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Nonetheless
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Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless [Vinyl LP]
Nonetheless Vinyl LP
Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless [Vinyl LP]
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Hooked on a feeling
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50 år sedan första svenska USA-ettan. Det svenska musikundret har ett födelsedatum. Det var nämligen den 6 april 1974 som Björn Skifs & Blåblus under namnet Blue Swede nådde förstaplatsen på USA-listan med sin Bengt Palmers-producerade version av "Hooked on a Feeling". Det var också då som ABBA van...
Hooked on a feeling Vinyl LP
50 år sedan första svenska USA-ettan.<br/> <br/>Det svenska musikundret har ett födelsedatum.<br/>Det var nämligen den 6 april 1974 som Björn Skifs & Blåblus under namnet Blue Swede nådde förstaplatsen på USA-listan med sin Bengt Palmers-producerade version av "Hooked on a Feeling". Det var också då som ABBA vann Eurovision Song Contest i Brighton med "Waterloo".<br/><br/>Att "Hooked on a Feeling" var en välskriven låt var inte resultatet av en lyckträff. Den skrevs av den välrenommerade amerikanske låtskrivaren Mark James, som även ligger bakom Elvis-klassiker som "Suspicious minds" och "Moody Blue". Palmers var redan bekant med B.J. Thomas version av låten när han 1971 besökte London. Där fick han höra Jonathan Kings cover, där denne lagt till det berömda "gorilla"-introt. Versionen nådde dock bara plats 23 i Storbritannien.<br/>Låten blev snart en del av Björn Skifs & Blåblus liverepertoar.<br/><br/>"Björn ringde och berättade att livepubliken 'gick bananas' när de hörde den", minns Palmers.<br/>Det beslutades att den skulle spelas in och ges ut som singel.<br/>"Mitt jobb som producent var lätt, eftersom de redan spelat den live och kunde den utan och innan", konstaterar Palmers.<br/>"Vi tyckte dock att Jonathan King hade slarvat bort 'gorilla-kören' lite och såg till att göra introt tydligare och mer kraftfullt", minns Skifs.<br/><br/>Låten nådde förstaplatsen på Tio-i-topp och toppade snart även den officiella svenska hitlistan.<br/>I det här skedet hade en skandinavisk utgivning varit logisk. Det var på den tiden så långt man sträckte sig i sina ambitioner för en svensk akt.<br/><br/>Palmers tänkte större än så. Låten hade överhuvudtaget inte getts ut i USA om inte han hade varit både visionär och envis. Han skickade "Hooked on a Feeling" till det amerikanska moderbolaget Capitol. När de nobbade, skickade han den till alla andra skivbolag i USA - och på den tiden var de många. "Folk i EMI-korridorerna här hemma tyckte nog att jag hade fått hybris, men jag trodde verkligen på låten".<br/><br/>När Palmers berättade för Capitol att CBS hade nappat och ville ge ut den i USA, vaknade Capitol till liv och ville själva ge ut den. Sakta men säkert började den klättra på Billboard-listan och 6 april blev Blue Swede den första svenska akten att få en USA-etta. "Det var som att vinna OS utan att ha tränat", skrattar Skifs. Uppföljaren "Never my love" nådde dessutom sjunde plats i Staterna.<br/><br/>På grund av åtaganden i Sverige - folkparksturné med Blåblus och Skifs huvudroll i musikalen "Godspell" - dröjde det en mindre evighet (fem månader) innan Blue Swede lyckades ta sig till USA för att göra PR. "Hade detta hänt i dag hade artisten i fråga brutit sina kontrakt, släppt allt och tagit första plan till Staterna", konstaterar Palmers. "Många tyckte ju att jag bara skulle dra, men det kändes fel. Jag avbröt dock mitt åtagande i "Godspell" i förtid", konstaterar Skifs.<br/><br/>Under de 50 år som passerat har "Hooked on a Feeling" närmast fått ett eget liv.<br/>Den har bland annat kunnat höras i Quentin Tarantinos "Reservoir Dogs", TV-serien Ally McBeal och hade en nyckelroll i Guardians of the Galaxy (både filmen och trailern). 40 år efter att låten varit USA-etta som singel, blev den åter etta i det stora landet i väst, nu som inledningsspår till soundtracket "Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1".<br/>Lägg till detta reklam och andra sammanhang och det är lätt att förstå att låten upptäcks av nya generationer.<br/><br/>Det svenska musikundret har med tiden blivit mer av ett låtskrivarfenomen. Men effekten av "Hooked on a Feeling" består. Palmers hade en vision, var envis och lyckades under första halvan av 70-talet - innan ABBA:s internationella genomslag - bevisa sin tes: "Det går att få en svensk inspelning utgiven i USA som klättrar hela vägen till förstaplatsen på listorna!"
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Title:
Ett kolikbarns bekännelser
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180 gram vinyl.
Ett kolikbarns bekännelser Vinyl LP
180 gram vinyl.
