MANNEQUIN

Great memories listening to this . . .

Well packaged but ended up cutting corner of sleeve cover….maybe include pull tab on cardboard for easier opening. Appreciated the original album cover, inner sleeve and vinyl look of the cd. Although printing on cover was a bit blurry and lyrics on inner sleeve were almost intelligible. Fitting sleeve into cover is a bit of a tight fit; so, not sure how repeated uses will pan out. Sound quality was terrific.

Worth purchasing for the songs "Survivor", "Marina Del Ray". Good CD to relax to. Hard to believe that this is the same artist responsible for the 1980s hit "This Independence."

bought it years ago and it still stands up against anything thats on the go today. Was a U.S. import back then. grat album

It's pleasure to know Marc Jordan!

I was a disc-jockey for fifteen years (now I'm a mystery novelist) and for fifteen years I had to put up with playing a bunch of, frankly, [bad] pop records. Then one day we got a record by a guy named Marc Jordan. It went nowhere, and to this day, I still don't know why. Every song on the album was great. It was produced, as I recall, by Jordan and David Foster, though I could be wrong about the second part. It has been years since I've heard this record but certain licks, lyrics, and musical phrases still run through my head from time to time. "Got in my car, put my foot to the ground, I'm the lonely one..." I think that's the opening lyric of one of my favorite songs from this album, a folkish pop ballad, about a kid who takes out on the open road, leaving his girl behind. As good or better than any Bruce Sprinsteen song of the same ilk. Then there was "One Step Ahead of the Blues" with its jazz sax intonations and its perfect summing up of film noir. Then there was "Dancing on the Boardwalk", a pop-soul dance number, which is on a par with the best of Lieber and Stoller. Anyone who loves pop music that goes off into these offbeat threads of jazz, folk, R&B, and pure rock, yet retains a pop sensibility, will love this album.

great sound on this cd.

I've seen other reviews of other CD releases of this album, and many complain about the poor sound quality of those releases. That is most definitely not the case here. The sound is great! Fear not. And if you are a Larry Carlton fan, as I am, he is very prominent on this album. The fact that Steely Dan producer Gary Katz produced this one means that many of the same guys who made those albums sound so good are involved in this effort too. It took me a few listens to get into this album, but I'm really glad I gave it a chance.

Have fallen for the whole remastered spiel so many times in the past and have seldom been impressed. The shrink wrap sticker proclaims "Audiophile Recording. Mastered in high definition 96kHz/24-BIT" Unsure of the technical aspects but suffice to say, the whole album sounds great. I have the original album on vinyl and "Survival" on 12" single and amazingly, this CD re-issue tops them. Have rediscovered the album in this format. Original LP outer and inner sleeve replicated too. Great job by "Culture Factory"

Marc Jordan è un nome pressoché sconosciuto al grande pubblico italiano ma da sempre può vantare di una piccola ma fedele schiera di estimatori, appassionati che lo seguono dalla fine degli anni Settanta e che già da allora hanno iniziato a dare la caccia ai suoi bellissimi album di soft pop rock californiano. Dischi che bisognava cercare con pazienza nei negozi che vendevano album d'importazione in un'epoca dove non esisteva ebay, discogs o mille altri store online dove ormai si trova praticamente di tutto. Jordan (di origini canadesi) era un personaggio atipico, grandissimo autore di canzoni amava circondarsi dei migliori sessionman americani, dei produttori più sofisticati, ma la sua musica pur con un gusto squisitamente pop rock sfociava in estetismi tra la fusion e lo smooth jazz e questo lo rendeva troppo raffinato per la massa. Una caratteristica che però lo ha reso quasi un mito proprio tra gli appassionati della fusion che in quegli anni seguivano artisti come Yellow Jackets, Crusaders, Sryro Gyra, Al jarreau, Randy Crawford e tanti altri. Questo primo album si può già considerare uno dei suoi dischi più belli, con piccoli gioielli come "SUrvival" e "MArina Del Rey". Tuttavia è con i dischi successivi ("Blue Desert e "Hole In The Wall" che l'artista raggiunse i suoi vertici espressivi). Questa ristampa su cd è indubbiamente interessante per chi in passato pur avendo gli album originali della Warner USA si è perso le ristampe su CD giapponesi (tra l'altro recentemente rimasterizzate e riproposte con i classici mini LP replica). E proprio emulando le splendire ristampe giapponesi questa versione è realizzata su cartoncino in stile mini album, molto curata in ogni dettaglio. Interessante anche il fatto che il cd ha la parte "incisa" di colore nero (come i dischi utilizzati per i giochi della PlayStation). Il remaster inoltre offre un suono più brillante e dinamico rispetto alle prime versioni CD giapponesi, ma non aspettatevi miracoli anche perché non si mai in questi casi dove vanno a pescare i nastri per realizzare il remaster. Comunque è una ristampa molto consigliata e per chi non conosce l'artista sicuramente è un personaggio da scoprire.

名盤ですね。オリジナルもレコードも持っていますが、このリマスターは、そんなに変わらないですね。強いて言うならオリジナルのCDが良いですかね。っていうか良いコンポでレコードを聴くのが一番良いです。ジャケットは良いと思います。でも当然ながらレコードのジャケットが一番良いです。

Owned this album in the 70's. It holds up well. ad s a very tasty piece of ear candy.

Il faut s'y faire, pour le moment, il est impossible de se rendre en Californie. Mais la musique peut aider à s'évader et avec des artistes comme Marc Jordan, on part immédiatement! Direction Marina Del Rey et ses bateaux de rêve accostés: c'est le titre de son plus grand succès qui figure dans cet album de 1978 (Jordan venait juste de signer avec Warner Bros, la maison de disques spécialiste du son West Coast à l'époque). C'est un très bon album soft-rock-groovy-jazzy qui comprend des titres délectables (Survival, Dancing on the boardwalk, Street Life...). Un plaisir à écouter à défaut de pouvoir se rendre à L.A., mettez-vous Marina del Rey et c'est parti! Jordan est bien aidé par une production de top niveau, et des musiciens d'exception dont une bonne partie de Toto avec les frères Porcaro, Lukather et Paich (ils seront aussi sur l'album suivant). La carrière de Marc Jordan se poursuit aujourd'hui encore mais c'est un artiste dont le talent lui permet allégrement de dépasser la simple étiquette "Rock californien". Pour moi, l'album suivant, Desert Blue, est peut-être un petit cran au-dessus encore.