"I have not been at liberty to reveal sources on mastering since around 2000. The Netherlands based Music on Vinyl label issues some albums cut from analog sources but mostly from high resolution files sourced from masters that they obtain directly from the labels (at least based on my experience). Sorry. The quality on these releases has been steadily improving over the last few years. The main Quality record page provides information that may have been filled out when the Quality record was created and/or may need to be modified at different Phases. The Electric Prunes and (Reprise) Meters albums sound great, the Josies are OK since the original recordings weren't that great but the music will get you moving. Heaven only knows how they got here and in the surprisingly good sound quality. Ermitage 66K views10 years ago Pierino e il lupo - Lucio Dalla Play all Fiaba con musica di Sergej Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Lucio Dalla - regia e voce recitante Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di. Mark has experience in auditing, improving processes, and writing procedures for Quality, Environmental, and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems, and is certied as a . I should have known that there was something up when I saw a sealed copy of Romeo Must Die available at such a reasonable price. The Londons? Capitol had somereissues that were wretched (Heart - Dreamboat Annie). Early studies on digital data quality within electronic health records revealed a long list of concerns including: incompleteness, duplication, inconsistent organization, fragmentation and an inadequate use . The quality of vinyl that consumers buy is actually the responsibility of the labels and not the pressing plants, labels should monitor what they are putting into the market and withdraw any faulty pressing runs, it's labels quality control that is failing vinyl, too many people skipping test presses or not even bothering to listen to them, Blues and Jazz I might back off those Ermitage records and keep looking. How do these rate? Apparently no one at Simply Vinyl pays much attention to sound. Simply Vinyl refuses to identify sources. Subject: Contact Inquiry From HDtracks, Dear Administrator, ermitage records quality. I remember when MFSL reissued several John Lennon LP's about 10 years ago. Last time I checked, they didn't even have a website, just an email address, which also makes one suspicious that the operation is a bit fly-by-night. There is no CD mastering of any Nick Drake material that comes close to the "Pink Moon" remaster. Watch out when the Beatles, Stones and others get into the public domain here. Yes I should have mentioned them as "musts to avoid." Most record labels don't seem keen on the idea of any kind of transparency. The albums were subsequently re-cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, this time using the analog master tapes, and they sound fantastic. 8491 Sunset Blvd., #174 Italian Archives online. eck, any version of an album is "sourced" at some point from the master, regardless of how many copies, remixes of digitizations have occcured. REGA FONO MINI A2D. We compared. Same faults all the time. My reference recording is Sheffield Lab's direct to analogue recording of James Newton Howard & Friends. So this means I concentrate nearly all my spending on mint used LPs which is sort of a shame for the record companies and artists, I'd like to buy new vinyl but it's like a 50/50 proposition that it will be mastered and cut correctly unless, of'course, I source it from MoFi or the others Mickey mentions. Kevin Gray cut the lacquers, and the vinyl was pressed at Quality Records. or maybe try one of them since the price is low. And I must say. unlike MANY recent official reissues from the major labels, the WaxTime records are absolutely free of pops/clicks and surface noise! Also Traffic's "Shoot Outn At The Fantasy Factory", which I bought the week of release in 1973, featured EDITED versions of 2 tracks. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We do get it from certain labels, like Mobile Fidelity, ORG, ORG Music, Analogue Productions, Music Matters, IMPEX, Mosaic, Rhino, Pure Pleasure, Speakers Corner, Reference Recordings, more recently Sony/Legacy and probably a few others I can't recall off the top of my head. The non-recorded areas are extremely quiet. Readers of Audiostream.com know the subject of "what's in a name?" Everything is there in three dimensional space in front of you. They also seem to be in the habit of clearly noting transfer sources, involved engineers, studios and plants, which is always commendable. Best see if you can find a review before purchase, or whether you can give it a listen. Legend states that "Pink Moon" was the only Nick Drake album that