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Jazz at the Pawnshop * LATE NIGHT
NUMBERED DELUXE 2 Tape edition
WHY LATE NIGHT?
At the end of the evening, before packing their instruments to go home, jazz musicians often will play a set for themselves. These tapes hold the recording of such a moment, as the famous Jazz at the Pawnshop group play with longer solos, leaving themselves more liberty to spontaneously explore the many jazz possibilities of the songs, and having fun. These discovered recordings were mastered by 2xHD's René Laflamme and released under the appropriate title.
LATE NIGHT.
A special moment when musicians play for their own pleasure.
The numbered package includes two audiophile SM900 tapes recorded at 15 ips in CCIR (also available in NAB), on two balanced metal reels manufactured in Germany by Feinwerktechnik allgäu and an elegant booklet.
2XHDNS-TD1244
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
JACO PASTORIUS * TRUTH, LIBERTY & SOUL
NUMBERED DELUXE 2 Tape edition
There have been many guitar gods, but there’s never been an electric bassist as deified as Jaco Pastorius.
- Michael J. Agovino
This live album by Jaco Pastorius and the Word-of-Mouth Big Band, featuring harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as special guest, was recorded in analog 24 tracks by the Record Plant mobile truck at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC on June 27, 1982 as part of George Wein's Kool Jazz Festival. The original 2 track master tapes were found recently and were used for this Deluxe edition. (Previous digital download versions were released from a digital remix of the 24 tracks). What we have here is the direct copy of the original pure analog 2 track mix.
The numbered package includes two audiophile SM900 tapes recorded at 15 ips in CCIR (also available in NAB), on two balanced metal reels manufactured in Germany by Feinwerktechnik allgäu and an elegant booklet.
2XHDRE-TD1245
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
BEN WEBSTER * STARDUST
NUMBERED DELUXE 2 Tape edition
The nickname “The Brute and the Beautiful” was aptly given to Ben Webster. He became famous for his beautiful sound which gave his ballad playing a unique touch of tenderness, while his playing in faster tempos was virile and filled with growl. Webster is among that exclusive hierarchy of jazz artists to whose consistent excellence there can never be an over-abundance of recorded testimony. He is regarded as one of the three foremost swing era tenor saxophonists – the two others being Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young.
A must for all Ben Webster fans
The numbered package includes two audiophile SM900 tapes recorded at 15 ips in CCIR (also available in NAB), on two balanced metal reels manufactured in Germany by Feinwerktechnik allgäu and an elegant booklet.
2XHDST-TD1246
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Cantate Domino
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
This amazing album is widely regarded as one of the greatest audiophile masterpieces ever recorded. Appreciated for its superb sound quality in the recording of choral and solo voices recorded by legendary sound engineer Bertil Alving in 1976, it set a new benchmark in sound engineering. Opening with Enrico Bossi’s “Cantate Domino” for choir, organ, trumpets and trombones, the choral album includes a superb performance of a number of Swedish folk songs as well as pieces by Handel, Otto Olsson, and others.
The package includes two audiophile SM900 tapes recorded at 15 ips in CCIR (also available in NAB), on two balanced metal reels manufactured in Germany by Feinwerktechnik allgäu and an elegant booklet
2XHDNS-TB1235
Audiophile reels, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Jazz at the Pawnshop
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
2xHD is proud to offer this deluxe double reel tape version of one of the most famous audiophile cult recordings. Jazz at the Pawnshop is widely regarded as a reference recording, one of the most natural-sounding live jazz reproduction of all time.
The package includes two audiophile SM900 tapes recorded at 15 ips in CCIR (also available in NAB), on two balanced metal reels manufactured in Germany by Feinwerktechnik allgäu GmbH and an elegant booklet.
This is a historically significant album.
2XHDNS-TB1232
Audiophile reels, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
NAGRA 70th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
One of the world’s Audiophile innovators collaborated with 2xHD for this musical selection to celebrate this important milestone.
2XHDFT-TB1223
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
BILL EVANS * SOME OTHER TIME: The Lost Session from the Black Forest
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
The recordings on these tapes constitute the material from a June 20th, 1968, studio session recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) and Joachim-Ernst Brendt in Germany's Black Forest. This is no ordinary recording. This enthralling Bill Evans session was recorded five days after a famous performance at the 1968 Montreux jazz festival by Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Verve's Montreux live recording won a Grammy, but this studio session has been in the vaults ever since.
2xHD received Positive Feedback's ‘Best Sounding album of the year' award for this album two years in a row.
2XHDRE-TB1044
Audiophile reels, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
MONTY ALEXANDER * LOVE YOU MADLY
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
This 2021 winner of PF's Writer's Choice Award, recorded in 1982 by the legendary Mack Emerman, documents an underrepresented chapter of Monty's recording output, live at Fort Lauderdale's Club Bubba. It's Monty at his best, with a great band and incredibly high energy performance.
2XHDRE-TD1187
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
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BUZZ BRASS * Holt’s 'The Planets'
Deluxe 2 Tape edition
A strikingly rich and dramatic new recording of this spectacular original orchestration for brass quintet and organ. The power, energy and depth of field on this recording were obtained placing 2 Neuman U67 microphones on Gemini lifts at a height of 75 ft and recorded on a ¼” AMPEX 354 vacuum tube tape recorder in NAB eq curve.
2XHDFT-TB1213
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$995.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
TRIO DE CURDA * LIBERTANGO
The wonderful Trio de Curda performs a program of Tango and Latin music, built around Astor Piazzolla's monumental “Libertango”, which gives this album its name.
