180g 200g 45rpm Box Sets.

Clark Terry - Color Changes - 180g LP

Product no.: CJS9009

£29.95

Price includes VAT, plus delivery

Available delivery methods: UK Tracked with Signature, UK Express, Airmail Tracked with Signature, UK Standard, Heavy Item

Description

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

Pure Pleasure / Candid - CJS 9009 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl

AAA 100% Analogue - Limited Edition - Pressed at Pallas Germany

Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering London

Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the June 2007 Issue of Stereophile!

"This is one of flugelhornist Clark Terry's finest albums. Terry had complete control over the music and, rather than have the usual jam session, he utilized an octet and arrangements by Yusef Lateef, Budd Johnson and Al Cohn. The lineup of musicians lives up to its potential, and the charts make good use of the sounds of these very individual stylists. The material, which consists of originals by Terry, Duke Jordan, Lateef and Bob Wilber, is both rare and fresh, and the interpretations always swing." – All Music Guide

"...no other album so far has Clark been so fully what he is than on this play of Color Changes." - Nat Hentoff, liner notes

Another Candid album from 1960, with supervision by Nat Hentoff, who also did the above Candid album. Clark Terry was allowed to select his sidemen for this session, and to choose all the tunes and arrangers. A basic octet setup is what we have here, with some lush chamber music-type sounds of woodwinds and French horn courtesy of Lateef, Powell and jazz French horn virtuoso Julius Watkins. Four of the tunes are Terry’s own, with one from Lateef, one from Duke Jordan, and another from Bob Wilber. The Jordan tune is from the original French film Liasions Dangereuses, of which most of the music came from Thelonious Monk – though he didn’t get credit. The Wilber tune, Blue Waltz, opens the album in 3/4 time, giving a somewhat classical feel right away. Two of Terry’s originals have French titles – one portrays his favorite area of his favorite city – La Rive Gauche (The Left Bank). The other honors a small nightclub near Notre Dame called A Cat That Fishes. Again, surfaces are quiet and this all-analog project has a nice warm finish to it that matches the many different textures and feelings in the album. - Sound 5/5 AudiophileAudition

Musicians:

Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn

Jimmy Knepper, trombone

Julius Watkins, French horn

Yusef Lateef, tenor, flute, English horn, oboe

Seldon Powell, tenor, flute

Tommy Flanagan, piano

Joe Benjamin, bass

Ed Shaughnessy, drums

Budd Johnson, piano (6)

Selections:

1. Blue Waltz (la Valse Bleue)

2. Brother Terry

3. Flutin’ and Fluglin’

4. No Problem

5. La Rive Gauche

6. Nahstye Blues

7. Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes)

Pure Pleasure Records
The Restoration of the Art of Sound
180g Vinyl Mastered From The Best Available Sources

At the beginning of the 90s, in the early days of audiophile vinyl re-releases, the situation was fairly straightforward. Companies such as DCC, Mobile Fidelity, Classic Records and, of course, Pure Pleasure all maintained a mutual, unwritten ethical code: we would only use analogue tapes to manufacture records. During the course of the present vinyl hype, many others have jumped on the bandwagon in the hope of securing a corner of the market. Very often they are not so ethical and use every imaginable source to master from: CDs, LPs, digital files, MP3s – or employed existent tools from the 80s and 90s for manufacturing.

A digital delay is gladly used when cutting a lacquer disc because tape machines with an analogue delay have become quite rare and are therefore expensive. When cutting the lacquer, the audio signal is delayed by one LP revolution against the signal, which controls the cutter head, and for this a digital delay is very often employed. Of course, the resultant sound signal is completely digital and thus only as good as this delay.

We should like to emphasize that Pure Pleasure Records on principle only uses the original master tape as the basis for the entirely analogue cutting of lacquer discs. In addition, the pressing tool is newly manufactured as a matter of principle. We only employ existing tools for manufacturing if an improved result is not forthcoming, e.g. the title Elvis Is Back, which was mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, or several titles from our Philips Classics series, which in any case Willem Makkee cut from the original masters at the Emil Berliner Studios in the 90s. It goes without saying that we only used the mother and that new tools were made for our production. To put it in a nutshell: we can ensure you that our releases are free from any kind of digital effects and that the lacquer discs are newly cut.

There really is nothing quite like it. It’s the touch, the feel, you have to stop and stare, the cover, the real thing, even the smell.

Its tangible, you can feel it, see it, study it, muse/dream over it, it’s real, someone has spent hours and hours over its construction and presentation. Pure Pleasure Records is just that, Pure Pleasure and that is what it has set out to be.

The music and the physical record. Something to keep, treasure, admire and above all enjoy.Of course with vinyl it’s not just a record, it’s the cover, the sleeve notes, you are holding a unique package, produced by craftsmen.

Pure Pleasure Records bring you vinyl albums of quality Jazz - Blues - R+B - Soul - Funk, remastered by some of the best engineers in the world and pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl at what is probably the best pressing plant in Europe

Pure Analogue Audiophile Mastering

Plated and Pressed at Pallas in Germany on 180 Gram Virgin Vnyl

Released in Limited Quantities

PALLAS

Audiophile Vinyl - Made in Germany For over 60 years the family business in the third generation of the special personal service and quality "Made by Pallas" is known worldwide. Our custom PVC formulation produces consistently high pressing quality with the lowest surface noise in the industry. Our PVC complies with 2015 European environmental standards and does not contain toxic materials such as Lead, Cadmium or Toluene. Our vinyl is both audiophile and eco-grade!