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Recent comments

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

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 ...

Weather Report: Mysterious Traveller | Paul Brouns - June 22, 2026

I recently bought another edition of Mysterious Traveller - just like this edition it is also multi channel. Its release number is Columbia / Legacy 507657 6 (Europe, 2002).

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Mark Werlin - July 3, 2026

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 ...

Romanticismo Italiano - Quartetto Altemps | breydon_music - June 1, 2026

Thank you for your review of this, Adrian - a welcome bolt from the blue indeed! If anyone wishes to dip a toe in the water a substantial excerpt is available on Challenge ...

Sonny Rollins: East Broadway Run Down | Downunderman - July 1, 2026

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 ...

Pépin: Les Eaux Célestes - Orchestre national de Lyon, Glassberg | Mark Werlin - June 24, 2026

I would like to add some points to those already raised in this discussion thread. There are, to my knowledge, only three remaining SACD production plants: Sony DADC in ...

Romanticismo Italiano - Quartetto Altemps | breydon_music - June 10, 2026

I have the SACD now and have played it a couple of times. In every way this is quite superb - a real discovery in terms of artists and repertoire; I would venture to say one ...

The Art of Mravinsky: Mravinsky in Moscow 1965 & 1972 | EugenF - June 21, 2026

The German label Scribendum are re-manufacturing this 2-SACD "Art of Mravinsky" set (with a program of a 4 hours of music due to the SACD's extended playing time feature) on ...

Bob Marley and The Wailers: Exodus

Analogue Productions  CAPP 180 SA

Stereo Hybrid

Pop/Rock

Bob Marley and The Wailers

All

Comments (1)

Comment by Downunderman - December 16, 2025 (1 of 1)

A very welcome addition to the SACD firmament, though not necessarily a sonic ornament.

The release indicates it was mastered directly from the original analog tape.

Mastered by Ryan K. Smith and seems a pretty flat transfer, though the tape is no sonic marvel.