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Exciting Reissue and New Release LPs from Craft Recordings, Featuring a Pair from their Jazz Dispensary Imprint, along with Albums from Vince Guaraldi and Chalino Sanchez

Tom Gibbs — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:40:17 +0000

Four new release and reissue LPs have just been made available from Craft Recordings, including a pair of titles on their ultra hip Jazz Dispensary imprint. As well as the latest reissue on Craft Latino from legendary Corrido singer Chalino Sanchez. And Craft has just made an extensive group of repackaged colored vinyl variants of... Read More »

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Yarlung Pure DSD256 Reissues from the Master Tapes Continues with Orion Weiss

Rushton Paul — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:05:19 +0000

As Yarlung Records celebrates its 20th Anniversary, founder Bob Attiyeh is reissuing in Pure DSD256 some of the 15ips 2-track tape recordings made in earlier years. We've previously seen released David Fung's Evening Conversations (HERE) and coming before long will be Ciaramella's Music in the Court of Burgundy. But now we have this very excellent... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 57 A Few Special Treasures From HDTT

Rushton Paul — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:32:10 +0000

Bob Witrak continues to find really nice recordings to release over at HDTT. This time around we have a Basie/Ellington Redux reissue, a Coleman Hawkins album transferred from the original Crown Records 15ips master tape, an excellent Fritz Reiner Living Stereo reissue, plus three albums that I've had in my Pure DSD256 From Analog Tape:... Read More »

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Four Little Sonatas Scarlatti Sonatas - Tamara Stefanovich

Stephen Francis Vasta — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:29:15 +0000

Scarlatti Sonatas. Tamara Stefanovich, piano. Pentatone Music PTC5187401 (WAV download, EP). TT: 23.11 87 in B minor. K. 158 in C minor. K. 8 in G minor. K. 13 in G. Angela Hewitt's recent performance of the Goldberg Variations reminded me of how well Bach can work on the modern grand piano, given the right application of... Read More »

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Voluptuous Sounds from Analog Tone Factory in Pure DSD256, with free sample download

Rushton Paul — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:39:56 +0000

Analog Tone Factory is a label new to me but it has been releasing some very nice all analog albums on high quality vinyl and transfer to analog tape for the past few years. Their LPs have already received very high recommendations in the audiophile press, but since I've been away from vinyl for half... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 56 More Excellent Releases Found at NativeDSD

Rushton Paul — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:38:12 +0000

Offered for your perusal are thoughts on six releases to be found at NativeDSD. Included are two outstanding performances of Prokofiev's symphonies by Gianandrea Noseda and the LSO (the Fourth and Sixth); a first recording from Jared Sacks' newly opened residential recording studio in Pure DSD256, giving us a glimpse of more nice recordings to... Read More »

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Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass

Robert Pincus — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:20:41 +0000

Selecting an album which inspires me enough to write about it isn't easy. A lot of thoughts go through my mind, such as: Should I avoid an album because it's hard to find? Should I avoid an artist that few have heard of? And should I avoid an album if the sound quality is less... Read More »

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A Trio of Classic Bluegrass and Folk LPs from Craft Recordings, Including Albums by Tony Rice, Alison Krauss, and Joan Baez

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:18:49 +0000

Craft Recordings has just released a trio of LP reissues of classic bluegrass and folk recordings from the catalogs of Rounder and Vanguard Records. The two albums from Rounder Records are seeing their first ever LP reissues, including bluegrass guitarist extraordinaire Tony Rice's 1982 crossover album Backwaters, performed by The Tony Rice Unit. As well... Read More »

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Superlative Brahms and Goldmark From Ning Feng and Channel Classics

Rushton Paul — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:33:31 +0000

Every now and again a recording comes along that is of such supreme quality, that I simply must stop and tell you about it. It deserves a special stand alone article. And this performance by Ning Feng, recorded by Jared Sacks, is such a release. Read on... Brahms & Goldmark Violin Concertos, Ning Feng, Konzerthausorchester... Read More »

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Linda Ronstadt's Classic Album, Prisoner In Disguise, On a Pair of 45 rpm, 180 gram Audiophile LPs from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:06:03 +0000

Linda Ronstadt's classic 1975 album Prisoner In Disguise has just been released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab as an Original Master Recording, and on a pair of 180 gram, 45 rpm LPs. A previous MoFi reissue (from 2008) of Prisoner In Disguise arrived as a 33 rpm, 180 gram LP, and hearing the differences between... Read More »

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Bodacious! A Great New Release From Sound Liaison in Pure DSD256

Rushton Paul — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:09:02 +0000

Oh yes! I am excited about this. I am in love with this. Why? Because this is what audio should be. Frans de Rond, founder and recording engineer for Sound Liaison has released a stunning new album in Pure DSD256 with Carmen Gomes Inc. It is phenomenal. It is clarity, purity and utter transparency at... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 55 Some Special Treats from HDTT

Rushton Paul — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:50:06 +0000

Bob Witrak has been busy in recent weeks releasing a nice assortment of albums. Among them is an outstanding set of Bruckner's music in modern recordings from the excellent recording engineer, John Proffitt, and provided to HDTT by John directly from his edit master files. Also included below is a marvelous Lewis Layton recording of... Read More »

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Rhino's Rocktober Series Returns with 43 Exclusive Limited Edition Reissues and New Release LPs

