This is the first live vinyl album by the duo Musica Nuda – Petra Magoni and Ferruccio Spinetti recorded during the Musica delle Tradizioni Festival in September 2016 in Vicenza. Thanks to the presence of the public of the Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, Petra Magoni voice and Ferruccio Spinetti double bass have given life to an even more exciting and extraordinary interpretation. VERSO SUD is a journey into the musical South of Italy and of the world in pure Musica Nuda style, that is “instinct and freedom” both in choosing the repertoire and in the way of interpreting it, lightly but never without lipstick.

The mastering for Vinyl was realized by Giulio Cesare Ricci using the system Signoricci entirely analog and tube. The master was made with the AMPEX ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351 -1965) 2 tracks 1 / 2inch 30ips modified by David Manley.

Petra Magoni, voice
Ferruccio Spinetti, double-bass

SIDE A

The Days of Celebration  3.50 (Ziccardi)

Disamistade  4.23 (De André, Fossati)

Samba And Love  3.57 (Buarque, Bardotti)

Amazing Grace 3.32

intro Amara Terra  1.17 (Spinetti, Magoni)

Amara Terra Mia  3.05 (Modugno, Bonaccorti)

Passion  3.35 (Bovio, Tagliaferri, Valente)

Towards the South  1.37 (Spinetti)

Total Time 25.22

SIDE B

Caruso  5.18 (Dalla)

I Know  2.10 (Spinetti)

I Know That I Will Love You  (I Know That You Want To Love You) 1.27 (Sergio Bardotti, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes)

Anema E Core  1.39 (Salve D’esposito / Tito Manlio)

Down with the Double Bass  3.49 (Carosone-Fiorentini)

I Return to the South  4.17 (Astor Piazzolla, Fernando Solanas)

Te Voglio Bene Assaje  4.06 (Unknown, Attributed to Raffaele Sacco..Year 1839..)

O Sole Mio  (BONUS TRACK) 2.31 feat. Fausto Mesolella (Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi)

Total Time 25.21

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It is a concentration of compositions that range between various musical genres with instrumental pieces featuring friends with whom Pierpaolo has collaborated directly and indirectly during his career. An album that welcomes, amplifies and brings together different sensitivities, experiences, professionalism and styles. A journey full of melodic themes written by Pierpaolo, a compositional world that he has carried with him for more than 30 years, developed between friendship and mutual esteem between the protagonists, the desire to exchange ideas, tastes, views and musical techniques and lasting bonds that have given life over time to something that is now called “FRIENDS”.

Each processing phase had a meticulous process, starting from the recording with the band (Fabrizio Morganti drums, Lorenzo Forti bass, Marco Baracchino and Antonello Pudva guitars) in the studio up to a large string orchestra, the CNSO Prague Orchestra directed by Steven Mercurii, to create original electronic sounds, with synths and mostly completely analog outboards. The recording and mixing process respects a classic procedure as much as possible, starting from the effects used up to more modern processing choices. The album contains eleven tracks including Unity machine (feat. Alessandro Martire), Variable timing (feat. Andrea Griminelli), Andromeda’s sky (feat. CARisMAGuitar Duo), The fifth line(feat. Andrea Bocelli) etc….

The mastering for the vinyl was realized by Giulio Cesare Ricci using his analog and tube system. The master was created with Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965), 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips. modified by David Manley.

Pure Analogue Recording, Pure Analogue Cutting, One-Stage Pressing Process, Virgin Vinyl Pressing, Heavy Quality Sleeves, Tube Processed Analog Master, HiFi Reference, Limited Edition 496 copies. Printed in Japan, natural color transparent vinyl

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The recording collaboration with the great violinist Salvatore Accardo, which began 30 years ago, continues. In this project Maestro Accardo masterfully interprets the Sonatas for Violin and Piano n.4 and n.8 by Ludwig Van Beethoven with the pianist Laura Manzini.

