AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

ORG Original Recordings Group - ORG 027 - AAA 100% Analogue

180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - 45RPM - Two Disc - Pressed at Pallas Impulse A-57

Mastered By Bernie Grundman - 1000  Numbered Limited Edition  

Hartman’s timing and phrasing are exquisite and he plays it close to the vest..." - Michael Fremer, Music 8, Sound 8

Joined by Illinois Jacquet, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton and Elvin Jones, ballad singer Johnny Hartmanand company are in top from throughout this excellent eleven song set. Features the cuts "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "Sleepin' Bee," "Stairway to the Stars" and "Charade" among others.

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original Analog Master Tapes and pressed on double 180g 45RPM vinyl.

Rudy Van Gelder recorded both sets [ORGLP 17 John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman & ORGLP 27 Johnny Hartman / I Just Dropped By To Say Hello], and they display Hartman's voice amidst a mildly reverberant soundfield, which the 45rpm format exposes to its very limits. Piano is captured particularly well, preserving its timbre and delicate ambience. The 180-gram LPs, pressed at Pallas in Germany, are exceptionally quiet, exposing the texture of Hartman's voice and delicate dynamic gradations of Coltrane's achingly beautiful playing all the better." - Marc Mickelson, www.theaudiobeat.com, Music 4/5, Sound 4/5 

Musicians:

Johnny Hartman, vocals
Hank Jones, piano
Milt Hinton, bass
Elvin Jones, drums
Kenny Burrell, guitar
Jim Hall, guitar
Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax

Johnny Hartman I Just Dropped By To Say Hello

1. Charade
2. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
3. Sleepin' Bee
4. Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care I Know)
5. Kiss & Run
6. If I'm Lucky
7. I Just Dropped By to Say Hello
8. Stairway To the Stars
9. Our Time
10. Don't Call It Love
11. How Sweet It Is To Be In Love

ORG was launched in winter of 2006 with a clear mission: to produce and market the highest quality vinyl records and packaging for the music industry.

The Grammy-nominated album, Sarah McLachlan’s WINTERSONG was ORG’s debut release on vinyl in cooperation with Nettwerk Records and Arista Records.

The principles of ORG bring decades of music industry experience to this venture, including expertise in A&R, marketing and production.

ORG takes a highly specialized approach to each project and appropriates the right resources specific to it for mastering, pressing, packaging and marketing. Only then can we produce beautiful products at still attainable prices.

Our mission is clear: we want to be known for producing high quality vinyl records of many genres of music for the audiophile and special market sectors.