Al Dimeola Elegant Gypsy 1977 LP Half Speed Mastered Paco de Lucia & Inserts NM Archival Sleeve This is an incredible recording Audiophile Sound Quality
Elegant Gypsy won an annual award for Best Guitar Album in .
Elegant Gypsy is the second album by American guitarist . It was released in 1977 by Columbia Records. The distinctive music on the album is a speedy fusion of and , with lightning-fast guitar riffs intermixed with lyrical acoustical passages. The songs include explorations of Latin music themes, including acoustic genres like flamenco.
Columbia/CBS audiophile vinyl series launched in May 1980. Though associated with half-speed masters the series focus is audiophile treatment, as the releases in the series are either half-speed mastered, original digital recordings
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in and , he began his career as a guitarist of the group in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as and earned him both critical and commercial success