Eric
Bibb & Needed Time
Spirit
& The Blues
(LP
19401)
Double
LP - 45rpm - 180 gram
In
response to many requests over the years since the release of Eric Bibb´s
breakthrough album “Spirit & The Blues” we are now pleased to make
this available on LP. Since the complete CD is too long to be accommodate
on a regular LP (33 1/3) it was necessary produce a double LP, which in
turn meant that advantage could be taken of the use of 45rpm. The main
advantages of this are that it is possible to increase the cutting level
thus reducing in relative terms the noise of the record. In addition the
increased speed of rotation of the record gives improved high-frequency
performance which is of particularly significance especially in the later
parts of the record as the circumference progressively reduces.
We
would also like to draw attention to the following: A cutting lathe requires
two signals, one feeding the cutter head and the other which gives information
in advance to enable the grooves to be packed in the best possible way
without impinging on adjacent grooves. For this purpose a special tape
recorder is required with one “preview” head for the spacing of the grooves
and one audio head which feeds the cutter. Between the heads the tape makes
a special loop which provides the required delay. Because these very special
tape recorders are becoming increasingly rare, many cutting studios have
resorted to incorporating a digital delay in the signal path in order to
use an ordinary tape recorder. This means that the audio signal in the
record-groove has first been A/D converted, i.e. digitalized, then
digitally delayed then D/A converted back to analogue. Such a vinyl record
is therefore not truly analogue. Needless to say, both LP 9200 and LP 19401
are of course mastered in the old authentic way and are thus analogue all
the way. |