Horace Tapscott: Dial ‘B’ For Barbra – 2 x LP Pure Pleasure Vinyl
“The best of pianist Horace Tapscott’s recordings for the tiny Nimbus label is this 1981 LP which features him in a sextet with trumpeter Reggie Bullen, altoist Gary Bias, tenor saxophonist Sabir Matteen, bassist Roberto Miranda and drummer Everett Brown, Jr. The group stretches out on a couple of Tapscott’s originals plus a 19½-minute version of Linda Hill’s”Dem Folks.” Although the music could be called avant-garde, its use of rhythms and repetition keep the results from being forbidding and the performances have a momentum of their own.”
Scott Yanow/AMG
Caig DeOxIT – Gold Vacuum Tube Survival Kit
Otis Taylor – Hey Joe Opus/Red Meat SACD
Amanda McBroom Midnight Matinee XRCD24
Available for the first time on XRCD24 – this release was produced by Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff for Ripe Productions, also the producers for Dreaming. (To their credits they have also produced Michael Bolton’s Soul Survivor, Smokey Robinson’s One Heartbeat and Patti LaBelle’s New Attitude.) Guests on the project include Bob James, who plays keyboards on two tracks, guitarist Robben Ford and keyboardist Brad Cole, who plays with the Phil Collins Band. Audiophiles who’ve enjoyed Amanda’s work for years will certainly want to finally include this XRCD24.
Jazz Vocal Collection XRCD24
Audiophile Female Vocals On XRCD24!
This 12-song collection features audiophile female vocals by Helen Merrill, Amanda McBroom, Halie Loren, Jean Frye Sidwell, Shigeko Toya, and Reyna Qotrunnada. Selections include “The Very Thought of You”, “Summertime”, “A Whiter Shade of Pale”, “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” and more. The sound source used for mastering is original analog and 24bit digital master. Mastering uses JVC 24bit / 176.4kHz AD and digital K2. Converted directly at the manufacturing plant and finally K2 laser cutting.
Blues Masters Volume Two XRCD24
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Blacknuss
From its opening bars, with Bill Salter’s bass and Rahsaan’s flute passionately playing Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine”, you know this isn’t an ordinary Kirk album (were any of them?). As the string section, electric piano, percussion, and Cornel Dupree’s guitar slip in the back door, one can feel the deep soul groove Kirk is bringing to the jazz fore here.
Tonar 5976 – Pure White Perspex Turntable Mat
Mats Matter
During the past 20 years the quality of record players and vinyl records have improved dramatically. Acoustic feedback is one of the big problems when playing records. The cause is the sound that has just been produced by the speakers which comes back to the record player and cause it to vibrate. The problems is that there is a very slight time difference between the reproduced sound and the sound that is fed back onto the record player. This results in a big loss of detail and clarity and makes the sound "muddy". So every effort has to be done to isolate the record player from its surroundings as well as to isolate the record from the record player. Diameter 295 mm Thickness 3 mm
The Cars – Shake It Up 180g Mofi Vinyl
Numbered Edition 180-gram LP Sourced from Original Master Tapes
A return to form after the departure that was 1980's muddled Panorama, the Cars' Shake It Up bursts forth with a rich assembly of synthesizers, drum machines, electronic blips, and catchy melodies that make it an early 80s pop staple. Known the world over, the famous title track proves the band's arrangement skills were in perfect shape and set the stage for a record overflowing with memorable hooks and complementary rock riffs.
CLEARAUDIO WEIGHT WATCHER STYLUS FORCE GAUGE
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