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John Gordon - Step By Step - 180g LP
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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
Pure Pleasure / Strata-East - SES-19760 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
AAA 100% Analogue - Limited Edition
Mastering by Ray Staff at Air London - Pressed at Pallas
Ray Staff remastered the music and Pallas pressed both of these LPs, which feature flat, quiet surfaces. While Strata-East may be reaching middle age, as these two different LPs show, the music they captured still sounds as fresh as the day it was born. Strata-East is still a going entity in the jazz world, but its early efforts have been largely relegated to the used-record bins. Pure Pleasure deserves credit for giving a second chance to hear what was laid down all those years ago, when jazz was no longer the music of choice for the masses but rather the efforts of dedicated musicians who remained true to their craft.- The Audio Beat
John Gordon, a trombone master, brings us another gem from that most renowned of 70’s record labels, Strata-East. The trombone is a difficult instrument. In the hands of an artist like John Gordon, however, it can create vivid images and conjure up beautiful music. And when the cohort of other players includes the likes of Charles Tolliver & Stanley Cowell, you know you’re in for an extra treat.
Remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Musicians:
John Gordon, trombone
Charles Tolliver, trumpet
Roland Alexander, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Lisle Atkinson, bass
Andrew Cyrille, drums
Stanley Cowell, piano
Selections:
Side A:
1. Step By Step
2. Dance of The Ymas
Side B:
1. No Tricks/No Gimmicks
2. Making Memories
3. Activity
Produced by John Gordon
Recorded and mixed at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City September 22 1975
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.
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