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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 2, 2026

Thanks for your comments, EugenF. Yes, there was a hard filter used in the Hemiolia SACD mastering that is visible in the spectrogram in my PDF. Since that hard filter doesn't ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - September 23, 2026

The Hemiola label uses production master tapes (tapes sent to LP pressing plants) as the source for their own tape copies, and for the Miles Davis SACD. The Hemiola release ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 1, 2026

A fellow site member kindly allowed me to audition the Hemiolia SACD for review purposes. Based on listening and comparing waveforms, I now think the Hemiolia SACD was ...

In Motion - Andreas Mader & Friends | Adrian Quanjer - September 29, 2026

On several occasions, others and I have expressed concern about the continuity of SACD. Times change, everybody is in a hurry, ears are blocked by daily noise, and the ...

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This SACD released in 2026 and given the age of the recording plus the recording technology/tape stock available in Jamaica circa 1973 it sounds OK for its time. It was ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Mark Werlin - October 3, 2026

Longjohns: Many thanks for the link to the jpc.de discussion thread. In front of me as I write this comment is the MoFi Kind of Blue SACD. On the inside cover, there is a ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | Longjohns and Wifebeaters - October 3, 2026

There is a relevant discussion here on a German site (some of it in English, the rest easily translatable), which states it (the Hemiolia) is derived from Job Reel C. Also ...

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue | EugenF - October 2, 2026

Thank you Mark for you interesting review. I agree with you that album is almost similar with SME SICP-10083. But there are some minor differences: Hemiolia has an aprox. ...

Strauss, Offenbach - Strauss, Fiedler

Universal (Japan)  TYGE-60014

Mono Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Eduard Strauss, Snr: Bahn Frei! (Polka schnell), Op. 45
Josef Strauss: Sphärenklänge (Walzer), Op.235
Johann Strauss, Jnr: Auroraball (Polka), Op.219; An der schönen blauen Donau (Walzer), Op. 314; Unter Donner und Blitz (Polka Schnell), Op.324
Iosif Ivanovich: Valurile Dunarii
Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Eduard Strauss, Jnr (Strauss family works)
Arthur Fiedler

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (6)

• Eduard Strauss: Bahn Frei!, Op. 45
• Johann Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
• Johann Strauss II: Auroraball-Polka, Op. 219
• Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
• Josef Strauss: Sphärenklänge-Walzer, Op. 235
• Manuel Rosenthal: Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne

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