ECM 180g vinyl Reissues

[jap]

ECM recently announced the reissue on 180g vinyl of seven adventurous titles from the label's vast catalog.

Rather than reissuing "the usual suspects" ECM has chosen "free jazz" saxophonist Sam Rivers' Contrasts, Miroslav Vitous Group's eponymously titled second ECM release from 1980, Gary Burton's Seven Songs For Quartet and Chamber Orchestra from 1973, Keith Jarrett's Arbor Zena (a 1975 release with Charlie Haden and Jan Garbarek+ strings), Jarrett's Ritual featuring conductor Dennis Russell Davies playing the Keith Jarrett composition on piano, Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie's Five Years later, and Abdullah Ibrahim's African Piano a solo piano set recorded in a noisy Copenhagen club and reissued more for its musical importance than for its sonics.

If this series proves successful who knows what else might be released on ECM vinyl?

These titles will also be issued on CD and as high resolution downloads.

 

[jfrech]

I bought 3...listened the John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner this am...nice recording

 

[Don C]

ECM vinyl from the analog era is my go to source for 'Modern Jazz" state of art recordings!

Great performances and deep catalog. Will check out these new releases.

Are they sourced (manufactured) from Germany as the original ECM's were?

 

[mep]

Were these originally digital recordings?

 

[rbbert]

Those are all analog recordings. IIRC ECM's first digital recordings were in 1983.

 

[mep]

Those are all analog recordings. IIRC ECM's first digital recordings were in 1983.

Thanks. So that begs the next question: Are these reissues coming from the original master tapes or from a digital file made from the master tapes?

 

[rbbert]

I don't know; the fact that they are being simultaneously released as hires digital (I got the 24/96 "Arbour Zena" and it is excellent) would lead me to suspect digital mastering, but that's only a guess.

 

[flez007]

Ready to order! Thanks!