Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds (Small Batch, One Step Pressing) Craft Recordings. Yusef Lateefs 1961 classic, Eastern Sounds, is the second release in our Small Batch series a carefully curated one-step process vinyl collection that is devoted to creating the highest quality reissues of legendary recordings from our vast catalog. Originally released on Moodsville (an imprint of the legendary jazz label, Prestige Records), this pressing of this groundbreaking album will be limited to 1,000 copies. For this reissue, the original analog tapes were sent to mastering engineer Bernie Grundman, who utilized a custom tube pre-amp and analog mixing console with discrete electronicsboth made in-houseas well as a Scully solid-state lathe with custom electronics. Grundmans lacquers were then sent to Record Technology Incorporated (RTI) for plating using the plants one-step process where the lacquers are used to create a convert that becomes the record stamper. Utilizing Neotechs VR900 compound, Eastern Sounds was then pressed on to 180-gram vinyl. Each pressing is individually numbered and housed in a foil-stamped, linen-wrapped slipcase featuring an acrylic inset of the original artwork. The vinyl disc is housed in a reproduction of the original album jacket, complete with tip-on jacket, and protected by an archival-quality, anti-static, non-scratching inner sleeve. New liner notes from liner notes from GRAMMY®-winning music historian, Ashley Kahn accompanies the title. The item “YUSEF LATEEF EASTERN SOUNDS (SMALL BATCH, ONE-STEP PRESSING) CRAFT RECORDINGS” is in sale since Friday, March 26, 2021. This item is in the category “Music\Vinyl Records”. The seller is “purespice” and is located in Chicago, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Artist: Yusef Lateef
- Record Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: Jazz