I recorded this album at Sala dell’Ermellino – Casa della Musica in Milan on 23th-24th November 2019. For this recording I brought all my equipment both analog (Ampex ATR 102 Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965, 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips modified by David Manley) and digital (Pyramix Recorder, dCS A / D and D / A converters). For this prestigious recording I used the legendary original Neumann U47, U48 tube microphones from the years 1947 and 1949 with a very natural tone using field effect bi-microphone techniques. These microphones have an important history: they are in fact the original microphones used to record, among others, the Beatles performances in the Abbey Road Studio and by RCA for the “Living Stereo” recordings.
The sound I can capture with these legendary microphones is perfectly in line with my sonic taste. No other microphone has such a true timbre and the ability to engrave all the nuances of sound and all the richness of the harmonics. The uniqueness of these microphones is linked to their ability to make a perfect “sound photograph” and to put the music perfectly placed in the sound space chosen for the recording

A state-of-the-art system with no sound manipulation, no equalization, no reverb, no compression and expansion … but natural sound with true timbre to best enhance the acoustics of the Sala dell’Ermellino. Fonè has been offering for 40 years recordings made in the name of technological refinement and aimed at recovering the original musical atmospheres. The result of this recording is fantastic. With this recording I wanted to give the listener a unique experience. It is as if the listener were sitting on an armchair positioned in the ideal point in the Sala dell’Ermellino. In this position the sound has a field effect and its depth, width and height are very noticeable. Great dynamics and great precision.
– Giulio Cesare Ricci, Fone

Salvatore Accardo, Violin
Laura Manzini, Piano

SIDE A

Sonata n. 4 for Violin and Piano in la min. Op. 23
Presto                                                                 8’13”
Andante scherzoso – più Allegretto                    9’04”
Allegro molto                                                      5’54”

Total Time 23’11”

SIDE B

Sonata n. 8 for Violin and Piano in sol magg. Op. 30
Allegro assai                                                       6’55”
Tempo di Minuetto                                              9’19”
Allegro vivace                                                     3’49”

Total Time 20’03”

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With this album continues the extraordinary artistic collaboration between Musica Nuda (Petra Magoni voice, Ferruccio Spinetti double bass) and Fonè Records which has materialised in these years with the publication of numerous albums highly appreciated all over the world. In this album Musica Nuda presents songs by the great Italian singer-songwriter De André, an interpretation not to be missed!

I made this recording at the Piaggio Museum located in Pontedera, the place where Piaggio was born and where it still continues to produce today. For this recording I brought all my equipment both analog (Ampex ATR 102 Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips modified by David Manley) and digital (Pyramix Recorder, dCS A/D and D/A converters).
– Alessio Lotti, producer

The Master has been implemented with Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965), 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips. modified by David Manley. The mastering for Vinyl was made by Giulio Cesare Ricci using Signoricci’s analog and valve system

Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti
This Italian duo’s mission is as simple as it is bold: To make music with the bare necessities — a stunning voice and a double bass — free to trace any music back to its core. The repertoire for singer Petra Magoni and double bassist Ferruccio Spinetti has no boundaries, fusing bits of jazz, rock, punk, songwriting, and classical music. Their artistic power flows from an instinct about the quality of a song, finding its story, the meaning of its lyric, whether dramatic, sarcastic, melancholic, or romantic.

