Various Artist - The Wonderful Sounds of Quality Record Pressings Various Artist - The Wonderful Sounds of Quality Record Pressings

The newest addition to the unbelievably popular Wonderful Sounds... series!

180-gram three LP set!

Includes track-by-track liner notes by Michael Fremer

Celebrate vinyl record pressing excellence with Quality Record Pressings!

Music chosen by Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem and classical music label Reference Recordings!

Perfect demo record captures genres that include blues, jazz, classical, R&B and female vocal

LPs housed in a 3-Pocket Tip-On M-Pack Jacket by Stoughton Printing!

Mastered by Kevin Gray!

Celebrate the technical expertise of the world's finest LP pressing plant — Quality Record Pressings — with the finest LP sampler ever assembled!

The Wonderful Sounds Of Quality Record Pressings includes music handpicked by Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem and classical music tracks chosen by the team at Reference Recordings. This collection of songs originally appeared on a sampler LP in 2008 celebrating the 125th anniversary of Thorens. That set is long out of print and now in extremely high demand.

"I cherry-picked each of these songs to have a variety of great-sounding music. Since the Thorens sampler, many of the records that contain these songs have been pressed by Quality Record Pressings. Because we are celebrating more than 10 years of QRP and all of the hard work of our very talented and qualified team, we thought this would be an excellent opportunity to bring this amazing collection back into circulation," — Chad Kassem, Acoustic Sounds/Analogue Productions CEO

Every song meets the criteria of excellent performance, perfect recording and flawless mastering. What better way to celebrate such a monumental anniversary for one of the absolute leading brands in analog high fidelity than with this to-die-for LP sampler? Contains most genres of music — blues, jazz, classical, R&B and female vocal. From now on, you'll only need to carry one demo record around with you.

Vinyl expert Michael Fremer, of The Tracking Angle and The Absolute Sound, gives you a track-by-track tour of the history and production of the songs on this special album.

What separates our world-renowned Quality Record Pressings LPs from other manufacturers? Since Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem launched QRP in 2011, the focus has been on producing consistently virtually silent vinyl playing surfaces.

The craft of pressing fine vinyl is perfected in such details. Such as plating lacquers within 24 hours of their arrival at the plant. Cut grooves are prone to change with temperature fluxuations, high humidity and time. The sooner that lacquers are plated, the better the fidelity of the final pressing. Other keys include using a proprietary silver spray formulation, made fresh daily. The result — more consistency in each LP. The ultimate sonic advantage.

 

Side 1 - Female Vocalists1. Show Biz Kids - Rickie Lee Jones2. Nobody's Buying - Nancy Bryan3. Angel From Montgomery - Susan Tedeshi4. The Spider And The Fly - Myra Taylor5. Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Rickie Lee Jones
Side 2 - Classical (Reference Recordings)1. Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance Of The Tumblers, from The Snow Maiden2. Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 4673. Jack End: Blues For A Killed Cat4. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, 1919-Finale
Side 3 - Blues - APO1. Driving Wheel - Little Hatch2. You Had Quit Me - Wild Child Butler3. I'll Be Around - Jimmie Lee Robinson4. Last Night - Eomot RaSun5. Walking Thru The Park - Big George Brock6. The Sun Is Shining - Harry Hypolite
Side 4 - Rhythm & Blues1. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers2. Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes3. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight4. Rock Me Right - Susan Tedeschi5. Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi
Side 5 - Jazz1. Sounds Unheard Of - Shelly Manne2. The Alternate Blues - Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie3. September Song - Chet Baker4. My Foolish Heart - Bill Evans5. 'Round Midnight - Wes Montgomery
Side 6 - Jazz1. Abangoma - Hugh Masekela2. Stimela - Hugh Masekela Domestic Shipping is $5.00 USD by FedEx Ground Economy, $1.00 for each additional item. WORLDWIDE SHIPPING with eBay Global Shipping program. The eBay shipping center is located in the United States. International orders will ship from Acoustic Sounds, Inc. (located in the United States) to the eBay Global Shipping Center. Domestic shipping will be applied to your shopping cart. Please note that eBay does provide the international shipping cost, import charges, and estimated delivery on the eBay.com website. All costs will be applied to the shopping cart. Please know that Acoustic Sounds, Inc. does not have any control over the international shipping costs or import charges. 
Please contact eBay for any questions regarding international charges.