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Vince Guaraldi Trios GRAMMY Award-winning, breakthrough album, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, is the fourth release in our Small Batch series a carefully curated one-step lacquer process collection thats devoted to creating the highest quality reissues of legendary recordings from our vast catalog.
As with previousSmall Batchpressings, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus wascut from its original analog tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundmanandpressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTIusingNeotechs VR900 compoundandaone-step lacquer processas opposed to the standard three-step processallowing forthe utmost level of musical detail, clarity, and dynamicswhile reducing the amount of surface noise on the record. The limited nature of these pressings guarantees that each record is a true representation of the original lacquer and is as close as the listener can get to the original recording.
Released in April 1962, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus made Guaraldi a household namethanks, in large part, to the irresistible sounds of Cast Your Fate to the Wind. In 1963, the song earned Guaraldi a GRAMMY for Best Original Jazz Composition. Over the years, it would be covered by a range of artists, including Quincy Jones, George Benson, Allen Toussaint, the James Gang, and Mel Torm (who added lyrics). Perhaps most famously, however, the tune caught the ear of television producer Lee Mendelson, who was searching for a musician to score a documentary about PEANUTS creator, Charles M. Schulz, and his popular comic strip. While the film was never released, Guaraldi recorded the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas the following yearcreating one of the best-selling jazz and holiday albums of all time in the process.
This Small Batch edition is limited to 3,000 copies worldwide. Each pressing is individually numbered and encased in a foil-stamped, linen-wrapped slipcase featuring an acrylic inset of the original artwork. The vinyl discextractable through a unique, frictionless ribbon pull-tabis housed in a reproduction of the albums original, tip-on jacket and protected by an archival-quality, anti-static, non-scratching inner sleeve. Rounding out the package are new liner notes by Derrick Bang, the foremost Guaraldi historian and author of Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (McFarland & Company).
Please note, due to the limited nature of this pressing there is a strictly enforced, per-household limit of two copies. Product is excluded from discount code offers.
Expanded Deluxe Edition of the album also available on 3-LP, 2-CD and 24-trackdigitalconfigurations (inc. Hi-Res.).Click here for more details.
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