Petra Magoni, Vocals
Ferruccio Spinetti, Double Bass

SIDE A

Ho visto Nina volare De André – Fossati  3’40″
Disamistade De André – Fossati  4’57″
Canzone dell’amore perduto  De André  3’11″
Il gorilla Brassens  3’26″
Morire per delle idee De André – Brassens  6’46″

Total Time 22’00”

SIDE B

Primo intermezzo & Secondo Intermezzo   De André – Reverberi  3’01″
La nova gelosia  Anonimo  3’50″
Girotondo  De André – Reverberi  3’08″
Preghiera in gennaio / Inverno  De André – Reverberi  9’00″

Total Time 18’59”

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Printed in Japan,  natural color transparent vinyl
Pure Analogue Recording, Pure Analogue Cutting, One-Stage Pressing Process, 180gr. Virgin Vinyl Pressing, Heavy Quality Sleeves, 33rpm, Tube Processed Analog Master, HiFi Reference, Limited Edition 496 copies

The Master has been implemented with Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351 – 1965) 2 tracks, 1/2 inch  30ips modified by David Manley. The Mastering for Vinyl was made by Giulio Cesare Ricci using Signoricci’s analog and valve system.

The recording collaboration with the great violinist Salvatore Accardo continues, which began 30 years ago. In this project Maestro Accardo plays with the pianist Maria Grazia Bellocchio. This album contains chamber music by Sergej Prokofiev where the violin is the protagonist: 5 Melodies for Violin and Piano Op. 35bis / Sonata n. 2 in re magg. for Violin and Piano Op. 94bis.

Giulio Cesare Ricci recorded this album in the Sala dell’Ermellino – Casa della Musica in Milano on February 2020. For this prestigious recording he used the legendary original Neumann U47, U48 tube microphones. The Master has been implemented by Giulio Cesare Ricci with Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965), 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips. modified by David Manley. He made the mastering for Vinyl using Signoricci’s analog and valve system. A state-of-the-art system with no sound manipulation, no equalization, no reverb, no compression and expansion … but natural sound with true timbre to best enhance the acoustics of the Sala dell’Ermellino. The result of this recording is fantastic. With this recording he wanted to make the listener live a unique experience. It is as if the listener were seated on an armchair positioned in the ideal point of the Sala dell’Ermellino. In this position the sound has a field effect and its depth, width and height are very appreciable. Great dynamics and great precision.

Salvatore Accardo – Violin
Maria Grazia Bellocchio – Piano

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2021 NativeDSD Album of the Year Winner – Audience Award & Jazz Piano Award

Love You Madly, the 2021 winner of PF’s Writers Choice Award, was captured live in 1982 at Fort Lauderdale’s Club Bubba. Recorded by Criteria Recording Studios’ Legendary Founder Mack Emerman, this is Monty Alexander at his best, with a great band and incredibly high energy performance. Accompanying Alexander on this spirited live date are bassist Paul Berner (Lionel Hampton Orchestra), drummer Duffy Jackson (Milt Jackson, Benny Carter), and percussionist Robert Thomas, Jr. (Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Carlos Santana). It has been converted from the Original Analog Master Tape to 45rpm 200g vinyl by 2xHD Mastering in partnership with Resonance Records.

Drawn from Alexander’s personal collection, the vigorous, imaginative performances on Love You Madly were recorded at the titular Fort Lauderdale, Florida nightclub on August 6, 1982. The recording engineer was the late Mack Emerman, legendary founder of Miami’s Criteria Recording Studios, the state-of-the-art facility where the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, the Allman Brothers Band, and Aretha Franklin, among many others, had cut some of their biggest hits.

The Kingston, Jamaica-born keyboardist had lived in Miami since his family moved there in 1961, and had known Emerman, a Jazz buff who had played trumpet in his alma mater Duke University’s big band, for many years.

Alexander recalls in a new interview with Resonance Records co-president and Jazz Detective Zev Feldman, “Mack just had this idea, ‘Hey, can I come and record you? I’ll bring the truck.’ He already had a remote truck [unit]. So, he brought the truck and he put the mic on the bass and the drums, and the whole thing, and, son of a gun, this tape, which he gave to me, was all a gift.”

In his overview essay, Jazz historian Willard Jenkins says of the resultant recording, “For this date at Bubba’s, Monty Alexander drew up neatly balanced set lists that touched upon several facets of his expansive bag, including standards, ballads, blues, island perspectives and southern exposures ranging as far south as Brazil. Love You Madly provides a wonderful survey of the leader’s gifts and his enormous rhythmic palette on the wings of his consummate piano artistry.”

