The recordings on this album constitute the material from a June 20th, 1968 studio session recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) and Joachim-Ernst Brendt in Germany’s Black Forest. This is no ordinary recording. This enthralling Bill Evans session was recorded five days after a famous performance at the 1968 Montreux jazz festival by Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Verve’s Montreux live recording won a Grammy, but this studio session has been in the vaults ever since.
2xHD received Positive Feedback’s ‘Best Sounding album of the year’ award for this album two years in a row.
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
Numbered, Limited Edition – Only 100 Copies
2 Master Quality Reel To Reel Tapes
Pure analogue copy at 15 ips, CCIR EQ, from the analogue master tape
Transferred to Recording The Masters SM468 magnetic tape
2xHD mastering by René Laflamme
2 Reels
Metal Reels
Made in Canada
Musicians
Bill Evans piano
Eddie Gomez bass
Jack DeJohnette drums
Selections
Reel 1:
You Go To My Head
Very Early
What Kind Of Fool Am I?
I’ll Remember April
These Foolish Things
Some Other Time
Reel 2:
My Funny Valentine
Baubles, Bangles And Beads
Turn Out The Stars
It Could Happen To You
On Green Dolphin Street