Even Kevin Gray don't want to tell me what is it really. Widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) in the United States is transforming the practice of medicine from a paper-based cottage industry into an integrated health care delivery system. Legend also states that because of the availability of the "Pink Moon" original tape, it is the only remaster done with an entirely analog signal path. I mean, how difficult is it to just take the original master tape and play it and digitize it with no EQ and no compression? The Bottom Line: Supply & Demand. It's my opinion, it doesn't mean I m right. Caveat Emptor. I have sent emails to Capital and 4 Men with Beards about the source of certain LPs and they never responded. You can read a review of a Vinyl Lover's John Cale reissue on this site. Simply Vinyl has done some Elvis reissues and other LPs. A few months back I paid about $40 in Norway for the Friday Music's 2008 reissue of America's self-titled album. The record company (Doxy) even put different custom labels for each side. I also have very good 70's editions of some Chuck Berry (One Dozen Berrys and Berry is on top) that sound more like the WaxTime edition than the 80's Chess Edition. Also, how about somebody starts a company to release 00's music that is remastered without the massive compression (provided it's not squashed for posterity in the mixing stage already) -- I know Arcade Fire and The National have put out some great releases, but just imagine how awesome that stuff would be if MoFi remastered it with 50% more dynamic range. The terroir of wines in Ermitage and Hermitage Hermitage Hill is one of the few places in the world to benefit from the 4 geological eras that have taken place over time. I also picked up the Fat Possum reissue of The Slider, even though my copy is still in good shape. Looking into buying some Miles Davis records that are discounted right now at a Swedish online shop. It would stand to reason the highest resolution digital files were used for the LP Can you tell me please what the original sources for the HD Tracks files are? True story! Isn't this what the search engine is for? As this is the reason why someone with the original LPs would buy these. The VA's Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) began investigating the alleged misconduct in November 2021 in response to the OMI's findings, according to internal emails . I'm not good with lists. I am seek advice about Venus Records from Japan. Yes I should have mentioned them as "musts to avoid." I tried to go to Simply Vinyls website and not only is it not available, but the Blackground Records website isn't either. No information is lost. I'm not good with lists. Pepper. for Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emmerick at a mastering session where I got to hear the master tape that Geoff had flown over from the U.K. for a planned 30th Anniversary CD edition. This is a really good article, and hopefully, along with consumer pressure, it will lead to greater transparency from reissue labels. Apparently no one at Simply Vinyl pays much attention to sound. They have also released some excellent sounding pressings, for example of film soundtracks or historical compilationsthey are not a pure re-issue label, they also have original releases, though no original artists I think. eck, any version of an album is "sourced" at some point from the master, regardless of how many copies, remixes of digitizations have occcured. Electronic medical records and quality improvement Neurosurg Clin N Am. Rolling Stones - 60's catalog reissues; 2.8Mhz, DSD. I don't believe in conspiracy theories, why would Kevin convert the tapes to digital files? Digital, most likely 48/24k. I think it's worth putting this on. DOLCHESS 140g (pressed in the UK?) I pulled out my original copy and, although it lived a hard life during my misspent youth, it still sounded way better than the Vinyl Lovers. I have plenty of LPs from the 50s, 60s and 70s that were cut 100% analog every step of the way (obviously) and still sound horrible. Under 120X power, I gently pushed the material out of the grooves with the clean tip of a wooden toothpick. Mark Hammar is a Certied Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence through the American Society for Quality and has been a Quality Professional since 1994. "Old Ideas" soundsbetter. I have consentrated on looking for original pressings more over the last few years. We buy the hardware and software in the hope we're avoiding the digital nasties but it would appear there's much more to this than would appear. I'm so glad you brought this subject up because I buy lots of vinyl..new reissue vinyl and when I pay on average $30 per album I certainly do not want one cut from a cdI gave up collecting cd's and don't want my lp's sounding like or cut from cd'sthanks for the information about music on vinylI have bought quite a few of these and the price for them is not cheap! This work is written by US Government employees and is in the public domain in the US. Although none of that describes sound quality it's still a help on some level knowing what's what. How do I go about researching who is issuing what? Glad someone else noticed. So while it's true that this LP sounds as if the movie soundtrack was being played through an old radio, I feel that the people at Doxy put their best effort on giving the collectors a high quality product, at least regarding manufacturing. ". They sound great. A look a the photos of the tape boxes that appered in the box set were very revealing. We will let you know before it is started. Would be a great idea for a reissue. To: