NEW Lovely LP

[David]

A new audiophile vinyl label in Kansas City, called Pure Audiophile is going to be manufacturing top-quality recordings.

Mastered by the now-legendary Stan Ricker using the half-speed process that he developed. Each pressing will be individually numbered with limited production. Pure Audiophile chose this title because they feel that Karrin Allyson is the best female vocalist on the planet. Concord Records did a great job with the original production, and awards are sure to follow. The musicians that Nick Phillips put together for this release are sterling. If you buy one audiophile LP every 10 years, make this your pick of the decade.

Jazz singer Karrin Allyson's newest album is a tribute collection, but with a twist: Her Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane features parallel charts for the songs that Coltrane recorded for his celebrated 1962 Ballads album (and in the same sequence to boot). Allyson, who also includes a version of Coltrane's "Naima" and two other ballads he played, is backed by a band that includes (in various combinations) James Williams on piano; John Patitucci on bass; Lewis Nash on drums; Bob Berg and James Carter on tenor saxes; and Steve Wilson on soprano sax.

GRAMMY nomination - Best Jazz Vocal Album 2001 - Great songs, excellent performances and one of the best sounding recording I have heard in a very long time.

Numbered Limited Edition. 180 gram Double LPs pressed on blue vinyl.

[martinimaster]

I like the blue vinyl idea

[Gary]

In the olden days, I understood that black vinyl was best because coloured vinyl wore out quicker.

True or false?

Guess it has to be false - or the problem was fixed - because an audiophile label would NOT release a record on an inferior medium.

Wonder if these babys will ever find their way to Canada?

[David]

Yes, picture disc and coloured vinyl wore out quicker....
but after heard this LP.....WoW!! You can't believe this audiophile LP was blue vinyl.

[KLM]

Any idea of a release date and where to order lps from Pure Audiophile? Would be interesting to see what other titles Stan is able to get reissued. I thought he was working with the folks at Music Direct for the new MFSL releases.

[David]

I ordered this LP from Acoustic Sounds:D

[KLM]

Thanks David, I just checked it out on Acoustic Sounds website. Wow, $50 clams for the 2 lp set. I think I'll wait. Let us know what you think once you get your copy and maybe I'll reconsider.

[Humorem]

$50??!!!

I took one look at that and said no thanks.

At that price you have to be a major fan, not only of her, but Stan Ricker's mastering.

[Humorem]

Originally posted by Gary
In the olden days, I understood that black vinyl was best because coloured vinyl wore out quicker.



Black vinyl is quieter when done right. It has some regrind in it that makes it that way, and therefore can not be pure and colored.

[Humorem]

Originally posted by Gary

Guess it has to be false - or the problem was fixed - because an audiophile label would NOT release a record on an inferior medium.


My friend, set your alarm. You need to wake up and smell the coffee.

Audiophile labels are not your friends.

They are in business to get you to part with your money. If blue vinyl makes you do that, blue vinyl will be used.

No one, and I mean no one, can be trusted to produce a good product. This goes for every company on the planet. People screw up, people use poor judgement, etcetera etcetera.

You're buying a pig in a poke at a steep price. You have no way of knowing how healthy that pig is. Make sure you can return him for a refund if he's not a pig but a dog with a screw tail sewed on.

I reject 50-80% of these audiophile records as not fit for human consumption. Some, like Jacintha and the Groove Note pressings, I should have rejected and didn't because people wanted them. That doesn't mean they are good records. They are not. I shouldn't sell them, and I will never reorder them.

But reading some of the posts on this forum, not necessarily the above, leads me to one conclusion:

people will buy anything, no matter how bad, and like it!

Of course, "bad" is in the ear of the listener, but this goes a long way towards explaining why some people in the audiophile record business make a lot of money selling crap I wouldn't touch with a ten foot tonearm: because people love it!

[Todd Fredericks]

I agree with Tom's post. Look at Simply Vinyl. They look attractive with the packaging but from most of the reports I've read and also several publicly posted e-mails from the owner they don't care about "sound" quality, etc. It's a shame that I see tons of SV stuff stocked in lots of small and big music shops and rarely do I see other labels that deserve the shelf-space. I hope Steve's new association S&P can get their product out like SV and maybe the average vinyl enthuist may eventually hear the difference...

Todd