still has the existing analog, 2-track master. The audio has noticeable background noise, but it's definitely because of the source and not from the record itself. The DECCA Stones box from DSD sounds fantastic. Digital or not, those Modern Times and Together Through Life sound much better on LP than CD, particularly Modern Times. I have a Music on Vinyl version of Al Di Meola's LP, the original 1970s LP, as well as a CD rip. Thank you for shining light on this topic. Mark Hammar is a Certied Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence through the American Society for Quality and has been a Quality Professional since 1994. And here's a reissue to steer WAY clear of WaxTime Lilith and others and the public domain, What about the Japan EMI DBLP Blue Note mono Reissue. Try finding an original copy of Gris Gris. She hit the brakes, put some money in my elder brother's hands (he was the bravest of us three boys, although not the eldest) and said "Tell the store owner that your mom wants to buy the man hanging in the window." The conversion's resolution depends on the sample rate and bit depth. Detroit VA hospital harmed patients, altered records, investigation reveals Washington Investigators found lacking oversight they believe contributed to patient harm and death, and a pattern of "substandard" care in the surgery practice at Detroit's John D. Dingell VA Medical Center that leaders tried to conceal by altering external peer reviews and other data. The source was some kind of digitally sourced, noise reduced flat sonic wash with all the life and dynamics sucked out. 2015 Apr;26(2):245-51, ix. Kevin Gray didn't convert the mono tapes to digital. Even with the good audiophile companies that Michael listed, one needs to check carefully. If the analog master and mastering was used than is should be "AAA" and so on. I would expect it to be GOUGED for that many crackles. Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 8:54 AM Why can't the major labels get their act together in this regard?? The Hoffman/Gray re-issues from Analogue Productions and Music Matters are spectacular, and a benchmark for how an audiophile re-issue should be made and marketed. of the "Chess master" reissues from the mid '80s are actually analog, although it says "digitally mastered by" on the back. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. I think its only fair to buyer that they disclose the source used to cut the LP. How It Sounds on Vinyl The First & Only Vinyl SQ Database , Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service, Well mastered records sound better bigger, clearer, wider, more coherent and louder. I hope to see the thread keep going with peoples opinions on other reissues.

. Not only were they very cheap, but they are great-sounding, quiet, 180g above-average pressings. Tell ya what though, the pressings I've been happiest with have come from Quality Records. When I first played it, it sounded so bad I thought there was something wrong with my system. So while it's true that this LP sounds as if the movie soundtrack was being played through an old radio, I feel that the people at Doxy put their best effort on giving the collectors a high quality product, at least regarding manufacturing. Bob Dylan Bootleg Series 8, Tell tale signs; 44.1/16k digital. Good that you've bought this subject up. Are they worth buying? From: Support [mailto:contact@hdtracks.com] That's their right of course, but I swear it's almost like a disease..okay, I'm probably ranting about this in the wrong place. EHRs can help providers make efficient, effective decisions about patient care, through: Improved aggregation, analysis, and communication of patient information. We're proud to present the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series, a continuation of our acclaimed Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series which was launched in celebration of our 80th anniversary in 2019. A lot of The Beatles 1/2 speeds were NOT done with originalEMI master tapes. I have about 20+ of these EMI japan reissues, they are totally fantastic. Great article and followup posts. Prokofiev . I recommend Muddy Waters sings Big Bill Broonzy. I know you want to maintain validation for your expenditure. University Records means records or record systems that Proposer (1) creates, (2) receives from or on behalf of University, or (3) has access, and which may contain confidential information (including credit card information, social security numbers, and private health information (PHI) subject to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 . The article, and subsequent comments have been enlightening, but, What about the Supercuts vinyls (EU) of H-Q Records.? I emailed Friday Music about their reissue of Boston's debut LP, which their