Janis Ian - Breaking Silence (Analogue Productions 1/4 Inch 15 IPS Ultra Tape)
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Description
From Acoustic Sounds, Inc., the world leader in audiophile music sales, comes the highest quality analog reel-to-reel tape album reissues — Analogue Productions Ultra Tape!
Twelve masterpiece titles are featured in this new reissue series, each a 15 ips, ¼-inch analog tape copy (IEC equalization) sourced from a copy of the original analog master tape. Transferred real-time, using an ATR-modified Ampex Tape Machine with flux magnetic heads. Custom slipcase cover. The first two titles — Janis Ian's Breaking Silence and Ben Webster's Gentle Ben are releasing before 2016 ends.
On Breaking Silence, Janis' voice is in its purest, most vital form ever. The tracks were recorded as live as possible without sounding retro. This 1992 all-analogue recording, praised as much for the artist's too infrequently heard talents as for its recorded dynamics, sounds utterly fantastic as a 15 ips ¼-inch tape copy. The tape playback brings crystal clear fidelity to the highest and lowest frequency ranges.
Tracks were recorded at Nightingale Studio on a Studer 820, 16-track machine, 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +6/250 nu using Ampex 499 tape. The album was mixed at Bill Schnee Studio to an Ampex ATR 1/2" machine, at 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +3/250 nu on Ampex 499 tape. Produced, engineered and mixed by Jeff Balding. Flat transfer (unmastered) from the original master tape by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
✓ Analogue Productions Ultra Tape reel-to-reel reissues!
✓ Twelve masterpiece titles, each a 15 ips, ¼-inch 2-track (½ track) analog tape copy
✓ Sourced from original master tapes
✓ Transferred using ATR-modified Ampex Tape Machine with flux magnetic heads
✓ Custom slipcase cover - highest quality tape reissue!
Vinyl Playlist:
1. All Roads To The River
2. Ride Me Like A Wave
3. Tattoo
4. Guess You Had To Be There
5. What About The Love
6. His Hands
7. Walking On Sacred Ground
8. This Train Still Runs
9. Through The Years
10. This House
11. Some People's Lives
12. Breaking Silence
PLEASE NOTE: you must have a reel to reel machine capable of playing tape at 15ips (most machines only play 3.75 and 7.5ips which is too slow) and CCIR equalisation (most machines only play NAB). We recommend a well serviced machine like Studer A810, Otari MX-5050, Sony TC880-2, Revox B77 MkIII (only this latest model plays CCIR at 15ips) etc.