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Help (2009/Rem)
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REMASTERING THE BEATLES' ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS FOR VINYL. 180 gram vinyl. There has always been demand for The Beatles' albums on vinyl. Indeed, 2011's best-selling vinyl LP in the United States was Abbey Road. Following the success of The Beatles' acclaimed, GRAMMY Award-winning 2009 CD remasters...
Help (2009/Rem) Vinyl LP
REMASTERING THE BEATLES' ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS FOR VINYL.<br/>180 gram vinyl. <br/><br/>There has always been demand for The Beatles' albums on vinyl. Indeed, 2011's best-selling vinyl LP in the United States was Abbey Road. Following the success of The Beatles' acclaimed, GRAMMY Award-winning 2009 CD remasters, it was decided that the sound experts at EMI's Abbey Road Studios should create new versions of The Beatles' vinyl LPs. The project demanded the same meticulous approach taken for the CD releases, and the brief was a simple one: cut the digital remasters to vinyl with an absolute minimum of compromise to the sound. However, the process involved to do that was far from simple.<br/><br/>The first stage in transferring the sound of a master recording to vinyl is the creation of a disc to be used during vinyl manufacture. There were two options to consider. A Direct Metal Master (DMM), developed in the late seventies, allows sound to be cut directly into a stainless steel disc coated with a hard copper alloy. The older, alternative method is to cut the sound into the soft lacquer coating on a nickel disc - the first of several steps leading to the production of a stamper to press the vinyl. <br/><br/>A 'blind' listening test was arranged to choose between a 'lacquer' or 'copper' cut. Using both methods, A Hard Day's Night was pressed with ten seconds of silence at the beginning and end of each side. This allowed not only the reproduction of the music to be assessed, but also the noise made by the vinyl itself. After much discussion, two factors swung the decision towards using the lacquer process. First, it was judged to create a warmer sound than a DMM. Secondly, there was a practical advantage of having 'blank' discs of a consistent quality when cutting lacquers. <br/><br/>The next step was to use the Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe at Abbey Road. Following thorough mechanical and electrical tests to ensure it was operating in peak condition, engineer Sean Magee cut the LPs in chronological release order. He used the original 24-bit remasters rather than the 16-bit versions that were required for CD production. It was also decided to use the remasters that had not undergone 'limiting' - a procedure to increase the sound level, which is deemed necessary for most current pop CDs. <br/><br/>Having made initial test cuts, Magee pinpointed any sound problems that can occur during playback of vinyl records. To rectify them, changes were made to the remasters with a Digital Audio Workstation. For example, each vinyl album was listened to for any 'sibilant episodes' - vocal distortion that can occur on consonant sounds such as S and T. These were corrected by reducing the level in the very small portion of sound causing the undesired effect. Similarly, any likelihood of 'inner-groove distortion' was addressed. As the stylus approaches the centre of the record, it is liable to track the groove less accurately. This can affect the high-middle frequencies, producing a 'mushy' sound particularly noticeable on vocals. Using what Magee has described as 'surgical EQ,' problem frequencies were identified and reduced in level to compensate for this.<br/><br/>The last phase of the vinyl mastering process began with the arrival of the first batches of test pressings made from master lacquers that had been sent to the two pressing plant factories. Stringent quality tests identified any noise or click appearing on more than one test pressing in the same place. If this happened, it was clear that the undesired sounds had been introduced either during the cutting or the pressing stage and so the test records were rejected. In the quest to achieve the highest quality possible, the Abbey Road team worked closely with the pressing factories and the manufacturers of the lacquer and cutting styli.<br/><br/>An additional and unusual challenge was to ensure the proper playback of the sounds embedded in the 'lock-groove' at the end of side two of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Requiring a combination of good timing and luck, it had always been a lengthy and costly process to make it work properly. In fact, it was so tricky, it had never been attempted for American pressings of the LP. Naturally, Sean Magee and the team perfected this and the garbled message is heard as originally intended on the remastered Sgt. Pepper LP. <br/><br/>Highly-skilled technicians have worked long and hard to make The Beatles on vinyl sound better than ever. All we need to do is listen to the results of their dedicated labour on the remastered LPs. Handle with care. But most of all, enjoy the music.
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Pinups (50th anniversary/Halfspeed)
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50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP. This new pressing of PIN UPS was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. John Webber cut the half-speed at AIR Studios....
Pinups (50th anniversary/Halfspeed) Vinyl LP
50th anniversary half-speed mastered LP.<br/>This new pressing of PIN UPS was cut on a customised late Neumann VMS80 lathe with fully recapped electronics from 192kHz restored masters of the original master tapes, with no additional processing on transfer. John Webber cut the half-speed at AIR Studios.<br/> <br/>Recorded at Château d'Hérouville in France, where Bowie would later return to record the masterpiece LOW, PIN UPS was a collection of cover songs paying tribute to bands and artists that had inspired him and that he had seen at clubs such as The Marquee in London in the mid to late 60s. Artists he covered for the album included The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, The Who, Pretty Things, The Easybeats and more.
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