The American guitarist and songwriter J. J. Cale was considered to be the inventor of the Tulsa sound, a relaxed mixture of blues, rockabilly, country and jazz. Musicians like Mark Knopfler and Neil Young recognized him as an outstanding guitar player and Eric Clapton became a star with Cale songs like After Midnight and Cocaine. With Crazy Mama, Cale himself landed a hit in the USA in 1972. Special Edition contains 12 titles from a total of eleven years of studio work.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but rather cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to protect the softer photopolymer from scratching. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unequaled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