literature says is "Masteredfrom the original Epic Records tapes" but doesn't specifically say "analog." Well if not ripped off most grossly inconvenienced due to sending stuff back in the post time and time again. Are you changing your recommendations of the Fairport Convention reisuses on FMWB? I know the individual components are quality pieces because I never buy any hardware or software (the real subject of this article) that hasn't received some favourable reviews from credible sources, so I am sure it's that they are not complementing each other as a system. This is a really good article and makes a very good point. Other times you get part of the story, the most important part of which is, was the original master tape the source of whatever was used to do the cuttingwhether a high resolution (96/24) digital file or a 1:1 analog copy of the master, which is what some labels have to use if the tape's owner refuses to let it out the tape vault door. So i buy my lps produce before the digital era, with warts and all. It is suggested that you develop one procedure to comply with Clause 4.16. Thanks. I don't know of a comprehensive list, but. Short of a "AAA" type rating system, why not impart our will? I wonder if DCC used an original master tape on more than just a handful of their releases. I suspect it was either a bad sounding tape supplied by Decca (though why?) "Sourced from" does not necessarily mean "cut from.". Create or Clone a Quality Record; Edit a Quality Record; Share a Quality . Related to quality record. has been recently discussed regarding "HD" downloads and of other digital files (and even including analog formats). One of their LPs I bought had a blob of glue in the middle of side one, and this was a $40 Comus LP. We compared and the difference was so great, we at first thought the ZYX was a different arrangement and performance. One could put out a 180G album that was cut from a 30 years old cassette copy of your college roomate's cassette, which was 35th gen copy made at the record company factoryand say the 180G album was "sourced" from the 1st gen master. Kevin Gray told me himself he cut them from the tapes, so yeah, believe whatever you want. It's not easy! He also produces editorial series for the most important Italian newspapers such as Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica. Wasn't terribly impressed with it, either. For your general information, unlike other reissue companies, we have only ever used analog masters on our vinyl releases. If all the informationis not available, there is probably a reason. Then we figured it was a different take from the same session. I've been toying with the idea of replacing the Pro-Ject pre with a Bellari VP-130 tube pre amp, but I am wary of throwing money at the problem out of blind ignorance. Thanks! You can hear it here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/bernard-herrmann-alfred-hitchcock-psycho- and I want to say that, while it's definitely not an "audiophile sound quality" release, I'm truly impressed with the quality of the record itself. This whole ordeal took me about 40 minutes (can't rush this process if you don't want to ruin an otherwise mint record) and it was well worth it, but what a hassle. Not uniformly bad but definately hit or miss, and for typical vinyl prices I can't afford to take chances on labels like these. A couple of obviously legit reissues II recently bought are two outstanding Johnny Winter reissues, Second Winter and Johnny Winter And Live from Friday Music that are the best I have ever heard these recordings by a mile. And, do they have the samehigh compression applied? This is not possible in France. resolution unknown. http://disc.gs/Review. Seem like they're readily available and less than $15/LP. If Mikey, with his connections, can't get this information, what hope is there for us? And anyone can go in and update information. Once MFSL was able to license the whole shabang for the box setthey were granted access to vault tapes from EMI England. We have Received a Contact Inquiry From Martin Even Kevin Gray don't want to tell me what is it really. View 110 Hermitage Ave, Lafayette, LA 70503 property records for FREE including property ownership, deeds, mortgages, titles & sales history, current & historic tax assessments, legal, parcel & structure description, land use, zoning & more. In Southern Italy instead, in the territories of the . Then on the other side 3 versions of I think Jeepster. Not even close and obviously cut from a commercial CD. I'm sure I'm not making this up, I have a distinct memory of buying a Stevie Wonder album, I think it was Innervisions, on the 'Music Lovers' label that sounded dreadful and if I was in any dohbt that the source used wasn't analogue, or in any way near the master, you could hear the CD that was used to cut the vinyl actually skipping. Can anyone chime in about the simply vinyl nick drake releases? 