The Paul Sawtelle Big Band's Live at Pacific Audio Fest: One-Step on 180g 45RPM 2LP. One-Time Pressing Limited to 3,000 Copies. Recorded & Mixed Direct to 2-Track Tape. Mastered by Bernie Grundman. Pressed by Fidelity Record Pressing.

Serendipity and the love of big band music led to the creation of this album.

When Lou Hinkley reached out to Gary Koh about organizing the Pacific Audio Fest in the Seattle area, Gary offered to sponsor a big band through Genesis — if they had a suitable venue. They did, and Gary asked Paul Sawtelle to bring his Big Band.

The joy of the band getting back together after the enforced break of the COVID pandemic was palpable in their performance. The performances at the Pacific Audio Fest 2022 and 2023 were universally acclaimed by the audiences of audiophiles. Led by the Spelleman and Academia Award-winning saxophonist Paul Sawtelle, the Big Band knocked it out of the park that Friday night in 2022. So they invited Paul back to do it all over again in 2023.

The enthusiastic audience channeled that joy right back at the musicians and energized them to greater heights, and it was all captured direct-to-tape on a Nagra IV-S with a pair vintage Neumann TLM50 microphones on SM900 at 15ips. The recording was so good, they decided it had to be shared. They commissioned Bernie Grundman to master the recording, and cut lacquers direct from the 2-track tape. Then, they worked with Fidelity Record Pressing and Paramount Plating for the production. The ultra-premium Old Style Tip-On jacket with included 36-page book was printed by Stoughton Printing.

The Paul Sawtelle Big Band Live at the Pacific Audiofest brings you one step closer to the performance than even a Direct-to-Disc album.

With Direct-to-Disc, there are four intermediate steps between you and the Musicians: Lacquer → Father → Mother → Stamper → Album

With a Direct-to-Tape One-Step pressing, you get one step closer to the Musicians: Tape → Lacquer → Convert → Album

As a One-Step, this album will be limited to 3,000 copies with no re-press or re-issue possible and available as a 45-RPM 180-gram 2-LP set.

Now, Hyper Analogue Production, Brilliance Music and Genesis Advanced Technologies bring the performance to you for your listening pleasure and as a musical reference standard.

Features:

• One-Time Pressing Limited to 3,000
• Direct-to-Tape One-Step
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• 45RPM
• Recorded & Mixed Direct-to-Two-Track by Dr. Phillip Chance & Ki Choi
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Pressed by Fidelity Record Pressing
• Plated by Paramount Plating
• Deluxe Old-Style Tip-On Jacket with 36-Page Book by Stoughton Printing
• Liner Notes by Paul Sawtelle
• Graphic Design by Jaci Sawtelle