All Analog 180g Vinyl LP!
Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series!
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio From Original Analog Tape!
Produced By Music Matters' Joe Harley!
Pressed at RTI!

Born to Be Blue is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Although Grant Green provided his share of groove-oriented soul-jazz and modal post-bop, his roots were hard bop, and it is in a bop-oriented setting that the guitarist excels on Born to Be Blue."

Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series: "Tone Poet" Joe Harley—co-founder and co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series—is the producer of this new series of all-analog, mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe gatefold packaging. Mastering was done by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl was manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). The titles were handpicked by Harley and cover lesser-known Blue Note classics, modern era standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note catalog.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gm audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

The so-called Tone Poet (Joe Harley) is confident that his audiophile reissues will allow 21st-century listeners to hear what the musicians heard as the master tape was played back on the studio monitors in Rudy Van Gelder's studio 50 or 60 years ago. He believes that, in terms of quality, Blue Note albums have never sounded or looked better. "Every aspect of these Blue Note releases is done to the highest possible standard," he says. "It means that you will never find a superior version."

Features All Analog 180g Vinyl Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Mastered From Original Master Tape Reissue supervised by Joe Harley Pressed at RTI Gatefold jacket Musicians Grant GreenguitarIke Quebectenor saxophoneSonny ClarkpianoSam JonesbassLouis Hayesdrums Selections Side One: Someday My Prince Will Come Born To Be Blue If I Should Lose You Side Two: Back In Your Own Backyard My One And Only Love Count Every Star

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Capitol Records, LLC

Copyright (c) – UMG Recordings, Inc.

Copyright (c) – Mosaic Images

Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Mastered At – Cohearent Audio

Designed At – Meat And Potatoes, Inc.

Lacquer Cut At – Cohearent Audio

Pressed By – Record Technology Incorporated – 33346

 

Credits

Bass – Sam Jones

Design [Cover] – Todd Gallopo

Drums – Louis Hayes

Guitar – Grant Green

Lacquer Cut By – JH*, KPG*

Liner Notes – Richard Seidel

Mastered By – Kevin Gray

Photography By – Francis Wolff

Piano – Sonny Clark

Producer – Alfred Lion

Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder

Supervised By [LP Supervision] – Joe Harley

Tenor Saxophone – Ike Quebec

 

Notes

Count Every Star recorded on December 23, 1961. All other titles recorded on March 1, 1962.

Count Every Star was previously issued on Blue Note BST 84098.

All other titles previously unreleased.