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"Her style is new but the face is the same as it was so long ago - but from her eyes a different smile, like that of one who knows"
Greetings audiophiles,
If you see a "Best Offer", it is open for discussion of a fair and reasonable offer - make your reasonable offer! You are viewing a factory sealed unopened Classic Records 140 gram (regular weight, ANALOGUE TAPES) The Who, "Who Are You." Mike Hobson and Ying Tan formed Classic Records in
January 1994, licensing approximately 30 titles from BMG's RCA Living
Stereo classical LP catalog and later licensing material from from
PolyGram's Verve jazz archive.
The acclaimed reissue Classic Records label, which specialized in audiophile LP
reissues of classic albums, employed its own custom-built tube-based
mastering equipment on all of its releases; mastered its releases from
original master tapes (or the best sources available). Earliest
releases were a box set of RCA Living Stereo classical titles and Verve
jazz titles (subsequently sold individually). In later years they took
on some new releases as well, both in their Prevue series and under the
Classic imprint.
Classic used 180 gram vinyl until 2001. These pressings have raised
outer edge like most modern vinyl. That year they switched to 180 gram
"SV" (Super Vinyl) and added a sticker specifying the type of vinyl to
all their LPs. They introduced 200 gram "Quiex SV-P" in July 2002.
That was followed by "SV-P II" and, in 2008, "Clarity Vinyl." In the
2000s, they also introduced lower-priced versions of many of their LPs,
pressed from the same masters but on regular 150, 140, or 120 gram
vinyl. Represses were always done on the latest vinyl formulation and
can be dated by the sticker. SV-P, SV-P II, and Clarity pressings all
have a flat outer edge.
Classic also produced a line of gold CDs in the 1990s and then 24/96
HDAD digital disks. Mastering was typically done at Bernie Grundman
Mastering by Grundman himself or Chris Bellman. Classic's assets were
purchased by Acoustic Sounds in 2010.