GERSHWIN Rhapsody In Blue REFERENCE RECORDINGS MASTERCUT Numbered HQ180 VINYL LP

Sold Date: September 18, 2024
Start Date: March 18, 2024
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RHAPSODY IN BLUE



PURE ANALOG RECORDING on HQ-180 VINYL
Numbered Collector's Edition - 2 Copies Available as of this Writing
Numbers 537 , 756 766 - Lowest Number-Copies left Will be Sent
Reference Mastercuts make available landmark analog recordings of significant musical performances in no-compromise, numbered LP Editions. Disc mastering facilities are chosen for the best possible sonic qualities, depending on the nature of the program material and the format of the original tapes.

Plating of the lacquers is done within a few hours of cutting, using a slow low-temperature bath to minimize adjacent-groove echo and loss of delicate high-frequency.

Pressings ae made using HQ-180 virgin vinyl which produces a super flat extra-heavy disc of unprecedented resolving power. For optimum playback of HQ180 pressings, vertical tracking angle may require a slight adjustment.

These recordings were made in discrete four-channel sound using a 1/2" Tascam analogue recorder operating at 15ips, with Dolby signal processing. For their first release, in Vox Box QSVBX-5133 the four channels were mixed to two using the Sansui QS encoder and dubbed to a second generation two channel analogue tape, which was then used for disc mastering.

The present edition was mastered at real time directly from the original four-channel tapes, using the main (front) two channels only). Playback at The Mastering Lab was from a highly customized MCI deck with vacuum-tube electronics. No equalization, gain-riding or dynamic compression was used at any time. TRACK LISTING
SIDE ONE: Rhapsody in Blue (17:43)
SIDE TWO: Second Rhapsody (14:41) & Variations on "I Got Rhythm" (8:51)

Recorded at Powell Symphony Hall, Sant Louis, MO, Mastered by Doug Sax, The Mastering Lab. Copyright 1992 Reference Recordings

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