Various Artists Nagra 70th Year Anniversary Collection Album Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape (2 Reels)

Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape!
Pressed at Le Vinylist in Quebec! Plated by Master Craft!
Featuring Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander & More!
Mono & Stereo 2022 Editors Choice Award Winner!
René Laflamme is one of the most sought-after sound engineers in the industry. In the world of high-end hi-fi, he has earned an excellent reputation for his unfailing instinct for combining audio components for the best possible sound. Companies such as Nagra Audio and Kronos Audio hire him as a representative and seek advice from him. Together with André Perry, founder of the famous "Le Studio" in Québec, he runs the label 2xHD and releases audiophile remasters with the help of sophisticated technology.
The "70th Year Anniversary Collection Album" features tracks by Bill Evans, Louis Armstrong, Monty Alexander, and Buddy Tate, as well as some amazing audiophile tracks recorded with the legendary Nagra IV-S tape machine.
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.
"We have just received the acetate test records. To say that they are stunning is an understatement." -statement from Nagra
"The musical and sonic panacea is served up immediately and in full, with no need to foreground the contrast between sound and music. Laflamme has hit exactly the right sweet spot... The NAGRA 70th Year Anniversary Collection album is not the usual analog ahoy, but a true balm for the soul with precipitating effects and tactile reality checks on all four sides of the Nagra double vinyl album." - Matej Isak, Mono & Stereo Founder

Features:

• Deluxe Edition
• 2 Master Quality Reel To Reel Tapes
• Pure Analogue Copy (AAA)
• 15IPS CCIR EQ tape from the analogue master tape
• One Microphone Analogue Recording
• 2 Audiophile SM 900 Tapes
• 2 Balanced Metal Reels Made in Germany by Feinwerktechnik allgäu GmbH Metal Reels
• 2xHD Mastering by René Laflamme
• Elegant Booklet
• Deluxe Clamshell Box
• Made in Canada

Selections:

Tape 1/2
1. Bill Evans - Very Early
2. Piltch and Davis - Horizontal Blue
3. Buddy Tate - Stardust
4. Shirley Horn - Dindi
5. Louis Armstrong - C'est si bon
6. Marlene VerPlanck - Deep in a Dream
Tape 2/2
1. The L.A. Network - Take 5
2. Monty Alexander Trio - Samba de Orfeu
3. Drum Sound Check - Dynamics demo
4. Marc Vallée Trio - Caméléon
5. The Soldier's March (Igor Stravinsky)
6. Trio de Curda - Oblivion
7. Buzz Brass/Melanie Barney - Mercury, the winged messenger
8. Frédéric Alaire - George