XRCDs coming in June - Blue Notes!

Oh yeah, just in case anybody is curious I talked to a dude by the name of Andrew.

 

Joe, please get some information to elusivedisc so that we can begin subscribing.

 

Joe, if Grant Green's Matador and Kenny Burrell's Freedom are being considered for XRCD, any idea when they might be issued? Am assuming this would be sometime in 2010?

Thanks!

http://www.audiowavemusic.com/AudioWaveMusicFlyer.html

 

Haven't bought any XRCD's yet but it looks as if I am about to start.

 

Will there be titles that are not included on the Music Matters and Analogue Production 45RPM series?

 

No info yet over at elusivedisc.

 

You can log on to find out.

 

Blue Note XRCDs and subscriptions...

Sorry about the less than stellar answer our newest employee Andrew gave you!
He has been properly educated now and that won't happen again...my apologies!

I (Bob) am at the Munich Hifi show and will be back in the country June 4th....we had test pressings of the first 4 titles at the show and they were met with great enthusiasm...they sound great!

We have not finalized all the subscription details yet but will shortly after my return. We will then put all 25 individual titles up on our website and a subscription part to order as well....I will make a post on the forum as soon as we have all the info...you guys will be the first to know!

Thanks! Bob Bantz

 

Wow! This is great news indeed. I am looking forward to this series, and I plan on subscribing so that I will not miss anything.

 

Log on where?

 

Hi Joe

Were you involved in the 2001 XRCD reissue of Chet Atkins In Hollywood. If so I was wondering if you could share your thoughts on this thread.

Here's the link:

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=183883

We are trying to figure which version was definitive. It's rumored Atkins redid his guitar part and reissued the recording.

Did XRCD issue the original recording or the redo with new guitar parts? And which cover is correct?

 

Hi Monk,

Yeah, I was Creative Director for XRCD at that time. I remember some kind of debate about the cover at the time but when Akira Taguchi and I saw the gold lame' bullet bra job we were sold and never considered the other cover again.

I don't think any of us was aware that Chet had redone his guitar parts on this one. We requested a master, received a master, and that's what we went with for the release. The master we received was the redone one. (I hope I'm remembering this correctly!) Even if we had known about this, we would probably go with the redone parts since this was clearly an artist decision and intent.

So in this case, I think it's kind of useless to discuss which one was "correct". In some ways, they both are. Clearly, Chet thought the album important enough to want to redo his parts. The choice of which cover is "correct" also comes down to personal; preference IMO. We all liked the gold lame' babe so that's what we used.

Does this help?

cheers,

joe

 

It's hard to follow-up a gold lame bullet bra but I listened to my Alan Yoshida Relaxin XRCD tonight. Very nice sound on that one.

 

Hi Joe

Is there a July release date for Soul Station?

 

Hi Monk,

I'm in the middle of an XRCD Blue Note mastering marathon with Alan Yoshida at OceanWay Mastering as I write this. (We're doing Lee Morgan's Tom Cat today....Johnny Coles' Little Johnny C and Lou Donaldson's great LD +3 were transfered Thursday and Friday. Dexter Gordon's wonderful come back record "Doin' Allright" complete with some tasty added tracks, is up for Sunday.)

Hank Mobley's Soul Station and Sonny Clark's Cool Struttin' (with added tracks!) are set to be released in July. Wait till you see the gorgeous bound books, along with added session photos! We're very eager to get these out there for everyone to check out.

I think you'll understand my enthusiasm once you hear one of these.

cheers,

Joe

 

Hello Joe,

sounds very exciting, looking forward to these releases.

 

Hi Joe,

Will EVERY MusicMatters 45s be issued on XRCD only the "Best Sellers"?

 

Just when you think it is safe to curtail your cd buyimg along comes another series to bankrupt you.

 

Thank you Bob. I just called Elusive Disc and spoke to Sam and arranged for my subscription to the series. I am looking forward to these XRCD's.

 

Sam indicated that I would receive a confirmation email or a phone call, but I have not received anything yet. Because Sam did not take my credit card information, I do not think that I am a subscriber. I have had nothing but hassles trying to subscribe to this series.

 

Therockman:

The first two XRCDs are slated for July. Did Elusive Disc give you a release date for these.? I have a suspicion that like the AP BN SACDs this series will face delays.


Michael

 

Thanks for the reminder, July would not be bad - I will check the elusive disc web-site.

 

I just called again and there is still no subscription information, but Sam did say that they expect the first shipment sometime in August.

 

Yes, the website http://www.audiowavemusic.com/AudioWaveMusicFlyer.html now has the first releases scheduled for August 2009.

 

But that site use to say July. I guess it is just another delay.