Another title in the Tower Records SA-CD Hybrid Selection. This one released in November 2024.
Sounds very good too. I have not heard earlier versions, but Mark Werlin's ...
You can find several sellers on eBay offering this set for sale. The one I ordered from has sold out but there are others. I use the search term "Tower Records SACD Barshai" ...
Holdsworth’s classic I.O.U. album has finally arrived on the ultimate audio format… SACD!
Anyone that appreciates and loves Holdsworth’s music is going to want a copy ...
In his review, Graham touched upon an important point sometimes overlooked: the inspiring enthusiasm youth can bring to music. Some years ago, I had the same experience with ...
Thanks Mark. As you say, it is listed on CDJapan but that link is not shown at the top of the page. It is priced at £81 sterling which is better than expected
After starting the disc, I almost got a shock. I had turned up the volume in expectation of the very quiet opening of Zarathustra, only to be greeted by an excessive bass ...
Released November 2024 and another title in the Blue Note 85th Anniversary SACD series which uses Kevin Grays vinyl remastering work.
So broadly speaking Analog tape to PCM ...
I recently acquired three DVD Audio discs via Amazon, none of which unexpectedly I can find on this website. Among them is Riding With the King - 5 options in highres audio ...
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Comment by Downunderman - February 3, 2025 (1 of 1)
This is the second time on SACD. First SACD release was back in 2010 by Analogue Productions Dexter Gordon: Go#
This new one was released November 2024 and may well be a different remaster, even though Kevin Gray also had a hand in remastering the 2010 release in a joint effort with Steve Hoffman.
This time around Kevin Gray has the sole mastering credit.
To quote the booklet:
Don Was states "In honor of our upcoming 85th Anniversary, our friends at Blue Note Japan will make Kevin Gray's exquisite vinyl mastering available for the first time in the SACD format"
Kevin Gray states, "While the vinyl releases deservedly get the lion's share of the attention, I am very pleased that my same mastering output will be available on SACD through Blue Note in Japan!"
The CD Japan site indicates it has a PCM step though - "using 6kHz/24bit digital source material he created for the analog reissues."
Sounds very good all the same. Authentically analogue/PCM/DSD you might say!
I'm not in a position to compare it to the earlier SACD, but you are unlikely to be disappointed with this 2024 version.
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Comment by Downunderman - February 3, 2025 (1 of 1)
This is the second time on SACD. First SACD release was back in 2010 by Analogue Productions Dexter Gordon: Go#
This new one was released November 2024 and may well be a different remaster, even though Kevin Gray also had a hand in remastering the 2010 release in a joint effort with Steve Hoffman.
This time around Kevin Gray has the sole mastering credit.
To quote the booklet:
Don Was states "In honor of our upcoming 85th Anniversary, our friends at Blue Note Japan will make Kevin Gray's exquisite vinyl mastering available for the first time in the SACD format"
Kevin Gray states, "While the vinyl releases deservedly get the lion's share of the attention, I am very pleased that my same mastering output will be available on SACD through Blue Note in Japan!"
The CD Japan site indicates it has a PCM step though - "using 6kHz/24bit digital source material he created for the analog reissues."
Sounds very good all the same. Authentically analogue/PCM/DSD you might say!
I'm not in a position to compare it to the earlier SACD, but you are unlikely to be disappointed with this 2024 version.