The Wonderful Sounds Of Quality Record Pressings Various Artists on Hybrid Stereo 2 x SACD. Music Handpicked by Chad Kassem and the Team at Reference Recordings; Mastered by Kevin Gray and Featuring Track-by-Track Liner Notes by Michael Fremer.
Celebrate audio craftsmanship with the finest album sampler ever assembled!
The Wonderful Sounds Of Quality Record Pressings includes music handpicked by Chad Kassem and classical music tracks chosen by the team at Reference Recordings.
Every song meets the criteria of excellent performance, perfect recording and flawless mastering. What better way to celebrate such a monumental anniversary — our 10th anniversary for Quality Record Pressings — one of the absolute leading brands in analog high fidelity — than with this to-die-for sampler? Contains most genres of music — blues, jazz, classical, R&B and female vocal. From now on, you'll only need to carry one demo disc around with you.
What separates our world-renowned Quality Record Pressings LPs from other manufacturers? Since Chad Kassem launched QRP in 2011, the focus has been on producing consistently virtually silent vinyl playing surfaces, as well as reproducing details that were hallmarks of vintage labels — the "deep groove" label of Blue Note LPs, for example.
Vinyl expert Michael Fremer, of TrackingAngle and The Absolute Sound, gives you a track-by-track tour of the history and production of the songs on this special album.
Disc One:
- Show Biz Kids - Rickie Lee Jones
- Nobody's Buying - Nancy Bryan
- Angel From Montgomery - Susan Tedeshi
- The Spider And The Fly - Myra Taylor
- Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Rickie Lee Jones
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance Of The Tumblers, From The Snow Maiden
- Mozart: Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 - Andante
- Jack End: Blues For A Killed Cat
- Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite, 1919 Finale
- Driving Wheel - Little Hatch
- You Had Quit Me - Wild Child Butler
- I'll Be Around - Jimmie Lee Robinson
- Last Night - Eomot RaSun
- Walking Thru The Park - Big George Brock
- The Sun Is Shining - Harry Hypolite
Disc Two:
- I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
- Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
- Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
- Rock Me Right - Susan Tedeschi
- Just Won't Burn - Susan Tedeschi
- Sounds Unheard Of (Poinciana) - Shelly Manne
- The Alternate Blues (alternate one) - Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie
- September Song - Chet Baker
- My Foolish Heart - Bill Evans
- 'Round Midnight - Wes Montgomery
- Abangoma - Hugh Masekela
- Stimela - Hugh Masekela