Steve Hoffman Ellington Masterpieces Vinyl

I ve been enjoying an excess of superb vinyl reissues over the past year and among them the blue note tone poet series as well as the bn80 series both are equally superbly done.

Steve hoffman ellington masterpieces vinyl.

Duke ellington masterpieces by ellington 2lp 45rpm 200 gram vinyl analogue productions mono qrp usa. Ellington s such sweet thunder on vinyl fred kaplan oct 14 2010 first published. Pressed at pallas on 180 gram vinyl. Mastered by bernie grundman cut by chris bellman sound engineering consultation by steve hoffman.

Vinyl lp album reissue remastered 180 gram2x vinyl 12. Recorded in new york on december 1950 these four tracks were ellington s first lp in the 12 format issued on columbia s masterworks series and it is among the earliest such lps released by columbia 1951. I certainly hope indigos can get at least the treatment masterpieces and the others got if not sacd. The musical genius of duke and was put out through buddah records.

This item not eligible for any further discount offers. Essential reissue series format. 1962 set from duke ellington and his orchestra contains new material and fresh interpretations of classics. Lush gorgeous dynamic and intelligent and extremely well recorded.

Steve has mastered two duke ellington cd s both of his early recordings my favorite era of his. Black lion records blp 60102 org music orgm 1051 series. The other is a live radio broadcast from 1945 and is excellent. Oct 15 2010 pure pleasure is a british company that has remastered lots of great jazz titles many of them unjustly unsung from the columbia candid verve and rca catalogues.

It is a double disc set that has a lot of his classic recordings. One is a compilation called beyond category. And of course the ocd sufferers at the steve hoffman forum are intent on spoiling it. The way the original columbia 6 eye vinyl sounds is exactly the way the master tape sounds.

Recorded in new york on december 1950 these four tracks were ellington s first lp in the 12 format issued on columbia s masterworks series and it is among the earliest such lps released by columbia 1951. While it s hard to pick out a favorite duke album this is the one i listen to most. Sony was going to reissue a new remaster of this recording but found out that it just couldn t be done so we are lucky to have this available on cd from the master tape on a cd mastered in the 1980s.