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LIM XR 005
February 3, 2004
4:15 (JNH) 30:02 (total)
in print
Amazon, FIM
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| Album credits * Amuseum Written by James Newton Howard and Wendy Smith Howard Published by Newton House Music (BMI) / Lavender Music (ASCAP) The Higher You Rise Wise To The Lines Le Ballade Ron Tutt Jim Keltner Credits for THE SHEFFIELD TRACK RECORD: |
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Keyboards Produced & Engineered by |
Robbie Buchanan, James Newton Howard Lenny Castro Nathan East Mike Landau Carlos Vega Bill Schnee |
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Special thanks to YAMAHA for the use of the CS80 synthesizer and CS70M and GS1 digital synthesizers
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Produced by |
Doug Sax and Bill Schnee Bill Schnee Steve Haselton December 15 and 17, 1980 Sheffield Lab Studios at MGM, Culver City, CA Lincoln Mayorga |
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Producer |
Winston Ma Takeshi Tee Fujii, TBM, Japan Tohru Kotetsu, Chief Mastering Engineer, JVC Mastering Center November 17 and 18, 2002 JVC Mastering Center, Yokohama, Japan K2 XRCD24 Technology JVC, Japan |
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Licensed and marketed by Lasting Impression Music (LIM), an associated label of First Impression Music, Inc., USA
Booklet contains a 4 page story about how the Sheffield Track & Drum Records came together. It also contains a long technical explanation of the mastering technologies used on this album written by Winston Ma.
Comments
This album has a superior sound compared to the previous release of
this album. A special new form of (re)mastering has been developed by JVC,
called XRCD24. Also
called "24-bit Super Analog Sound" it strives to be the best of
both worlds: analog and digital. To make a complex story simple: at the
center of the remastering process is a special K2 24-bit digital
processor, that uses a laser clocking timing system based on rubidium
instead of conventional crystal. That makes the device 10.000 times more
accurate than crystal based devices. XRCD24 produces a normal 16-bit PCM
format, meaning the disc is playable by any CD player without any
additional equipment. JVC also manufactures the CDs themselves
(manufacturing is tightly integrated in their XRCD24 mastering process),
eliminating any chance of sound quality loss (quite often manufacturing
companies don't produce the highest audio quality possible).
This CD contains two famous LP releases from Sheffield Lab for Audio Component Testing and Evaluation: The Track Record (1982) and The Drum Record (1980). James played keyboards on the Track Record and also wrote the track "Amuseum". It's a different and older version than the version of Amuseum that was later released on the James Newton Howard & Friends CD. This CD was also released in 1990 on The Sheffield Drum & Track Record (sound quality of this XRCD is better).