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Acoustic Sounds is as good as I've ever seen in terms of having commentary on re-issues. Probably different sources. The records will hold the scale of the sound and you will get everything. Same deal for Jazz Wax Records, too -- more public domain stuff that appears to be 'mastered' from CDs. I mean, how difficult is it to just take the original master tape and play it and digitize it with no EQ and no compression? This goes way back to the original Mobile Fidelity LP's from the 70's and 80's. Ie., fully open. Heard a $12 copy of Pete La Roca's Basra in one shop on a basic system that sounded pretty flat, and a few months later I was in a store where they were spinning the 1995 reissue, and it sounded great. The only way to teach these companies that won't clearly state the source of a recording is to not buy their records. On the back of the Waxtime sleeves is DMM (Direct Metal Mastering), and for Lilith and Doxy in the Dig-a-Log collection it uses the word "analog". Scorpio and many other "to be avoided labels" are reissuing many hip rare underground records that the high end reissue labels aren't doing and will never do. You have made a very serious charge. I've never heard a 1st pressing, only CD masters until this point, so I can only compare what I have heard. I cannot quiet put my finger on it. Why not put them to use and aide "the cause? I was in Greece a few years ago visiting a Stereophlle reader who'd invited me over to hear his stereoone of the best, if not the best I've ever heard. And if a $60 LP from a major label is remastered from the best original sources, but comes out with a lot of crackling well, I would RATHER get some $13 LPs possibly cut from dubious sources but with absolutely no surface noise. Bought it anyway, and wasn't super happy. This is one of the most useful threads on the website. Yet they state quite clearly on the back that they were pressed at RTI and mastered by Kevin Gray and Joe Reagoso from the original Columbia Tapes. We will let you know before it is started. I commend Mobile Fidelity for their Silver Series for not trying to pass these releases as being sourced from the original master tapes. It was then that I noticed that the actual tracks on the individual albums weren't in the same order as on the cover or the original, and that there were actually some additional tracks, like one of those extended cd reissues. Same with "together through life". There are a lot of factors that go into whether an LP sounds good or not, and whether digital was involved is only one of them. No information is lost. A Sarah Vaughn fan, he played me a "greatest hits" album from ZYX that had been culled from Sarah's later Pablo catalog. This property is not currently available for sale. These were widely anticipated in Japan, but soon after they came out, a number of independent specialist retailers in Japan stopped selling them, citing the dubiousness of the sources, indeed, some audio journalists published in Japan did a detailed comparison to originals, and also expressed serious doubts about the validity of the sources. The original was much better. I guess I have to stick with mainly used vinyl. This is unfortunate because, as you note, LPs cut from hi-rez digital can sound fantastic. This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US. The sad reality is that some people involved in putting vinyl out probably check it on a crappy deck in a poor system and would regard a SL1210 as high end, our vinyl gets played and checked by at least two or three of us on a Rega 3, SL 1210 and a Michell Gyro or Orbe, plus one or two other decks as well and in different systems, bad pressings may still slip through, but they will be very few and not down to a problem with the whole run. October 23, 2020. Digital something, and not good. And I'm glad you are not "digiphobic" and call them as they sound. Back then I bought the MFSL Magical Mystery Tour, unfortunately. Are the HD Tracks files really Hi Rez? but when you put the record on - psshhhhpssshhhtt. They used Capitol 3 & 4th generation copies, Parlophone eq'd dubs etc. There is a limited vinyl 12" that came out for record day with 3 or 4 versions of "Get it on", Accoustic, Electric and a boogie version! Still, you would be hard-pressed to trump a well-kept, well-cleaned original. The actually "lifted" the black and gold sticker Sundazed first created. Pre-order limited edition new releases and exclusive record pressings. The primary data studies achieved a mean score of 4.3 (SD 1.37; theoretical maximum 10); the secondary data studies a mean score of 7.1 (SD 1.26; theoretical maximum 9).