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RE: Tape Project announces their first 3 releases. And I'm drooling already!

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Thanks for the kind words Mike, and thanks also for your subscription. I am very glad (well, relieved might be a better word) you guys will enjoy those titles. But I do encourage everyone to try some titles they may be unfamiliar with as well. Paul has the advantage over most of us of having listened to - to use a technical term - bazillions of titles over his career. From that level of experience he has acquired the ability to pick winners in a broad range of musical genres.

We listened to the original tapes of Waltz for Debby and Creek Bank last night. I know you guys probably think it's easy work, but let me tell you it's a tough job sitting there with a glass of excellent red wine in your hand with some of my best friends in one of the world's greatest mastering rooms, listening to original tapes of classic jazz albums to make sure they are in playable condition. The appetizers were clear out in the lobby, I can't smoke my pipe in the studio, and I even had to trade my sweet spot seat to someone else once.

But I digress. I was raised on jazz and that music creates a particular resonance for me. Mose rules. But interestingly the clincher for me last night was when we put on the 30 ips master of Robert Cray's False Accusations. Michael commented that he had this really strong memory of the feel and the smell of the club where he used to go see Cray play in the 80's when the tape started up. The experience of listening to these tapes is that evocative, and somehow the genre of the music becomes less important.

Obviously since we have made this inroad we hope to do many more titles from the Fantasy catalog in the coming years. And we will continue to take care of the many classical listeners out there too. But we will also be doing a little pop, definitely some classic rock, and I am positive that there will be some serious good blues titles in the catalog as well.



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