The Acoustic Sounds series is designed to appeal to today’s most discriminating fans, looking for the very finest in both artistic content and audio quality.” “Verve and UMe have one of the richest jazz catalogs ever recorded and our goal is to give vinyl and jazz lovers the best possible versions of classic albums. “We are excited to launch our Acoustic Sounds series,” said Bruce Resnikoff, President & CEO of UMe. Additional titles will be announced as the series progresses. ![]() All titles and exact release dates are listed below. ![]() (1959) performed by an all-star orchestra that includes Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Art Farmer and Milt Hinton, among others. November will spotlight Decca Records with Peggy Lee’s first album, Black Coffee (1956), and composer George Russell’s important New York, N.Y. Two of Nina Simone’s legendary Philips albums I Put A Spell On You (1965) and Pastel Blues (1965) will come in September which will be succeeded in October by two from the EmArcy Records vault: Sarah Vaughan’s self-titled 1954 album, the vocal great’s sole collaboration with influential trumpeter Clifford Brown, who is also represented alongside pioneering drummer Max Roach on the hard bop classic, Study In Brown (1955). To begin with, the series will largely focus on some of the most popular albums from the 50s and 60s. The ‘Acoustic Sounds’ series will feature two releases a month highlighting a different storied label spanning Verve/UMe’s extraordinarily rich archive. The releases will be supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world’s largest source for audiophile recordings. ![]() Utilizing the skills of the top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings, all titles will be mastered from the original analogue tapes, pressed on 180-g vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co.in high-quality gatefold sleeves with tip-on jackets. Seeking to offer definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded, Verve Label Group and UMe’s new audiophile vinyl reissue series ‘Acoustic Sounds’ will launch July 31 with its inaugural releases – the sensational collaborations, Stan Getz and João Gilberto’s landmark Getz/Gilberto(1964) and the remarkable Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson(1959).
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