Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station

(1974)

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More information about Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station and the Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station Blu-ray release, see Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on August 13, 2024, where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 from 5.

Composer: Larry Graham


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Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station Blu-ray review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, August 13, 2024

Graham Central Station never really made much of an impression on the American charts or radio, but they have an intriguing lineage, and younger listeners in particular might be drawn to the band given that frontman Larry Graham is Drake’s uncle. While the band’s connection to Sly and the Family Stone is undeniable, given that Graham left that group shortly before joining it (and gave it its name in the process), online reports of a connection to the criminally underrated band Azteca seem more questionable (at least to me), since as a long-time fan of Azteca, I can’t see any strong connections between the two groups in terms of membership or (most importantly) sound. That being said, this debut album does offer some energetic, funk-infused tunes, including the band’s hit, Can you handle it?

The album’s track listing can be seen in the screenshots of the disc menu that I uploaded as a supplement to this review. For anyone wondering: hair Is
not the theme song of the musical MacDermot – Ragni – Rado.

Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station Blu-ray, video quality

Once again, Rhino is a little confusing with its authoring decisions for its audio Blu-rays, but fortunately this is one of the releases with My
preferred authoring approach that provides the listener with the ability to switch between audio codecs using the colored buttons on the remote control.

Graham Central Station: Graham Central Station Blu-ray, audio quality

Graham Central Station offers DTS-HD Master Audio 4.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 options. The quadrophonic mix announces its immersive capabilities right from the energetic a cappella opening tune, with the masses of voices clearly surrounding the listener from all four channels. And indeed, this entire album seems to favor constant output from all four speakers, rather than the more intermittent involvement of the rear channels that I’ve seen mentioned in at least a few other Quadio reviews. Voices in particular are consistently positioned in all four speakers, and the driving instrumentation is also nicely spread across the soundstage, although the drums are heard more toward the back. Graham’s “punch-happy” bass work adds considerable oomph to the low end.

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