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Dave Brubeck - Brubeck Time - 180g LP Mono
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AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Speakers Corner / Columbia - CL622 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
AAA 100% Analogue - Limited Edition - Audiophile Mastering - Pressed at Pallas
This vinyl upgrade is stellar. The no-frills mono fidelity is captured with precision and even mixing. Desmond’s alto is crisp and mellow. Brubeck’s piano is mic’d perfectly and blends in with the other musicians Sound 4.5/5 Audiophileaution
Only a very few artists managed to produce a personal, recognizable sound on the alto saxophone in the whole of the 100 years history of jazz: Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Lee Konitz and Ornette Coleman and a couple of others are among them. The maestro of lyrical expression was undoubtedly Paul Desmond. Alongside the seldom swinging, often static block chords of his boss, he managed to preserve his light, floating and flowing style, which he demonstrates so well on this recording made in the Basin Street Club and in the large Columbia Studio in New York in 1954.
All the numbers are well known to jazz lovers from 1954 to 2018, but they are not always recognizable at the first hearing. Appreciation? Mili Gijon, the self-named expert, photograph and filmmaker, had his difficulties not just with the track "Stompin' For Mili," which eternalized him. That was supposed to be jazz? We jazz fans, who have not always been spoilt with lovely sounds with and after Ornette Coleman, can enjoy every note. Bassist Bob Bates and drummer Joe Dodge produce an excellent drive, even though they were later replaced by Gene Wright and Joe Morello.
A wealth of glorious swing, excitement in every bar, and a sound that can't be bettered is what the listener can expect from these three live and four studio recordings from a year in which even West Coast jazz found recognition in New York.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.
Musicians:
Dave Brubeck, piano
Paul Desmond, alto saxophone
Bob Bates, bass
Joe Dodge, drums
Dave Brubeck, piano
Paul Desmond, alto saxophone
Bob Bates, bass
Joe Dodge, drums
Recording: October and November 1954 at 30th Street Columbia Studios, New York
Production: George Avakian
1. Audrey
2. Jeepers Creepers
3. Pennies From Heaven
4. Why Do I Love You
5. Stompin’ For Mili
6. Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now
7. A Fine Romance
8. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime
AAA 100% Analogue This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head 25 Years pure Analogue
MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES
AAA 100% ANALOGUE - PURE ANALOGUE AUDIOPHILE MASTERING
We use the Original Tapes and work with only the Best Mastering Studios Worldwide
180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL PLATED & PRESSED AT PALLAS GERMANY
Faithful Reproduction of the Original Artwork and Labels
LIMITED EDITION Released in Limited Quantities
All Licences and Mechanical Rights Paid
Are your records completely analogue?
Yes! This we guarantee!
As a matter of principle, only analogue masters are used, and the necessary cutting delay is also analogue. All our cutting engineers use only Neumann cutting consoles, and these too are analogue. The only exception is where a recording has been made – either partly or entirely – using digital technology, but we do not have such items in our catalogue at the present time
Are your records cut from the original masters?
In our re-releases it is our aim to faithfully reproduce the original intentions of the musicians and recording engineers which, however, could not be realised at the time due to technical limitations. Faithfulness to the original is our top priority, not the interpretation of the original: there is no such thing as a “Speakers Corner Sound”. Naturally, the best results are obtained when the original master is used. Therefore we always try to locate these and use them for cutting. Should this not be possible, – because the original tape is defective or has disappeared, for example – we do accept a first-generation copy. But this remains an absolute exception for us.
Who cuts the records?
In order to obtain the most faithful reproduction of the original, we have the lacquers cut on the spot, by engineers who, on the whole, have been dealing with such tapes for many years. Some are even cut by the very same engineer who cut the original lacquers of the first release. Over the years the following engineers have been and still are working for us: Tony Hawkins, Willem Makkee, Kevin Gray, Maarten de Boer, Scott Hull, and Ray Staff, to name but a few.
At the beginning of the ‘90s, in the early days of audiophile vinyl re-releases, the reissue policy was fairly straightforward. Companies such as DCC Compact Classics, Mobile Fidelity, Classic Records and others, including of course Speakers Corner, all maintained a mutual, unwritten code of ethics: we would manufacture records sourced only from analogue tapes.
Vinyl’s newfound popularity has led many other companies to jump 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 from which to master: CDs, LPs, digital files and even MP3s.
Even some who do use an analogue tape source employ a digital delay line, a misguided ’80s and ‘90s digital technology that replaces the analogue preview head originally used to “tell” the cutter head in advance what was about to happen musically, so it could adjust the groove “pitch” (the distance between the grooves) to make room for wide dynamic swings and large low frequency excursions. Over time analogue preview heads became more rare and thus expensive.
So while the low bit rate (less resolution than a 16 bit CD) digital delay line is less expensive and easier to use than an analogue “preview head”, its use, ironically, results in lacquers cut from the low bit rate digital signal instead of from the analogue source!
Speakers Corner wishes to make clear that it produces lacquers using only original master tapes and an entirely analogue cutting system. New metal stampers used to press records are produced from that lacquer. The only exceptions are when existing metal parts are superior to new ones that might be cut, which includes our release of “Elvis is Back”, which was cut by Stan Ricker or several titles from our Philips Classics series, where were cut in the 1990s using original master tapes by Willem Makkee at the Emil Berliner Studios. In those cases we used only the original “mother” to produce new stampers.
In addition, we admit to having one digital recording in our catalogue: Alan Parsons’ “Eye in the Sky”, which was recorded digitally but mixed to analogue tape that we used to cut lacquers.
In closing, we want to insure our loyal customers that, with but a few exceptions as noted, our releases are “AAA”— analogue tape, an all analogue cutting system, and newly cut lacquers.
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