Nagra: 70th Year Anniversary Collection Album 200g 45rpm 2LP

Details Genre: Sampler Label: 2xHD Additional Artists: Bill Evans Buddy Tate Louis Armstrong Monty Alexander Trio Marlene VerPlanck Format: 45RPM, 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 & Stereo 2022 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 from Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander and Buddy Tate along with some amazing audiophile tracks recorded on the legendary Nagra IV-S tape machine. “We have just received the acetate test records. To say that they are stunning is an understatement.” -statement from Nagra The musical and sonic panacea is served up immediately and in full, with no need to foreground the contrast between sound and music. Laflamme has hit exactly the right sweet spot… The NAGRA 70th Year Anniversary Collection album is not the usual analog ahoy, but a true balm for the soul with precipitating effects and tactile reality checks on all four sides of the Nagra double vinyl album. -Matej Isak, Mono & Stereo Founder Features AAA Vinyl (All-Analog Recording, Mixing & Mastering) Audiophile Vinyl 200g Vinyl Double LP 45rpm Mastered by Ren 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 – from Some Other Time Piltch and Davis – Horizontal Blue – from Take One Side B: Buddy Tate – Stardust – from I Cried for You Louis Armstrong – C’est si bon – from Now You Has Jazz Marlene VerPlanck – Deep in a Dream (Rudy Van Gelder rec.) – from I Think of You with Every Breath I Take Side C: The L.A. Network – Take 5 – from Dave Brubeck Redux Monty Alexander Trio – Samba de Orfeu – from Love 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 Valle Trio – Camlon (Recorded by Ren Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with a Fidelio RL-1 custom tube microphone in M-S technique.) – from Hamadryade OSL – The Soldier’s March (Igor Stravinsky) [Live recording. Recorded by Ren Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with only one microphone (Neumann SM-69 tube) in Blumlein microphone technique.] Trio de Curda – Oblivion (Recorded by Ren Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with only one microphone [Neumann SM-69 tube] in Blumlein microphone technique.) – from Liber Tango