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:47:19 +0000

Rhino Entertainment again celebrates Roctober with 43 limited edition reissues and new release LP offerings. For 2025, the series presents an eclectic mixture of rare and previously unreleased LPs, including box sets, ultra-cool colored-vinyl LPs, and multiple selections from both the premium Rhino Reserve and Rhino High Fidelity series. A broad range of musical genres... Read More »

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A Look at MoFi's Platinum Ultra Disc One-Step 180 Gram 2 LP Set of Bitches Brew

Juan C. Ayllon — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:31:07 +0000

Sometimes, the most improbable juxtaposition of musical styles, sounds, and textures just works and, when spotlit in breathtaking clarity, as with Mobile Fidelity's Platinum Ultra Disc One-Step version of Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, it's brilliant. When I was a child, my mother cooked and served our meals at home. Occasionally, some spillover occurred between the... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 54 A Treasure Chest of New Releases at NativeDSD

Rushton Paul — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:18:15 +0000

I can't tell you about all the new releases from this past week now available at NativeDSD. I haven't had time to listen to them all, and certainly not yet time to write about them all. But I have selected six that truly piqued my interest, and they turned out to be just excellent releases... Read More »

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Inspiration At Its Finest – Definitive Pressings For Buckingham Nicks, Prince, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Robert S. Youman — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:41:18 +0000

Buckingham Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks, Rhino High Fidelity Records (33 RPM LP) Kevin Gray's success with the Fleetwood Mac discography and related recordings continues to amaze. My go to copy for Rumors is the 2020 45 RPM reissue cut and mastered by Kevin Gray along with Steve Hoffman. My go to copy for... Read More »

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Exotica! The Best Of Martin Denny

Robert Pincus — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:45:15 +0000

If you were buying music in the mid eighties, then you might remember when the music industry expected us to replace our records with "perfect sound forever" compact discs (CDs). Even though I own a lot of CDs, and I still buy them on occasion, few were ever purchased to replace the same title on... Read More »

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APSoon Recordings at the Organ, Phenomenal Music and Sonics in Pure DSD256

Rushton Paul — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:44:05 +0000

This new release in the ongoing series of outstanding organ recordings from APSoon Recordings is their best yet. If you love great organ recordings, just get this now! It will blow you away. Aare-Paul Lattik, Live at Riga Cathedral. APSoon Records 2025 (Pure DSD256) Edit Master Sourced HERE This is the most recent release of... Read More »

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Cobra Records 25th Anniversary Producer's Choice Album, an Audio Education

Rushton Paul — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:59:38 +0000

Here is an audiophile's dream—an exploration of superb performances remastered in Pure DSD from the original DSD tracking channels. Tom Peeters, founder and recording engineer of Cobra Records has gone into his archives to find his original DSD64 tracking channels from albums released between 2007-2014 and remastered selected tracks in Pure DSD256 for this Producer's... Read More »

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Rhino Celebrates Led Zeppelin's Masterpiece, Physical Graffiti, with a 50th Anniversary, Expanded 3-LP Set; Live Tracks from the Album are Featured on a Second Disc, Live E.P.

Tom Gibbs — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:29:46 +0000

Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (1975, Swan Song Records) is undeniably the band's magnum opus, and quite possibly the most comprehensive statement of who Led Zeppelin were and how they evolved into the world's greatest rock ‘n' roll band. Fans obviously agreed by voting with their wallets, taking the album to 17x platinum in the US... Read More »

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Rhino Reissues a Pair of Albums from Nineties' Alternative Rock and Synth-Pop Supergroup, Electronic

Tom Gibbs — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:45:34 +0000

In mid-1989, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Bernard Sumner of New Order approached his bandmates with the idea of adding programmed synths to their new music. Neither Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, or Gillian Gilbert were particularly receptive to the idea, as they were all deeply involved in ongoing side projects at the time. Undeterred by their... Read More »

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Recent Finds No. 52 An Eclectic Mix of Modern, Traditional, and Earlier

Rushton Paul — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:31:02 +0000

Today's issue is an eclectic mix, and I think delightfully so. From an outstanding new release by The Hague String Trio of modern music composed in the 1920s, to even more challenging modern music of the past 30 years with the Rudersdal Chamber Players, to music of the 18th Century on clavichord (of all things),... Read More »

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Eponymous Debut Album, Available on 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:58:08 +0000

I often have a hard time suppressing my level of excitement when I see upcoming new releases from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, but that pegged off the scale when I saw they were reissuing the debut album from prog rock legends Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP). The excitement meter reading nearly doubled when I came... Read More »

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Miles Davis' Dissonant and Divisive Masterpiece, Agharta, Now on 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:54:36 +0000

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab continues their survey of Miles Davis' catalog of albums with an Original Master Recording reissue of his 1975 live album Agharta, now available as a 33 rpm, 180 gram 2-LP set. Easily the most dissonant album of Miles' entire catalog, Agharta's dense, sprawling compositions challenged listeners and divided fans—even those who'd... Read More »

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Heart's Classic Album Dreamboat Annie, Now on 45 rpm, 180 gram Audiophile Vinyl from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Tom Gibbs — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:31:38 +0000

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab honors the 50th anniversary of Heart's Dreamboat Annie with a deluxe 45 rpm, 180 gram LP reissue of the band's classic debut. Initially only available in their native Canada, Dreamboat Annie at first failed to gain much traction—at least until the album's second single "Magic Man" hit the Montreal airwaves. It... Read More »

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