EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL VINYL 

**ORIGINAL NEW 2 LP Set: 45 rpm**

LP shrink is open but LPs are unplayed

Any reference I can find, says the issue was blue Vinyl but these appear 'Black' to me.

**ANNE BISSON**

**BLUE MIND**

Limited Edition # 0562/1000

Review by  | December 2017

"The one thing most pursued by artists in their work is originality. When I hear a remarkable recording, I wish the musicians well should they ever make the decision to do follow-ups. This recording of Anne Brisson strikes me as unrushed, lighthearted, spirited, uncharacteristically trailblazing and preciously original. The level of serenely emotional engagement is epical. A follow-up seems logical.

While developing his megabuck speaker systems, such as the Genesis Prime Dragon Edition with four towers, Gary Leonard Koh of Genesis Advanced Technologies engages the recording industry continuously. Having introduced Lyn Stanley in her first audio show appearance at the 2015 California Audio Show, Gary now brings us Anne Bisson with her 2012 recording, Blue Mind. now remastered by Bernie Grundman and pressed by Los Angeles-based RTI on HQ-180 vinyl. Two editions of Blue Mind was sent to me, one in the 33 1/3 rpm edition, the other a 45rpm double LP test pressing set.

On the back cover of this 33rpm RTI-reissue LP, Anne describes how one night, “I sat at the piano in my studio and a surprisingly touching song emerged, Little Black Lake. It was the first song of this very personal album. I’ll always remember Michel and Rene from Fidelio sitting in my car, listening to it! Michel had tears in his eyes and said, ‘Anne, you should write more like this: you write beautifully … where did you get all the emotion?'”

To me, Anne does not come across as quite as temperamental as some, thus I find comfort in the fact that the LP’s overall mood is one of serenity. That being said, I can’t sympathize enough with some lyrics that I thought constituted portrayal of a deprived woman, while a few tracks are love songs that lament and yet others wonder and wring.

This is not an orchestral recording in a large hall so the spatiality is intimate while still reverberant and airy. As opposed to packing as many instruments as can be arranged into any given track, the music is consistently consisted of Anne’s vocal accompanied by a solo piano. I love piano music and they are mostly classical in genre. And this is jazz and it leaves a strong impression. Anne doesn’t sing at the top of her voice and maybe that is the direction of the production and  not indicative of her limitations. I would say she’s found a good niche in this vocal style. Yet, it isn’t like a closed-mike recording in which every spit and swallow hits the microphone. Rather, her soft singing is adequately and professionally captured to beautiful effects.

The 45rpm double-LP edition has more lead-in tracks than most 45rpm albums I’ve played, it allows a cartridge to find and land inside the groove quicker with quieter impact. A very thoughtful arrangement. Then, the first piano note came in dense but clear, officially declaring its sonic purity and superiority. Seldom has the sound of piano so musically resplendent and sonically engaging, and I reckon it all has to do with the suppleness of tone as accorded by the 45rpm format from a meticulous production process.

The 45rpm made the solo piano alone an evening-long sensation to behold. There are plenty of piano accompanied jazz singing productions out there but few are as lyrical in artistry and yet consistent in mood, fluidic in execution and three-dimensional in spatiality as this RTI 45rpm 2-LP set. Kudos to remastering engineer Bernie Grundman and RTI for this fine production, for I would’ve cast less a vote of confidence in a follow-up production if it were another group by another producer, but with Bernie and Gary together at the helm, lightning will strike twice. Demonstration class in musicality and sound."

 ‎– Blue Mind Label:  ‎– CAM5-4109 Format: 2 × , 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Black
Country: Released: Genre: Style: Tracklist A1Soothing Your Soul3:30A2Little Black Lake4:09A3Hoping Love Will Last Written-By –  4:31B1Camilio5:02B2Why Is It So5:05C1September In Montreal4:59C2Secret Survivor4:41C3Do What You Please!3:09D1Blue Mind4:21D2Dragonfly3:25D3New Start4:20 Credits Bass [Acoustic Double] –  Drums –  Mastered By –  Piano, Vocals –  Producer – * Notes Features:
• Hand-Numbered, Limited Edition
• Audiophile Quality 180g Black Vinyl
• Blue Vinyl Limited To Only 1000 Copies!
• 45rpm Double LP
• Two bonus tracks that previously only available on CD!
• Remastered by Bernie Grundman
• Pressed at RTI
• Deluxe Laminated Gatefold Jacket
• Two 12" x 12" Inserts with full lyrics Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode (Text): 6 19061 41095 8

 

Tracks Include : see above 

CONDITION

 

Jacket: NEW NM++ Condition

Vinyl:   NEW, Shrink is open but vinyl is unplayed -as New

        

 

 

 

 

ORIGINAL 2017 PRESS

 

****ANNE BISSON****

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