This 2013 SACD used the original 1969 mix of the album and is the first use on digital. For CDs up to this point the 1977 remix had been used.
It was mastered for SACD by ...
Released in May 2026 and based on a 2023 remaster. The tape used and who remastered it does not appear to be on the public record as of now.
One quirk is that the CD layer ...
Downunderman:
According to Blue Note, the Tone Poet LP version of Birth of the Cool "...was mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog phono reel ...
This is the best I've heard this recording on a hi-res medium but some distortion of the sound at climaxes remains, unlike with the Britten War Requiem, which is a terrible ...
Howdy.
My own experience with this new sacd is much different than yours. I found it to be rather well balanced all around. Highly crankable and powerfully subtle. I had a ...
Thanks Mark.
Amazing that the label allowed 75+ year old tapes out of their sight and into outside hands to be mastered........and remarkable they were still in good enough ...
Released in December 2025 and first time on SACD
The album was originally engineered by Rudy Van Gelder and Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound is credited with the "Reissue ...
Released in May 2026 and first time on SACD.
The promotional blurb reads as follows;
"..To commemorate this milestone [The 100th Anniversary of his birth], three titles will ...