Jackie McLean - Tippin' The Scales - 180g LP

Product no.: ST84427

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Jackie McLean - Tippin' The Scales - 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

Tone Poet / Blue Note - ST-84427 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl 

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio 

AAA 100% Analogue  - Limited Edition -  Audiophile Mastering - Pressed  at RTI

Jackie McLean's 1960s Blue Note output is a fascinating body of work, especially viewed with the benefit of hindsight. In between recording two venturous modernist sessions (Let Freedom Ring and One Step Beyond) that would set the tone for the alto saxophonist's future explorations came the seemingly more conventional and relaxed quartet date Tippin' The Scales. Recorded in September 1962 but not released until 1979, the date featured McLean with Sonny Clark on piano, Butch Warren on bass, and Art Taylor on drums delivering a swinging hard bop set that presented two originals by McLean ("Tippin' the Scales" and "Rainy Blues") along with three by Clark ("Nursery Blues," "Nicely," and "Two For One"), as well as a tender version of Vernon Duke's "Cabin in the Sky."
 
The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
 
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
 
This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket.
 
Musicians
Jackie McLean alto saxophone
Butch Warren bass
Art Taylor drums
Sonny Clark piano
 
Selections
Side A:
Tippin' The Scales
Rainy Blues
Nursery Blues
Side B:
Nicely
Two For One
Cabin In The Sky

 

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