Pharoah Sanders – Journey In Satchidananda

Amazing experience. Listening to this with headphones, on speakers, with others, is a treasure beyond words. Out of the few Acoustic Sounds reissues I own, this is easily the best one and one of the best records I own, period.

A pristine and immaculate pressing. And the packaging is also state of the art. I had an older reissue which was a mediocre pressing at best with notable hissing, and I am happy to finally replace it with a best in class copy this album deserves.

File Name | Format | SR | Word Length | Max. TPL | LUFSi | DR (PMF) |

01-01 Journey In Satchidananda | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -4.14 | -17.93 | 10 |
01-02 Shiva-Loka | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -4.18 | -16.38 | 10 |
01-03 Stopover Bombay | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -4.69 | -17.19 | 10 |
01-04 Something About John Coltrane | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -3.47 | -18.23 | 11 |
01-05 Isis And Osiris | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -3.24 | -18.18 | 11 |

Number of EP/Album Files: 5
Official EP/Album DR: 11

File Name | Format | SR | Word Length | Max. TPL | LUFSi | DR (PMF) |

01-01 Journey In Satchidananda | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -3.05 | -16.25 | 11 |
01-02 Shiva-Loka | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -2.14 | -14.30 | 10 |
01-03 Stopover Bombay | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -2.19 | -15.49 | 11 |
01-04 Something About John Coltrane | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -2.08 | -17.56 | 11 |
01-05 Isis And Osiris | .aiff | 44.1k | 16 | -3.27 | -18.37 | 11 |

Number of EP/Album Files: 5
Official EP/Album DR: 11

A wondrous journey to a distant land, Alice and Pharaoh have achieved something special in this musical suite. The grooves are rhythmic, beginning sparsely and building in complexity and density. Harp and oud add an exotic flavor. The bass and drums are locked into a pulse throughout.

I'm so accustomed to Rudy Van gelder mixes, so this one is very different and very pleasing. There is a great deal of high sparkle, allowing the droning sounds to fill the upper . Soloists are boosted when it's their turn to blow. Amazing bass solo on B1.

This acoustic sounds reissue includes a heavy tip-on gatefold jacket with glossy sides, rice paper lined inner sleeve, and pristine glossy vinyl. There is no detectable crackle nor extraneous sounds, but some bleed is evident between tracks. An aural treat. Buy it.
4.5 stars.

I did an A:B comparison of this release to the US version which was cut by RKS at Sterling sound. The difference was not insignificant.

Horrendous print quality of the digipak cover; pixelated text, weird colours on the front cover, booklet and CDs are fine but the digipak looks like a bootleg.

Worth Every damn cent. There is nothing more to say, simply fabulous!!!!

Purchased this copy used, not long after it was reissued in 1997. Really glad I grabbed a copy back then. I paid $11 for it at Reckless Records, Chicago, at the time.

when taking a journey in satchidananda,
you want to spin the orange labels,
great grp press !

my copy isnt dead silent & slightly warped.
but with a stunning sound costume,
and pretty powerful too !