contact@hdtracks.com Never again. Then the labels mentioned above, steer clear of anything from Doxy, it is virtually guaranteed to be 44.1/16. Lack of provenance and of relying on familiar "Good Housekeeping"-style labels are pervasive. It was my first MFSL and nearly my last. Didn't know there was an analogue version of Modern Times. That's the way it works. This is my biggest grievance with vinyl toady. The albums were subsequently re-cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, this time using the analog master tapes, and they sound fantastic. Also Traffic's "Shoot Outn At The Fantasy Factory", which I bought the week of release in 1973, featured EDITED versions of 2 tracks. Not a single one I've heard comes even close to the OG presses. This is a really good article and makes a very good point. The bottom line is, be careful. I had the original European vinyl. I use a V15 VMR on a variety of turntables, and MoFi has been pretty noisy. great sounding Is Audio Intelligent's Enzymatic Stylus Cleaning Fluid Safe For Your Ortofon Bonded Stylus? Wasn't terribly impressed with it, either. Are the HD Tracks files really Hi Rez? The conversion's resolution depends on the sample rate and bit depth. It's a Universal remaster. After I cleaned out the mass, I used my Record Doctor V vacuum record cleaner with a small mix of distilled water and 99% isopropyl alcohol and sucked out the residue. And in the end, I believe we would be better served by greater transparency about sources and mastering because the current atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion not helpful. Not so much but I wouldn't blame Bell Sound. The only way to teach these companies that won't clearly state the source of a recording is to not buy their records. 328 Compass Poin, Hermitage, TN 37076 is a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 2,371 sqft single-family home built in 1997. I've lost count I must say. This is a defect known as stitching - a mechanical defect, which is both visual and audible. Apart from the ones mentioned, it gets really difficult to work out what sources are. It's a nice and heavy, 180g record, and the label and spindle hole were also top-notch. Heaven only knows how they got here and in the surprisingly good sound quality. Having only just started to re-build my vinyl record collection, advice like this is invaluable! I would like to say that I am more of the persuasion that record companies are ripping everyone off by knowingly releasing an inferior sounding product to keep the "remaster" business going. I think Doxy is an Italian label. I have bought a couple of records from this label for $15+tax: Ray Charles and Grant Green, and found the quality to be poor. There is a limited vinyl 12" that came out for record day with 3 or 4 versions of "Get it on", Accoustic, Electric and a boogie version! I have had horrible luck with new issues. The Doors, Box set from a few years ago, 192/24k digital. Some say dub tape, some say corrected copy tape etc. Hi! Call me crazy but I think this would sound much better. Review Explosion: Post Malone, 070 Shake, Merzbow, & Whitearmor, More Notes on the Rolling Stones Reissues, High End Munich 2022 Analog Coverage Day 3, Munich High End 2022 Day Two - Action-Packed Analog, Review Explosion: The Smile, Liam Gallagher, Harry Styles & Ethel Cain, Vinyl Review Explosion: David Bowie; Tyler, The Creator; The Weeknd; Lola Kirke, The World's Best High-End Munich 2022 Analog Coverage, 40th Anniversary Mobile Fidelity "One-Step", Rega Research io Integrated Amp With Built-in Phono PreampA Cautionary Tale, Schiit's Mani 2 MM/MC Phono Preamp Goes to the Head of the Budget Phono Preamp Class, Goldring Launches New Eroica HX H.O. http://disc.gs/Review. It is HUGE. The German Horzu pressing of Magical Mystery Tour is of course incredible compared to all the rest. Another fact. Born in the mid-eighties with the publication of some vinyl records by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, he later released CDs of the world's leading opera, symphonic and chamber artists. Leonard Cohens"10 new songs" also digital. This property is not currently available for sale. Leonard Cohen - the 4 men with Beards reissues - "Apparently" all Hi-Rez digital Bryan Ferry, Dylanesque, 96/24. Too bad they usually screw up the reissues, in my opinion knowingly. Sundazed always sounds good. I have to agree concerning the 4MwB pressings. They did not respond. The Hoffman/Gray re-issues from Analogue Productions and Music Matters are spectacular, and a benchmark for how an audiophile re-issue should be made and marketed. I'm sure I'm not making this up, I have a distinct memory of buying a Stevie Wonder album, I think it was Innervisions, on the 'Music Lovers' label that sounded dreadful and if I was in any dohbt that the source used wasn't analogue, or in any way near the master, you could hear the CD that was used to cut the vinyl actually skipping. Here is the confirmation I recently received from them: "Thank you for your interest in Exhibit Records. Great article, and critical subject matter. However, the LP reissue is 44.1/24 and compressed. Vinyl Lovers definitely cuts from CDs. These were widely anticipated in Japan, but soon after they came out, a number of independent specialist retailers in Japan stopped selling them, citing the dubiousness of the sources, indeed, some audio journalists published in Japan did a detailed comparison to originals, and also expressed serious doubts about the validity of the sources. The Wah Wah label from Spain has reissued tons of obscure 70s records from France and Germany that I am glad I am able to own in the vinyl format, regardless