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Post Subject: '55 vs. '81 Re-set, Anyone?Posted by Paul S on: 7/25/2009
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Add me to the list of people who think Gould's '55 Golberg sets the bar. I recently compared the '55 and '81, and now I appreciate the '55 more than ever. Sure, it's fast, but it's certainly not like it gets away from hm or anything.
OTOH, I found/find the '81 to be rather eccentric, with Gould seeming to get lost in "alternate" (and sometimes antithetical) threads. Maybe G had done it so often that this was just a new way to play it; or maybe his perceptions were skewed...
I agree that the '55 is "straight up", and I can see where one might feel steam-rollered by it if not ready for it; but boy, does G pull it off, IMO. Nowhere to hide, and no reason to hide.
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