Ctiger2 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 A note from STEVE HOFFMAN:Hi everyone; exciting news if you love legendary jazz!This SH Forums thread from last week mentioned a new BLUE NOTE reissue vinyl series:http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/sh...ht=blue+n oteA blurb from that thread:Joe Harley then handed me a gorgeous, double gate-fold LP of theHorace Parlan Quintet's Speakin' My Piece. The first release in MusicMatters' new definitive Blue Note reissue series. They'll be masteredby Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman at AcousTech Mastering, which willproduce the metal parts. Because the recent Acoustic Sounds 45RPMPrestige/Riverside discs sounded so luscious, Music Matters decided torelease the Blue Note series as double disc 45 RPM limited editions sets.------------------------------------------------I am now authorized to give you some more information:For me, the greatest Jazz LP label of all-time is BLUE NOTE. Music Matters, Ltd. is a new record label formed primarily to reissue these definitive vintage BLUE NOTE albums on 180 gram virgin vinyl with the best possible quality.http://www.musicmattersjazz.com/This new numbered limited edition series will cause quitea stir in the jazz world as well as the audiophile and recordcollecting communities, thats for sure. The movers and shakers behindthe MUSIC MATTERS label are legendary rare record dealer RON RAMBACH,JOE HARLEY, vice-president of AudioQuest and "Mr. Blue Note" himselfMICHAEL CUSCUNA as special consultant. These three BLUE NOTE expertsare considered the greatest authorities on the label and have cometogether to insure that this is the most exciting jazz reissue seriesever attempted. Folks, this has been very long in the making. (Forexample, I was first approached by Joe Harley to master these BLUE NOTE gems YEARS ago; yes, I can keep a secret). Just this year it finally came into being, thanks to the good folks at CAPITOL/EMI.See post #101 for the first 63 BLUE NOTES on the list.The albums are being cut at 45 RPM for maximum quality by Kevin Grayand me using our full ANALOG disk cutting system; most studios cannoteven cut vinyl in 100% true analog anymore (they convert to digitalfirst) but we can. The original Rudy Van Gelderengineered stereophonic session tapes are used when we master thesegems. The sound quality is amazing on our test cuts. Like from heaven.First totally uncompressed versions of these jazz classics that Ive ever heard and trust me, you willbe impressed; they sound like no other releases of this music. Thesound is lifelike, the horns are in the room with you. Our non-invasivemastering insures the true breath of life on theseoriginal Van Gelder session tapes is transferred to the virgin vinylwith absolute authenticity. It is like hearing these BLUE NOTEmasterpieces for the first time and that is NO exaggeration. When weheard the first lacquer acetate playback from our first masteringsession I thought Joe Harley was going to pee in his pants he was soexcited. Actually we all were; after 50 years of many lackluster and some downright badsounding versions of these albums, hearing the real deal is a humblingexperience, even for us hardened music veterans. You will be able tolisten to the music exactly like we did when these are ready for salein a few months.A word about the artwork and jackets. MUSIC MATTERS havereally spared no expense in the creation of the album covers. Alllaminated thick gate-folds, (custom paper, etc.) just like theoriginals. Better, actually. Even the hi def original session photosare from the absolute original camera negatives. The old BLUE NOTE covershad around 150 dots per inch on their album photos. These are allredone from scratch at 450 dots per inch or more; its astounding! Bestquality you'll ever see. I feel there is great merit to the project and I'm proud to be a partof it. At least 63 albums so far are going to be re-released in thishigh quality fashion. The dynamic duo of Gray/Hoffman will master allof them at AcousTech Mastering from the analog originals.PLEASE NOTE:Some of you hesitated on the Analogue Productions "100 Greatest JazzAlbums Of All Time" 45's culled fromPrestige/Pablo/Contemporary/Riverside/Fantasy because you felt the listprice (around 50 bucks) was too much. Well, some of them are now goingfor hundreds and hundreds if you can even find them. The BLUE NOTE 45 RPM reissues that I am working on will be strictly limited editions and once they are sold out, they will be GONE.DO NOT HESITATE; some of these albums in their original state cannot bepurchased for under $700.00 from record dealers. Here is youropportunity to get the best looking and best sounding BLUE NOTE versions for a fraction of that cost.http://www.musicmattersjazz.com/First releases are coming soon. Stay tuned!!Pictured left to right: Ron Rambach, Joe Harley, Steve Hoffman, andKevin Gray in AcousTech Mastering at Record Technology, Inc. (with afew "real deal" BLUE NOTE RVG master tapes sitting on the console). Photo by Brian Jones. More BLUE NOTE MANIA! New Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM vinyl by Steve & Kevin! The list: http://store.acousticsounds.com/whatsnew.cfmAs most of you know, the fine folks at ACOUSTIC SOUNDS/ANALOGUEPRODUCTIONS are also working on a bunch of 45 RPM 180 gram vinyl BLUENOTE JAZZ reissues. These are also going to be mastered by us (KevinGray/Steve Hoffman) from the original Rudy Van Gelder master sessiontapes.Both the MUSIC MATTERS and ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS BLUE NOTEreissues are very exciting (to say the least). Both of these deals havebeen in the works for a while. This is going to be such a memorabletime for both old and new jazz lovers. A good time to be alive!!http://store.acousticsounds.com/whatsnew.cfmHere is the list of the first 25.1. 84047 Art Taylor AT Delight BX-5870 & 5871 2. 84083 Dexter Gordan Dexters Calling BX-6005 & 6006 3. 84112 Dexter Gordan Go BX-6061 & 6062 4. 84154 Grant Green Idle Moments BX-6149 & 6150 5. 84105 Ike Quebec It might as well be Spring BX-6047 & 6048 6. 1534 Paul Chambers Whims of Chambers BX-8567 & 8568 7. 84034 Lee Morgan Leeway BX-5844 & 45 8. 81577 John Coltrane Blue Train stereo BX-6634 & 66359. 84123 Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue BX-6087 & 6088 10. 81595 Cannonball Adderley Something Else Stereo BX-6463 & 646411. 84003 Art Blakey Moanin stereo BX-5707 & 570712. 1558 Sonny Rollins Vol. 2 BX-7801 & 7802 13. 84063 Kenny Dorham Whistle stop BX-5906 & 590714. 84110 Horace Silver Toyko Blues BX-6057 & 6058 15. 84114 Ike Quebec Soul Samba/ Bossa Nova BX-6065 & 6066 - 16. 84051 Jackie McLean Jackie Bag BX-5878 & 5879 - 17. 84140 Joe Henderson Page One. BX-6121 & 6122 - 19. 84130 John Patton Along came John BX-6101 & 6102 - 20. 84071 Grant Green Green Street BX-5922 & 5923 - 21. 84038 Jackie McLean Capuchin Swing22. 84094 Fred Jackson Hootin and Tootin23. 84078 Jimmy Smith Midnight Special24. 84066 Lou Donalson Here tis25 .84014 The Three Sounds Bottoms up [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctiger2 Posted September 13, 2007 Author Share Posted September 13, 2007 Can a mod close this thread. Accidentally duped. Server timed out when I made the initial thread and I thought it had failed to post. TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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