Madeline Bell Blessed With Your Love Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape (1 Reel)

Master Quality Reel To Reel Tape!
Exceptional Audiophile Sound as close to the Original Master Reference Quality as possible!
An Outstanding album! Great arrangements!
Originally released in 2002 on the Baileo Records Label. Well-known covers such as "The Look of Love", "Sail On Sailer", and "Home" but also "Beach Boys Medley" make this Album a celebration of recognition. The edits by Frits Landesbergen are cherries on the vibraphone. With soulful vocals, Madeline Bell delivers a dazzling mix of songs including Bacharach's "The Look of Love", alongside a Beach Boys Medley and more.
Essential Album On Tape You Need To Hear: Many details, a large spacious stage, the instruments and voices natural and recognizable. It is not without reason that sponsors such as Dr. Feikert, Audioquest, Siltech, and Grandinote. Enjoy the closeup of the Van den Hul Crimson XGW Stradivarius Moving Coil Cartridge.
Madeline Bell, "Blessed With Your Love" music on tape of beautifully sung classics. Madeline Bell is an amazing soul singer who deserves but never achieved superstar status. She has backed ‘everybody’, from the Dave Clark Five, through to Elton John and Giorgio Moroder, but has seldom recorded herself. With soulful vocals, Madeline Bell delivers a dazzling mix of songs including Bacharach's "The Look of Love", alongside a "Beach Boys Medley" and more. Spectacular sound quality to stellar performances, all tracks from the original analogue master tape.
Madeline Bell worked both as a solo artist as well as with Dusty Springfield and Serge Gainsbourg. In the UK she was a member of Blue Mink who scored a few top twenty hits. She’s sung with Joe Cocker; had Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones produced her album Comin’ Atcha and did some backing vocals for Elton John’s classic Honky Chateau… plus a whole load more including being part of disco band Space and appearing on Giorgio Moroder’s EMC2.
She’s still singing and performing and this particular album "Blessed With Your Love" was originally released in September of 2002 on the Dutch Label Challenge as simply Blessed and it’s a bit of a belter!
Blessed kicks off with The Look Of Love (Bacharach/David) and sets the laid-back jazzy theme for what is to come. Sail on Sailor is a tune you’ll know the moment you hear it and Bell does a stunning job with it musically it’s nicely done without detracting or taking over from the main course which is Bell’s beautifully silky vocal style…so effortless and unforced!
Madeline Bell was born in Newark New Jersey on July 23, 1942. Madeline was a singer of the Bradford Singers and was part of the English pop group Blue Mink. Madeline is a gospel and soul singer. Madeline has also sung with Dusty Springfield and Donna Summer.
This Tape is carefully copied from a Philips EL3501 master recorder to 6 Philips N4522 recorders. We copy with CCIR equalization with reference level 320 nWb/m on halftrack 1/4" LPR35 tape from (Recording The Masters). Deliver on a special made silver or golden aluminum reel with a cut out STS logo (3X). We did our outmost best to give you the best quality possible, but remember it is analogue technology, there will be always some noise floor (we don't use Dolby) because it will kill the music enjoyment. Please listen with love for that old fashioned analogue recording technique. Make sure that you clean your heads regularly for optimal frequency response.
** 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.
"To begin with, the tapes are supplied in a custom, high quality made aluminum reel with the STS logo. The design is innovative and the color is beautiful. The very small "windows" make it difficult to thread the tape on the hub without leaving a "tape flag" protruding out as I like to thread my tapes, but this is just an small detail. The reel by itself if a collection piece.
"The tape is a LPR35 from Recording the Masters (former BASF) and comes neatly packed in the reel. Then, you have this nice looking cardboard box with the production cover picture labeled to the box. It's a high class presentation, second only to the extremely fancy "Open Reel Records" package. The STS box is a reminiscence of the glorious pre-recorded tapes of the 70's and their 7" boxes with the picture on it. It's easier and cheaper to just send a tape inside a generic box, but NO. STS prefers to spend a little more in order to give the customer something worth of the investment they do on this kind of products.
"Inside, you'll also find the "quality control" certificate, that also serve as the track list and a detailed description of their tape copy process.
"The copies are made from the master running on a Philips EL3501 to a bank of 6 Philips N4522. The equalization is to CCIR standards, 320 nWb, half track format and the sampler I received runs @ 15ips. The recording level was right on the money: not too low and not too loud. Just where it's suppose to be.
"They don't use Dolby, but the noise floor were extremely quiet!
"The sound quality is very good indeed. The instruments timbre is very accurate, the recording space is neatly distributed and you can pin point where're every musician, the stereo image is wide and well distributed with a very detailed presence and transparency. The illusion of "being there" is extremely realistic. I have the impression that this tape was meticulously mastered and if it's so, it was a great Mastering work. As a Mastering Engineer myself, I have found many nice recordings ruined by the Mastering process. Not this one. Well, Fritz has been doing this since the 70's, so, he must know a thing or 2 about recording and sound quality..." - Carlitos Guzman, Mono and Stereo Senior Contributor Writer

Features:

• Studio Master Copy
• 1-Reel Tape
• Pure Analogue Recording
• Carefully copied from a Philips EL3501 master recorder to 6 Philips N4522 recorders
• Analogue Copies from Original Master Tape
• Tape Material: RTM LPR35
• Recording Speed: 15IPS - 38cm/sec
• Rec. Level (mag flux): 320 nWb/m
• Equalisation: CCIR
• Width & Tracks: 1/4" - 2 Track
• Reels: Metal - 10.5" - 26,5 cm
• Each tape is recorded in real time
• Duration Each Tape: Approx. 30 minutes
• Special Made Golden Aluminum Reel with a Cut Out STS logo
• High-Class Cardboard Box Features Production Cover Picture Labeled to the Box
• Specially Made Gold Aluminum Coil with the STS Logo Cut Out
• Quality Control Certificate Included Tracklist & Description of Tape Copy Process

Musicians:

• Madeline Bell, lead vocals
• Edwin Corzilius, acoustic bass, electric bass
• Hans Dekker, drums
• Jeroen de Rijk, percussion, drum programming
• Cor Bakker, piano, synthesizer
• Allard Buwalda, saxophone, flute
• Frits Landesbergen, vibraphone, synthesizer

Special Guests:

• Deborah J. Carter, backing vocals
• Julia Purimahuwa, backing vocals
• Orlando Milan, backing vocals
• Ed Verhoef, guitar

Selections:

1. The Look Of Love 4:23
2. Sail On Sailor 4:26
3. Home 3:10
4. Seasons Of Love 3:17
5. Beach Boys Medley 5:02
6. Good Morning Freedom 3:46
7. Dreams 6:49
8. The Last Laugh 4:06
9. Before I Open My Mouth 3:49
10. I Hate Cold Water 4:01