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Groove Note Records Announces 1'st R2R Titles

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Groove Note Records is proud to announce its first series of audiophile true studio
master quality reel to reel releases. The first three titles will be launched during the
forthcoming June 2013 THE Show at Newport Beach.

The titles are:
1. Jacintha - Here's To Ben (GRV1001)
2. Roy Gaines - I Got The T-Bone Walker Blues (GRV1002)
3. Anthony Wilson - Jack of Hearts (GRV1046)

All the Groove Note releases will be true 2nd generation masters and will sound as
close to original master reference quality as possible. The original analogue masters
(1/4 or 1/2 inch 30 ips) will be replayed off the highly modified and rebuilt Studer A80
in the Bernie Grundman mastering room via the Grundman EQ board direct to ATR102
reproduction machines (rebuilt and customised onboard electronics) running in slave at
1/4 inch 15 ips.

The mastering and EQ of all the reel to reel titles will be done by Bernie Grundman. All
tapes will include reproductions of the original cover art and a 1K alignment tone.

The SRP of each set of tapes is $600.
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I have a dupe of the "Best of Jacintha" made by Bernie Grundman with Groove Note's permission which I have played at many shows over the years & I can safely tell you that the Jacintha titles are some of the finest sounding music you can find.

Drop by the San Clemente suite during the Newport Show & we'll play some of the Groove Note tapes for you...

Philip O'Hanlon
On A Higher Note

Follow Ups:

RE: Groove Note Records Announces 1'st R2R Titles - Ki Choi 10:42:30 03/11/13 (2)
Hi Philip:

Good news indeed. Although the price seems high but to get as close to the original as possible, it would be well worth admission price.

BTW, which machine would you be using to demo the Grove Notes tapes?

Thanks,
Ki
- RE: Groove Note Records Announces 1'st R2R Titles - Hibernian 15:49:20 03/11/13 (1)
  Hi Ki,
  
  We plan on using the SonoruS ATR 10; which is not only a terrific sounding tube reel 2 reel, but also remarkably reliable.
  
  I paid over $600 for a dupe of the Best Of Jacintha; that was for Bernie Grundman's time and over $200 of tape & metal reels (4). So I doubt Groove Note are making much profit on this transaction, expensive and all as the titles are.
  
  cheers
  Philip O'Hanlon
  - SonoruS ATR 10 (Open in New Window)
  - RE: Groove Note Records Announces 1'st R2R Titles - Ki Choi 12:39:36 03/13/13 (0)
    Hi Philip:
    
    Thanks for your response.
    
    I had pleasure of chatting about R2R machines with Arian at one of the CES'. Without ruffling the feathers too much, I believe the ATR 10 fundamentally is better implementation of existing machine, Studer PR99, than the Tascam BR-20.
    
    I look forward to listening to your tape setup at one of the shows.
    
    Ki
RE: Groove Note Records Announces 1'st R2R Titles - jcmusic 05:45:07 03/07/13 (0)
Looking forward to hearing these, this is just what the tape world needs more releases...
RE: Groove Note Records Announces 1'st R2R Titles - stellavox 04:22:19 03/05/13 (0)
Great and THANKS Philip,

Charles

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