Various Artists

• Audiophile 200g 45rpm Double LP!

• gatefold cover

NAGRA is on a course to become a major force in the world of vinyl. Having just launched their first-ever turntable - the "statement" level, Reference Anniversary turntable/tonearm system - they now follow with the production of The Nagra 70th Anniversary 45rpm double vinyl album. Mastered at 2xHD on Nagra equipment and cut at famed Bernie Grundman Mastering, the set is pure analog from analog master tapes. The LPs feature tracks from Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander and Buddy Tate along with some amazing audiophile tracks recorded on the legendary Nagra IV-S tape machine.

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• SIDE A
• A1. BILL EVANS (Recorded in 1968) ...... Very Early
• From the album Some Other Time (Resonance -2xHD)

• A2. PILTCH AND DAVIS (Recorded in 1969) .... Horizontal Blue
• From the album Take One (2xHD)

• SIDE B
• B1. BUDDY TATE (Recorded in 1975) Tate ...... Stardust
• From the album I Cried for You (Jazzology-2xHD)

• B2. LOUIS ARMSTRONG (Recorded in 1961) ...... C'est si bon
• From the album Now You Has Jazz (Storyville -2xHD)

• B3. MARLENE VERPLANCK (Recorded in 1955) ........ Deep in a Dream From the album I Think of You with Every Breath I Take (Jazzology-2xHD)
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• LP TWO

• SIDE C
• C1. THE L.A. NETWORK (Recorded in 1966) ...... Take 5
• From the album Dave Brubeck Redux (Resonance 2xHD)

• C2. MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO (Recorded in 1982) ...... Samba de Orfeu
• From the album Love You Madly (Resonance 2xHD)

• C3. DRUM SOUND CHECK (Recorded in 2021) ...... Dynamics demo
• (Recorded by Matthieu Latour on a Nagra IV-S with a pair of Neumann U-87)

• SIDE D
• D1. MARC VALLÉE TRIO (Recorded in 2003)..... Caméléon
• From the album Hamadryade (Fidelio-2xHD)
• (Recorded by René Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with a Fidelio RL-1 custom tube microphone in M-S technique.)

• D2. OSL (recorded in 2020) ....... The Soldier's March (Igor Stravinsky)
• [Live recording. Recorded by René Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with only one microphone (Neumann SM-69 tube) in Blumlein microphone technique.]

• D3. TRIO DE CURDA (recorded in 2019) ...... Oblivion
• From the album Liber Tango (Recorded by René Laflamme on a Nagra IV-S with only one microphone [Neumann SM-69 tube] in Blumlein microphone technique.)