Common Music Group’s catalog division, UMe, is launching a brand new vinyl reissue collection tailored for audiophiles and collectors. Vinylphyle, launching on November 14th, will reissue a few of historical past’s most important albums with distinctive sound high quality, new essays and first-class presentation.
The collection launches subsequent month with 4 landmark albums: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Exodus (1977), The Band’s Northern Lights–Southern Cross (1975), and Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” (1962).
Vinylphyle distinguishes itself from different reissue collection’ by means of uncompromising manufacturing requirements. Every launch options all-analog mastering from unique supply tapes by among the business’s most esteemed engineers— the inaugural 4 titles had been mastered by Joe Nino-Hernes of Sterling Sound. Every file is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl at File Expertise, Inc. (RTI), the famend Southern California audiophile urgent plant.
The packaging on every reissue will match the audio in superior high quality, pairing archival pictures, art work and liner notes with new essays from outstanding music and artwork critics. The primary 4 releases function informative and lyrical new writing from The Needle Drop founder Anthony Fantano (The Velvet Underground & Nico); filmmaker and DJ Don Letts (Exodus), music journalist Rick Florino (Northern Lights–Southern Cross), and author James Ritz (“The Christmas Song”).
“This series is built on uncompromising quality,” Bruce Resnikoff, UMe’s President & CEO, shared in a press release. “All albums have been meticulously mastered by renowned mastering engineers from analog and packaged with the utmost care and attention to detail.”
Following its launch, Vinylphyle goals to launch two albums month-to-month, constructing a library spanning a number of genres and eras. The inaugural choices signify numerous musical territories, however every underwent the identical intensive qc and considerate compilation, from mastering to urgent and printing. All in all, UMe’s assure with every Vinylphyle buy is a “superb final product.”
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