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  Sonny Rollins - Go West! (The Contemporary Records Albums) [CR00434 USA 2023 3LP 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] As parts of the Contemporary Records reissue series, Craft Recordings/Concord went to the great Bernie Grundman to cut this three LP set all-analogue from the original master tapes. Usually this series went to the Quality Record Pressings plant in Salina, Kansas however RTI in Camarillo performed the pressing matters, likely because QRP are a little busy pressing Steely Dan reissues. QRP's parent company Analogue Productions did release their own version of the Way Out West album all analogue a few years back, cut by Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman - you will pay a small fortune for that 45rpm release these days, but not as much as the silly price required for  The Electric Recording Co. release from 2020. Original 1957 pressings of this album also fetch princely sums and the current market has been awash with low-quality, dubiously sourced versions for a while now. This s...

  Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus [APRJ 7076 USA 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] This Sunday's jazz masterpiece comes courtesy of a 'found' box of extra jackets in the Analogue Productions warehouse, hence this new very limited repress of Sonny Rollins' mono masterpiece, as part of the label's Prestige Mono Series.  The original was recorded by Rudy Geller at his studio in Hackensack, NJ in 1956 and released on Prestige in 1957. This new release uses those original reels, it is mastered by Kevin Gray and pressed at QRP in Kansas.  A1 St. Thomas A2 You Don't Know What Love Is A3 Strode Rode B1 Moritat B2 Blue Seven