Recorded “off-the-floor” on 1/4″ Analog Tape on a Nagra IV-S Tape Recorder in CCIR eq curve, with no overdubs and no editing. This is a wonderful, spontaneous, direct recording by René Laflamme at L'Église St-Jean Baptiste in Montreal on October 28, 2019. Only one Neumann Stereo Tube Microphone (SM69) was used in the Pure Blumlein microphone technique.
2XHDFT-T1182
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
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Liber Tango is a killer recording in either analog format. This Blumlein miked recording using a single Neuman stereo SM 69 tube microphone feeding a Nagra IVs tape machine features the Trio de Curda performing nine compositions (eight on LP with the track "Pedacito de Cielo" omitted) from famed Argentinian tango master, composer, arranger and musician Astor Piazzola. The trio covers many familiar Piazzola pieces including the cover title "Libertango" (meaning liberty and tango in Spanish) that heralded Piazzolla's break from classical to tango nuevo and its jazz and classical elements. This recording is extremely natural sounding and replete with effortless dynamics and detailed low frequencies. The airiness surrounding the cello and bass on the tape is something special! It's like the trio are performing in your room. Highest recommendation!
- P.F Writers’ Choice Award 2024
Audiophile Analog Collection Vol. 2
From the worlds of jazz, blues, percussion ensembles, world music and classical music, this is a special compilation of analog audiophile recordings at their best, with emphasis on great sound. "This album is stunning to say the least. A reference level stuff! Do not miss this release when it's up for grabs. It really shows what a high-end system is capable or lack of! Monoandstereo.com review Jan. 2020
2XHDFT-T1167
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
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Shirley Horn - Softly
The reflective mood of this album captures the late night intimacy of the recording sessions. Shirley Horn's performances here, surrounded by devoted friends, protected from the time-is-money anxiety and clinical ambiance of commercial recording studios, is more introspective and emotionally intense than anything she has recorded to date.
The lady is really amazingly on target with her approach to every tune she had chosen to perform in this album. Seldom will a recording session yield only indispensable tracks. This Shirley Horn studio visit did.
2XHDJA-T1140
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Bill Evans " Top of the Gate " Vol. 1
This is the only Bill Evans recording from The Village Gate ever released, offering listeners a table at the front of the stage for a stellar performance by one of jazz's greatest trios. The lineup that night consisted of three musicians in their prime: Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell. Recorded by George Klabin with an analog tube console.
2XHDRE-T1052
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
THE L.A. NETWORK - DAVE BRUBECK REDUX
This recording was made ‘off-the-floor' in 2 tracks at 15 ips, using the purest audiophile analog techniques, capturing the energy and joy of three brilliant young musicians playing together as one, seizing the well-known compositions and making them freshly their own.
2XHDRE-T1162
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
BILL EVANS * SOME OTHER TIME: The Lost Session from the Black Forest VOL 1
The recordings on this album constitute the material from a June 20th, 1968 studio session recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) and Joachim-Ernst Brendt in Germany's Black Forest. This is no ordinary recording. This enthralling Bill Evans session was recorded five days after a famous performance at the 1968 Montreux jazz festival by Evans, bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette. Verve's Montreux live recording won a Grammy, but this studio session has been in the vaults ever since.
2xHD received Positive Feedback's ‘Best Sounding album of the year' award for this album two years in a row.
2XHDRE-T1044-1
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Audiophile analog collection vol. 1
From the worlds of movies, blues, percussion ensembles, world music & jazz, this is a special compilation of analog audiophile recordings at their best, with emphasis on execution and great sound. A must for the reel-to-reel enthusiast.
2XHDFT-T1143
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
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Buddy Tate / Harry Edison - I Cried For You
Here is a beautiful partnership between one of the more individual tenors from the swing era the distinctive Buddy Tate, and the always swinging Harry “Sweets” Edison who got the most mileage out of a single note and is immediately recognizable within a note or two for his long-used repetition and simplicity.
2XHDJA-T1144
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
The L.A. Network - Ella on our Mind
Recorded 'off-the-floor' in 2 tracks at 15 ips with no overdubs or edits, with the purest audiophile analog techniques, this recording of Ella favourites captures the dynamics of singer/musicians Aubrey Logan and Bill Cantos and friends from the L.A. Network's outstanding pool of jazz musicians and singers. ELLA ON OUR MIND is the second of a series of audiophile L.A. Network reocordings.
2XHDRE-T1168
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Moussorgky - Pictures at an exhibition - Ravel Orchestration
Moussorgky's stunning suite written in honour of a painter friend was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition. Each of the movements represents one of the drawings or artworks on display. The depth and timbre in the sound of this recording of the Ravel's orchestration was fully captured by the use of only two omnidirectional mics on 1/4" analog tape at 15 ips.
2XHDJD-T1035
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.
Piltch & Davis - Take one
This truly intimate and personal acoustic jazz album was recorded ‘off the floor’ on analog 1/2” tape at 30 ips, non-Dolby, with no overdubs – a wonderful spontaneous fusion of spirit.
The David Piltch and Aaron Davis duo has been appreciated by audiophiles since their early 90’s performances as part of the Holly Cole Trio in the classic albums: Don’t Smoke in Bed and Girl Talk.
2XHDAR-T1036
Metal reel, 15 IPS CCIR tape, also available in NAB
$500.00 USD + shipping
Shipped within 3 weeks.