Mototeru Takagi Trio - Mosura Freight! FLAC download

A really stellar free jazz record. The first two pieces are absolutely on fire with Takagi's reeds and Ono's drums just tearing things up. The last two tracks are calmer with slower tempos but still quite out. P.J.L. did a nice job with the cover, but really didn't put much into the disc itself. First of all it is mastered from a not very clean copy of the vinyl (why do these people always lose the master tapes?). Some of the quiet passages are about the same level as the old surface noise. On top of this a lot of the loud passages clip, especially on the left channel. Obviously no attempt was made to clean up this recording. Second, there are just two tracks - one for each side, even though there are obvious breaks between the pieces. Annoyed, but not as disappointing as the sound quality Overall it seems like they just slapped this out. Its great that this wonderful music is available, but at the same time, it will be nice if someone else does a better reissue of this with some proper mastering.