. And "Watergate" sleaze funk opus is sounding mighty fine. My copy is slightly off-center on the A-side, and given the size of the press run it's possible half or all are similarly affected if a bad stamper was used.
The cover is a replica minus the RCA logos which were removed. The color is much darker orange on the reissue, and it got a tip-on upgrade vs pretty thin jacket originally.
Overall they did a nice job, and this is definitely one not to miss. It's just an outstanding record, it boggles the mind this was just production music. It's insane, when you think about it. I think of all the countless American and British trash libraries I've heard over the years with cheese jingles, 15 second commercial stabs, news lead-in cues, and just unspecified crap, but records like this ... ... impossible.
You've got two days left on this link (rip of the RCA press) before it expires:
https://wetransfer.com/downloads/35b89e ... 517/67730f
