Doug MacLeod and the LP release of Break the Chain got a nice mention from Stereophile‘s Michael Fremer as part of a review of the Audia Flight FLS1 Pre-Amp/DAC in the April 2019 issue:
“Bluesman Doug MacLeod hasn’t put out one bad record in his long career…His latest, Break the Chain (2 45rpm LPs, RM-2519), recorded live at Skywalker Sound by Keith O. Johnson and Sean Royce Martin, with no edits or overdubs, is yet another winner. … In ‘Travel ON,’ percussionist Oliver Brown’s light-fingered taps convincingly hovered in space in the right channel, well connected to the spacious, three-dimensional soundstage. In an instrumental, ‘One for Tampa Red,’ MacLeod solos on National Style O resonator guitar in open D tuning, accompanied by Denny Croy on double bass. Johnson bathes MacLeod’s guitar in a lonesome echo, Croy’s walking lines directly behind it.”
—Michael Fremer