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Headphoneus Supremus
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I am a great fan of Coltrane. I had a strange occurrance of complete understanding, call it spiritual if you will, years ago when I listened to his somewhat underrated "Stellar Regions" over my headphones at like 2 am at night, unfortunately that was so far not repeatable ...
As for the Olatunji recording, I have to agree the sound is indeed atorcious, at least from the video.
It sounds like they are are trashing a trash can.
My first time listening to the Olatunji concert was also in the wee hours of the morning one summer. It was already well into the next day, close to morning, and I can't say I wasn't tired and ready to hit the sack, but once I hit play I simply could not move from my spot before the last sound had died away. One of those truly transcendental or spiritual moments as you said. Many of Trane's late recordings have the same effect.
The video might sound bad, but trust me the actual CD itself is hardly much different. The engineering is simply all over the place.