Hearing this album, you’ll agree with pianist Christian Sands who says: “Listening to Monty is like eating a great meal made by a master chef. He musically cooks with the grits and gravy of the blues, adds the smokiness of NYC swing, all while simmering in the rich island flavors of his Jamaican roots. He satisfies all of the senses and leaves you wanting to hear more.”

Monty Alexander – Piano
Paul Berner – Bass
Duffy Jackson – Drums
Robert Thomas Jr. – Percussion

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The new and rare collection of tracks on this album is a thoughtfully chosen compilation from Ben Webster’s European period (1964-1970). The offer to play for a month at Ronnie Scott’s Club in London in late ‘64, marks a turn in Ben Webster’s career as he settled in Northern Europe, where he spent the rest of his life.

Even if his body declined during his last years, his playing never did. To the last day, Webster played with passion and intensity and his ballad playing became even more beautiful and tender, simplified almost to the laconic and delivered with weight on every note. Webster was one of the unique jazz musicians whose presence came through on every recording. The tracks in this album present a window to that very important period in Webster’s career. Mastered by René Laflamme from the original 15 ips tapes, on all tube equipment.

Sourced from first generation analog recordings without any digital corruption
AAA Audiophile 200g 45rpm double LP
2xHD mastering on Nagra Equipment by René Laflamme
Duplication from the analog master
Cut all analog at Bernie Grundman Mastering, on tube cutting equipment

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From the worlds of Jazz, Blues, Percussion Ensembles, World Music, and Classical Music comes Audiophile Analog Collection, Volume 2. The album features performances by the Marc Vallee Trio, Trio de Curda, Monique Page & Regis Rousseau, Sonny Boy Williamson, Doreen Smith & Bobby Troup, Frederic Alarie & Eric Chappell, Raymond Daveluy, and the Orchestre Mondial conducted by Pierre Hetu.

This is a special compilation of analog audiophile recordings at their best, with an emphasis on execution and great sound. It is a must for the audiophile enthusiast.

Marc Vallee Trio
Trio de Curda
Monique Page & Regis Rousseau
Sonny Boy Williamson
Doreen Smith & Bobby Troup
Frederic Alarie & Eric Chappell
Raymond Daveluy
Orchestre Mondial conducted by Pierre Hetu

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Recorded “off-the-floor” on 1/4″ Analog Tape on a Nagra IV-S Tape Recorder in CCIR eq curve, with no overdubs and no editing. This is a wonderful, spontaneous, direct recording by René Laflamme at L’Église St-Jean Baptiste in Montreal on October 28, 2019. Only one Neumann Stereo Tube Microphone (SM69) was used in the Pure Blumlein microphone technique.

Trio De Curda
José Ariel Palacio, Accordion
Juliette Malgrange, Cello
Lucas Maxit, Double Bass

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Audiophile Analog Recordings Volume 1 is a special gathering of Analog Audiophile 2 Microphone Recordings at their best.  The tracks on the album feature a variety of musical genres including Jazz, Blues, Movies, Percussion Ensemble, Vocals, Soloists, World Music, and Classical Music.

Featured artists on the album include The Frederic Alaire Trio, Art Johnson & Frederic Alaire, Jongieur de la Mandragore, Katjar Percussion Ensemble, The L.A. Network, Muscicus Percussion Ensemble, Marie Saint Onge, and Sonny Boy Williamson.

The album has received high praise and entered the ranks of the DSD Top Sellers at NativeDSD Music on its first day of release!

Frederic Alaire Trio
Art Johnson & Frederic Alaire
Jongieur de la Mandragore
Katjar Percussion Ensemble
The L.A. Network
Muscicus Percussion Ensemble
Marie Saint Onge
Sonny Boy Williamson

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