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Chasing The Dragon – Audiophile Recordings by Mike Valentine – 180g LP
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This audiophile demonstration album contains 13 tracks which were recorded with 50 year old ” ” Neumann valve microphones. Many tracks use the “Decca tree” configuration, invented by engineers in the early 1950’s using 3 Neumann M50 microphones. Some tracks were recorded with a 1/2″ Studer reel to reel recorder running at 30ips. This audiophile disc was used as a reference by Michael Fremer of Analog Planet in testing various record mats. The album contains selections from composers and musicians that include Vivaldi, Mozart, Ellington, Rachmaninoff, Verdi, and more! “
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Chasing The Dragon – Audiophile Recordings by Mike Valentine – 180g LP
Chasing the Dragon – VAL007 – 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl
Audiophile Mastering – Limited Edition
New Re-Cut & Re-Pressed Version for Better Sound
“…the whole album is very impressive, with the combination of old and new technologies proving particularly effective at revealing timbre and reverberation, not to mention dynamics. I’m not generally a fan of audiophile recordings, but this one is so impressive that I have to make an exception.” -Jason Kennedy, Hi-Fi Choice Magazine, rated 5 stars Dec 2014
Discover why Michael Fremer called the LP of Chasing the Dragon “an excellent demonstration record”.
Mike Valentine, recording engineer and winner of Best Sound at the National Audio Show 2013 with his LP & CD ‘Chasing The Dragon’
This unique recording is now available Up to 12 tracks recorded by sound and film engineer Mike Valentine using 50 year old vintage microphones and a 24bit professional Nagra recorder as well as a Studer tape machine.
This beautifully recorded LP gives the listener the ability to hear the various microphone types and also they way they were used by the likes of Decca and EMI in the golden days of recording
Chasing the Dragon is the title that producer/engineer Mike Valentine has given to a disc of audiophile recordings he has made using vintage valve mics arranged in the classic Decca Tree configuration and a Nagra VI six-channel location recorder . 24-bit/96kHz Nagra, which sounded stunning, by far the best sound at the show.
This is clearly a superb recording, and the Nagra isn’t too shoddy either.
Recording engineer Mike Valentine produced and recorded an old-fashioned audiophile demo disc using 50 year old Neumann tube microphones and a high resolution Nagra digital recorder all connected together with ZenSati cables from Denmark. One track was recorded using a 1/2″ Studer analog deck running at 30 IPS.
The Globe trotting Valentine recorded in Venice, Italy, Izmir, Turkey, London, England and elsewhere in venues that varied from outdoors in a graveyard, to concert halls and other disparate sized spaces.
Valentine often used the famous “Decca tree” originated in the 1950s and used on some of the most highly regarded recordings of the “golden age” by Decca Records engineers Arthur Haddy, Roy Wallace, Stan Goodall and of course Kenneth Wilkinson. It produces a very well-focused three-dimensional image.
Chasing the Dragon contains 15 tracks of largely classical material with some interesting contrasts.
For instance, the same cello piece is recorded in a church as well as outside it.
Chasing The Dragon ~ Audiophile Recordings
Various 2013
by Mike Valentine
Mastered at Air Studios in London
Selections:
Side One:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
1. Concerto for 2 Mandolins
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
2. Cello Suite No 1 (Interior)
3. Cello Suite No 1 (Exterior)
Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738)
4. Rondo
Bruce Davidson
5. Improvisation
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
6. Caravan – Finale
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
7. Force of Destiny – Finale
Side Two:
Klaus Badelt (1967)
1. Pirates of the Caribbean
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
2. Durch Zartlicheit & Schmeicheln
David Graham
3. Improvisation
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
4. Tarantella
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
5. Spanish Dance No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
6. Piano Concerto No.2 – Finale
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