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Thanks Myles. Everyone support the good guys!

Bruce
 
Yes I have posted about this but since you brought it up let me offer a couple of updates on the subject.
Jonathan Horwich from International Phonograph Inc. is actually making all new "purpose recordings" just for R2R, no CD no LP, just tapes!
He is recording Chicago Jazz musicians in one pass, no manipulation, no tom foolery at all.
To my thinking that is some news worth talking about for the Analog Tape Movement (ATM).

Jonathan gave me a copy of his first recording at RMAF 2012, I played it many times and people liked it quite a bit.
Here is what Robert Harley editor of The Absolute Sound posted on the TAS web site. Interesting I think since Robert's assignment was to report on speakers under $20K and we had $25K speakers in the room. At the time Robert commented to us that he really liked the tape and seemed very interested in the techniques Jonathan used on the recordings. I understand that Robert was a recording engineer some years back and had used R2R for recording during his career.

Rocky Mountain Show Report
Robert Harley on Loudspeakers Under $20,000
by Robert Harley|Oct 16th, 2012


The Von Schweikert VR-44 Active loudspeaker benefited from a most unusual source: a jazz recording made exclusively for release on open-reel tape made directly from the master. The label, International Phonograph Inc., uses purist techniques and vintage microphones for its tape-only releases which are priced at $150 per title.
The sound had an uncanny sense of realism played back through the latest United Home Audio UHA-Q Phase 11 tape machine.
 
I met Jonathan at RMAF and have just received 2 tapes this morning. Josh Berman Trio, Chicago Retro and Warne Marsh, At The Ice House. I will post pix and comments later this weekend.
 
Atm

Yes I have posted about this but since you brought it up let me offer a couple of updates on the subject.
Jonathan Horwich from International Phonograph Inc. is actually making all new "purpose recordings" just for R2R, no CD no LP, just tapes!
He is recording Chicago Jazz musicians in one pass, no manipulation, no tom foolery at all.
To my thinking that is some news worth talking about for the Analog Tape Movement (ATM).

I like it :D
Enjoy The Ride :cool:
 
Good evening all,

Mr. Jonathan Horwich is a very fine gentleman who loves jazz. I purchased the Clare Fischer, Per Henrik Wallin and the Warne Marsh tapes from him and love them. As a matter of fact, these were my first reel to reel tapes running at 15ips.

The sound was good, but I am looking for much better when I get my Tascam 42-2B back from the gentleman who is building my outboard tube reel playback pre amp with seperate power supply. I took my tape deck in to him yesterday so that he can set it up to play IEC tapes as well as running cables from the playback heads out for use with my pre amp. He will also modify it so that I can use the internal
electronics or the outboard tape pre amp. I am not rushing him and told him to take his time. I believe he is one of the best tech/engineers in Georgia.

jazzbo :)
 
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Heartily agree with the above.

Myles, you've got me interested in the Claire Fischer!

Bruce
 
Heartily agree with the above.

Myles, you've got me interested in the Claire Fischer!

Bruce

The price is right. :)

http://news.allaboutjazz.com/news.php?id=97771#.UI3fB2l26jM

An early moment of genius from the young Clare Fischer – one of his first sets for a larger ensemble, and the start of years of great work to come! Previous Pacific Jazz sessions featured Fischer in a piano trio – but this album lets Clare loose on a host of his own inventive arrangements – a set of charts and compositions that easily move between the modern and the groovy – sometimes using offbeat tones and sounds that rival the best that Ellington or Gil Evans had to offer – other times coming across with this fluidity that's a perfect summation of the way that Fischer pulled together all of the California cool of the 50s, and managed to come up with something completely fresh for the 60s! The modern edges will come as a real surprise to those who only know Fischer's more easygoing work – and in addition to Clare's own work on piano and organ, the record also features Jerry Coker on tenor, Gary Foster on tenor and clarinet, Jack Nimitz on bass clarinet and baritone, Sam Most and John Lowe on flutes, and Don Shelton on alto – all working with reed interplay that's completely sublime. Titles include "Bittersweet", "Igor", "Canto Africano", "Extension", "Passacaglia", and "Ornithardy". © 1996-2012, Dusty Groove, Inc.
 
A pity , no sampler....

I think if you ask Jonathan, he can send you one. If not, when I'm finished, I'd be glad to send you mine for you to listen to.
 
Hello "Listens2Tubes",

It's wonderful how technical you are in order to get photos of the tapes on the forum. And, you've hit it right. I don't understand how Jonathan can do what he does for the low, low, low prices he charge. And the music is awesome. I am totally pleased with all 3 or the recordings I have purchased to start my collection. Thanks for this posting sir.

jazzbo
 
There's nothing like a well-packed reel (!)

I didn't see much on the website in the way of equipment or technical information related to the recording/dubbing process. Is there anything included with the tapes?

Tom
 

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