deepak Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 First off some jazz LPs (Blue Train!!! :o ) Lucky Tom Moynihan, co-owner of Tenor Audio of Montreal (makers of the world's most beautiful and most darned expensive tube amplifiers) just happened to pay Kevin Gray and I a visit today at RTI/AcousTech Mastering and got to witness the cutting of two of the most famous albums in Jazz history. His jaw dropped when we asked him to carry the master tape reels to the studio from the RTI vault, heh. Wish I took a photo of his reaction. The Cannonball Adderley/Miles Davis SOMETHIN' ELSE masters sounded wonderful but nothing prepared me for the thrill of listening to the masters of John Coltrane's BLUE TRAIN. The depth and presence of the masters are astounding. I have not heard that amazing sound captured on any LP or CD release of this famous album. Hopefully we did our job and you will hear it on our 45 RPM stereo version cut for Analogue Productions/Acoustic Sounds. We carefully compared the original first pressing mono RVG cut LP of this title and made sure that the midrange magic "breath of life" was reproduced on our version but with full dynamic and tonal range. Uncanny realistic sounding recording. We did a test cut of the first track and played the lacquer back, sync'd up to the actual master tape as mastered by us. Bingo, sounded damn identical. Yummy sound! Resurrecting the dead. In stereo! Last week we cut Kenny Burrell's MIDNIGHT BLUE and Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers MOANIN' in stereo on 45. Same chills! When these are released in a few months I think you're going to love 'em. And Love- Forever Changes on CD Coming April 22, 2008! Reissue produced by SH Forums member and Rhino maven Andrew Sandoval. Rhino is going to present the original album as disc one and then have a bonus disc with the alternate album mixes, unissued backing tracks and other things Andrew has dug up. Just wait till you hear their impromptu version of "Wooly Bully" from the session for "The Red Telephone." Andrew also found the song left off the album called "Wonder People" in a vintage Bruce Botnick '67 stereo mix that had some extra edits and vocal effects, different from the bonus 1970's remix of the song used on the older Rhino CD. Keep your old CD if you want the later mix I guess.. At any rate, the issued stereo album mix will be on disc one mastered by Rhino in-house and on disc two will be the entire 1970's remix of the FOREVER CHANGES album and I was thrilled to be able to remaster this disc two remix version for this project. It sounds great and is really a unique window "in" to how it must have sounded in the studio during playback of the album. I'm excited about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I will be on that Coltrane like a pack of rabid dogs on a 3-legged cat. But theres so much more coming out too. And a lot of people seem to forget about the Fantasy set he did. 100 albums. I'm slowly working my way through the lot, and so far I have found my new 'desert island' album; Duke Ellington and Ray Brown This One's For Blanton. I think its the best sounding piece of music I have ever heard. But they all sound damn good. I am going to pay a studio engineer to transfer the vinyl of Blue Train for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I am going to pay a studio engineer to transfer the vinyl of Blue Train for me. Get a nice turntable. I'm telling ya a nice one will blow you away, and you've got the coin for one. Vinyl + awesome speakers, me <- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I'm waiting till I move into an apartment, so I have the room. I'm a little intimidated about balancing leveling it and whatnot. I have a lot to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I'm a little intimidated about balancing leveling it and whatnot. I have a lot to learn. its easy! level it set vta set vtf set alignment spin records yay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Redo VTA if your TT is super sensitive to thickness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I dont even know what any of that gibberish means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I'm going to pick up a few of those Fantasy 45s I've been eyeing up for a while. No point waiting till they go OOP, already missed out on a few great Bill Evans records :/ How sweet of Acoustic Sounds to offer up all 25 in one lump sum order, and they don't offer any discount even though you'd be dropping $1250 on music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I may be able to get a 'loan' of one of the evans, to be transfered to digital, then sent back to the owner ;D ;D Oh and YGPM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I may be able to get a 'loan' of one of the evans, to be transfered to digital, then sent back to the owner ;D ;D Oh and YGPM Even though Waltz for Debby is a bit over rated IMO, I'd love to hear what that would sound like. Shootout between the Hoffman LP and The Tape Project master tape...damn that would be hella fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Am I to infer that you have the Tape Project master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Fast forward to three years from now when I'm an attending maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 its easy! level it set vta set vtf set alignment spin records yay I wish it was that easy some times. Of late, I'm particularly sensitive to anti-skate and azimuth adjustments. oh, don't forget that each of those adjustments effects the next, so you sorta have to repeat them all a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I think once I have a semi-permanent apartment, I'm going to just do this the American way; pay someone else to set it up. Probably not available in the yellow pages, but Im sure someone will find their way to the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I think once I have a semi-permanent apartment, I'm going to just do this the American way; pay someone else to set it up. Probably not available in the yellow pages, but Im sure someone will find their way to the money. well, not to discourage you but these things don't just stay put. I've noticed that VTF for example needs to be adjusted every 1-2 months, I'm supposing due to weather changes... also as cartridges age things change as well. Learn to do it properly, that's my advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Vinyl is for tweakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 level it set vta set vtf set alignment [suggested addition] repeat at least 5 times to "get it right" pass out from boredom of adjusting table awaken to find that you fell on the table when you passed out and have to start all over again give up, grab your favorite CD and listen without hassle [/suggested addition] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Actually, Hirsch would probably help you out -- he knows how to do it right. He has like 3 or 4 turntable setups, and even the cheesiest one sounds pretty damn good. Setup is to vinyl what room treatment is to speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 That was great, Nate. All the adjustments and setup pains are things I sure don't miss about my table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 That was great, Nate. All the adjustments and setup pains are things I sure don't miss about my table. The old Scout stock arm doesn't have that many adjustments compared to the new VPI JMW 9- it has VTA adjustment on the fly (a knob that lets you adjust while the record is playing ), think of all the salivating tweakophiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 i'm not a big VTA guy. I just keep mine at zero and am pretty happy. if a disc is a bit too thick, it just makes the sound a bit warmer, which is fine by me. after a year of practice on the technics, setting up a cart perfect is just a cinch now. it was a steeeeeep learning curve, and the 1200 is a very forgiving and user friendly table, as far as tables go anyway, but i've got it now, no problem. definitely helps to have an arc protractor made for your tonearm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 The old Scout stock arm doesn't have that many adjustments compared to the new VPI JMW 9- it has VTA adjustment on the fly (a knob that lets you adjust while the record is playing ), think of all the salivating tweakophiles nah, I'm still trying to rig up a remote controlled VTA adjustment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 nah, I'm still trying to rig up a remote controlled VTA adjustment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I just listened to one of two new Blue Note Hoffman releases, Undercurrents by Kenny Drew and a bunch of jazz heroes. IT IS AWESOME! I had never even heard the album (unless I checked it out on Rhapsody when I signed up for the Blue Note series). Anyway, these are even better than the Fantasy 45s as an overall package, and I am torn on whether to just order up the Acoustic Sounds Blue Note series as well... \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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