Bill Evans Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate Vol.1 Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape (1 Reel)
Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape!
Make yourself comfortable in the front row of New York's jazz club's Top of the Gate! The recording captures two complete sets by the Bill Evans Trio with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell on October 23, 1968 at Art D'Lugoff's legendary club.
The private atmosphere of the evening is atmospherically captured, the recording quality literally makes the listener sit on stage. Due to the clever microphone placement, the usual audience conversations of the time are kept in the background, the focus is on the great playing of the newly founded trio. The musicians had only just found each other, but the chemistry is already absolutely right; no wonder that years of cooperation followed. Evans fans can look forward to early recordings of some classics from his repertoire, mastered by René Laflamme and André Perry.
This is the only Bill Evans recording from The Village Gate ever released, offering listeners a table at the front of the stage for a stellar performance by one of jazz's greatest trios. The lineup that night consisted of three musicians in their prime: Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell. Recorded by George Klabin with an analog tube console.
Mixed directly on two-track analog tracks, the absolute best sounding format.
Audio tapes from 2xHD guarantees that ultimate quality is preserved from the original master in contrast to vinyl albums, CDs or other formats. The transfer is made to the best magnetic tape on the market today, Recording the master, SM468. This tape has the best Print-through protection and longest storage life.
Based in Montreal and created by audiophile sound engineer René Laflamme and producer André Perry, all 2xHD Tapes are from the original analog master and transfer in analog domain using a Nagra-T tape recorder, modified with high-end tube playback electronics, wired from the playback head. In the high end audio world, René has carved out a reputation for definition of excellence and uses his knowledge and unfailing instinct to match various audio components to create the best all-encompassing sound experience.
For the recording on this tape, the original 1/4" 15 ips NAB or CCIR master tapes were played on a Nagra-T tape recorder, modified wtih high-end tube playback electronics, wired with OCC silver cable from the playback head direct to a Nick Doshi tube head preamplifier. The Nagra T, with its four direct drive motors, two pinch rollers and a tape tension head, is one of the best transports ever made. A custom-built carbon fiber head block and a head damping electronic system permit 2xHD FUSION to obtain more transparency and better 3D imaging. This copy was recorded on a Nagra IV-S 1/4" at 15 ips.
**It is standard practice in all recording studios to keep the tape "tail out". This reduces "pre-echo" and it means that the tape should be placed on the right hand side of the recorder, re-wound and then played.
Features:
- Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape
- Pure Analogue Copy
- 15IPS CCIR EQ tape from the analogue master tape
- One Microphone Analogue Recording
- Transferred to Recording The Masters SM468 magnetic tape
- 2xHD mastering by René Laflamme
- 1 Reel
- Metal Reel
- Made in Canada
Musicians:
- Bill Evans, piano
- Eddie Gomez, bass
- Marty Morell, drums
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