of the source. Nice article, Mikey. I have not yet tried any of their jazz releases. I wonder if DCC used an original master tape on more than just a handful of their releases. The same problem exists for audiophile CD reissues also. 2) we don't know what we cut this LP from. They are taking advantage of the EU law that puts stuff beyond a certain age in the public domain. Surely pulling random copies and checking for problems is something that should be done by the pressing plant in the production cycle? Consider The OXFAM Online Record Store, Platter World in Garfield, NJ Closing End of December, 2014, Record Score of the Day at The Princeton Record Exchange. In my opinion, 10 new songs suffered a bit from some wierd Pro-tools sounding stuff. There are others too. Yup, "Old Ideas" on vinyl sounds remarkably better than the CD that came with it. I own a ton of Music On Vinyl records and I have always thought they sound great but i'm a vinyl noob and only have about $3000 worth of gear so maybe i'm not hearing what you hear. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ermitage research. The T-Rex "Electric Warrior" reissue is also "apparently" Hi Resolution digital, though I haven't heard it. For example, CD-quality audio has a sample rate of 44.1kHz, meaning the sound is sampled 44,100 times per second, and 16 bits of data are recorded per sample. Price: 85. 4 Men With Beards? ________________________________________. Not very, I'd say. These were all sourced from Capitol submasters and not EMI originals. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall recent reissues, both 96/24k this can result in this site earning a commission. Audiokarma is about to undergo a server change and upgrade. Great article and followup posts. How It Sounds on Vinyl The First & Only Vinyl SQ Database , Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service, Well mastered records sound better bigger, clearer, wider, more coherent and louder. I m waiting for an answer of Mr Michael Fremer. ", Let the world know what you think about a record: Write a Review on Discogs! Music Lovers = we make money by cutting corners not by cutting from masters. Look at the job Sony Legacy did with Bernard Purdie's Soul Drums. Well if not ripped off most grossly inconvenienced due to sending stuff back in the post time and time again. Great article Michael. Bought it anyway, and wasn't super happy. He did this work : Awful! How do these rate? I have bought a lot of reissues years ago without the knowledge of digital to vinyl sacrilege that I now know about. There are so many recordswith that common "180G" gold on black sticker..when I see that sticker, I assume its straight up transfer of a CD to vinyl by whichever summer intern in the office shows a bit of apptitude. To: martin

. I might back off those Ermitage records and keep looking. BTW: the Mobile Fidelity MMT CASSETTE has side two in real stereo, like the German MMT LP! Miller Industries is seeking to fill the position of Quality & Regulatory Assurance Engineer at our Hermitage, PA facility. West Hollywood, CA 90069". I have some Elvis gold CDs that sound better. Their website states this: As for our sources; We are provided with the best possible (analogue) masters available. resolution unknown. And there there are those boots with those 180 gram gold and black stickers used by gray area companies like Scorpio. Anyone can go in, open a new record, and put in the info. Their stuff so far as I know is just CDs pressed to vinyl. Built-in safeguards against potential adverse events. With or without the compression from Marcussen - the masher - mastering??? The approach for control of quality records is to identify the records required in each of your procedures to support or provide objective evidence that the procedure has been followed. The Chess Masters reissue, it was done all analog by Steve Hoffman. This study identifies and describes current uses of EMR data for performance measurement and considerations to further its potential in the Canadian context. I remember purchasing some, and quickly learning my lesson. "I have not been at liberty to reveal sources on mastering since around 2000. I guess I have to stick with mainly used vinyl. At least one track on it was on the ZYX reissue. If you're talking about the Rhino Electric Warrior, I don't know what it was cut or sourced from, but the record itself was noisy, and I was not impressed with the sound. Bob Dylan Bootleg Series 8, Tell tale signs; 44.1/16k digital. I'd like to throw in my two cents: Avoid anything released by the Italian reissue label Get Back records. If it's a CD, which is probably is, then it's an excellent sounding CD. But it is so long that it has become difficult to mine for relevant information. Many of them were cut at places like Bell Sound that used dupes of dupes for cutting, and they sound awful. or maybe try one of them since the price is low. Maybe the Hankersons (owners of Blackground) were out to make a quick buck? I purchased this album with that information in mind. This is supposed to sound good. You have made a very serious charge. You can hear it here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/bernard-herrmann-alfred-hitchcock-psycho- and I want to say that, while it's definitely not an "audiophile sound quality" release, I'm truly impressed with the quality of the record itself. The jacket and the sleeve are high quality, and the vinyl looked really nice when I inspected it under normal lighting. My reference recording is Sheffield Lab's direct to analogue recording of James Newton Howard & Friends. 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