Mastered at 2xHD on Nagra Equipment! Cut All Analog at Bernie Grundman Mastering! AAA Audiophile 200g 45rpm Double LP! Pressed at Le Vinylist in Quebec! Plated by Master Craft! Featuring Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander & More!
Mono & Stereo2022 Editors Choice Award Winner!
Nagra is on a course to become a major force in the world of vinyl. Having just launched their first-ever turntable - the "statement" level, Reference Anniversary turntable/tonearm system - they now follow with the production of The Nagra 70th Anniversary 45rpm double vinyl album. Mastered at 2xHD on Nagra equipment and cut at famed Bernie Grundman Mastering, the set is pure analog from analog master tapes. The LPs feature tracks fromBill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty AlexanderandBuddy Tatealong with some amazing audiophile tracks recorded on the legendary Nagra IV-S tape machine.
Mastered by René Laflamme at 2xHD Mastering Lab on Nagra Equipment
Cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Plated by Master Craft
Pressed at Le Vinylist, Quebec
Audiophile Tracks Recorded on the Legendary Nagra IV-S Tape Machine
Selections
Side A:
Bill Evans - Very Early - fromSome Other Time
Piltch and Davis - Horizontal Blue - fromTake One
Side B:
Buddy Tate - Stardust - fromI Cried for You
Louis Armstrong - C'est si bon - fromNow You Has Jazz
Marlene VerPlanck - Deep in a Dream (Rudy Van Gelder rec.) - fromI Think of You with Every Breath I Take
Side C:
The L.A. Network - Take 5 - fromDave Brubeck Redux
Monty Alexander Trio - Samba de Orfeu - fromLove You Madly
Drum Sound Check - Dynamics demo (Recorded by Matthieu Latour on a Nagra IV-S with a pair of Neumann U-87)
Side D:
Marc Vallée Trio - Caméléon (Recorded by René Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with a Fidelio RL-1 custom tube microphone in M-S technique.) - fromHamadryade
OSL - The Soldier's March (Igor Stravinsky) [Live recording. Recorded by René Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with only one microphone (Neumann SM-69 tube) in Blumlein microphone technique.]
Trio de Curda - Oblivion (Recorded by René Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with only one microphone [Neumann SM-69 tube] in Blumlein microphone technique.) - fromLiber Tango