MAYALL CLAPTON BLUESBREAKERS VERIFIED NUMBERED 3689 KEVIN GRAY MASTERED MONO 24K

Description: AUDIO FIDELITY'S 2009 SEALED 24 KARAT GOLD HDCD MONO VERSION MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AUDIOPHILE NUMBERED MASTERPIECE. NOTE: THIS 24 KARAT GOLD HDCD STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL AUDIO FIDELITY COLLECTORS VERIFYING MARKETING OUTER SLIPCASE AND VERIFIED ORIGINAL KEVIN GRAY MASTERED HDCD MASTERING AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION GOLD FOILED LOW NUMBER OF 3689 STAMPED ON THE BACK OF THE SLIPCASE JACKET UNDERNEATH THE PLASTIC WRAP Each CD was pressed directly from the original studio master session tapes ; the purest source of musical information and engineered to produce the finest CD sound quality available. Every compact disc delivers the music to you with all the depth, dynamics, and richness of the live recording session. We invite you to hear the three-dimensional quality of the music just as the artist intended for it to sound. The proprietary mastering technology extracts and transparently stores more musical information from the original master tapes than any other method in existence. For the discriminating listener, the results include: a wider range of frequencies, increased depth and room dimension cues, clarity, and separation of instruments. The technology substantially decreases characteristics such as hardness and glare bringing the sound of CD even closer to the warmth and openess of analogue. Why Buy 24K Gold CDs? Aluminum particles are rough, resulting in pits and irregularities on the playing surface. Gold particles are uniform and have a constant rate of reflection giving an even, reproductive sound quality. Also, 24K Gold CDs will not oxidize or tarnish and will last for years longer than traditional aluminum CDsJohn Mayall Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton Gold HDCDPRISTINE SEALED COLLECTORS OUT OF PRINT AND THIS AUDIOPHILE COMPANY IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS AND THEIR AUDIOPHILE PRODUCTS ARE NOW BEING SOUGHT OUT BY AUDIOPHILE'S.Numbered, Limited Edition! 24 KARAT GOLD HDCD - Out of Print!You've never heard your favorite music sound this good! The clarity is exceptional, you will hear deeper lows and crisper highs. Treat yourself to a musical experience you've never had before! These new 24KT+ Gold CDs reproduce the ultimate sound of a classic recorded performance without the irregular plated surfaces of standard aluminum discs.Audio Fidelity's 24KT+ Gold CD series brings you classic music in deluxe packaging with see-through slip cases using original album art, all beautifully reproduced. They only use the original master mixes played back on a specially constructed vintage playback deck. Here's where the PLUS (+) comes in: The analog masters are put through their new proprietary analog to digital converter which reinforces the resolution of the original masters adding true "breath of life" to the music. Without any further sonic manipulation the master is shipped directly to the manufacturing plant for etching in "real time" onto the glass surface by laser. The end result of this unique mastering process is a compact disc with the warm sound of the original analog master tape combined with a genuine 24 karat gold surface free of any type of physical defect making Audio Fidelity's 24KT+ Gold CD series truly one of a kind!THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE MONO GOLD AUDIO FIDELITY EDITION OF THE ALBUM John Mayall's "Bluesbreakers" made after Eric Clapton left The Yardbirds remains a seminal blues album and features some of Clapton's most tasteful, compelling and powerful playing. This remaster focuses ONLY on the mono version of the album which previously appeared with the stereo in the deluxe edition (which doesn't sound quite as good as this version) The best stereo version out there is the MFSL but the 1998 version supervised by Bill Levenson sounds quite good as well. If you already have the stereo version, then all you need is this edition to make your collection complete. What's different here is that in the stero mix Clapton's guitar often has to compete with Mayall's organ or other sonic details while in the mono mix Clapton's guitar is up front and presented with remarkable clarity and detail. I personally prefer the mono version for that reason alone but there are those that don't care for mono mixes and there are other alternatives on CD for those people. This doesn't have any of the problems of some earlier AF releases such as peak limiting ("The Pretenders") applied after it was mastered, the cross over fades missing ("Heartbeat City"), etc. It's a marvelous job all around. This was around the time that the "Clapton is God" tag started because of his blistering, brilliant playing and phrasing. "Bluesbreakers" provides Clapton with the perfect place to express his blues roots. The album also features one of Clapton's earliest lead vocals as well and although he clearly wasn't a confident singer yet, he handles it well. The only guitarist/vocalist that surpassed Clapton with Mayall was Peter Green who eventually went off and formed Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (not to be confused with the Buckingham/Nicks/McVie version that sold millions of records). Mick Taylor's tenure in Mayall's band came very close to both Clapton and Green's tenures as well.Kevin Gray's remastering is marvelous. There's plenty of headroom as far as dynamics go and the mono mix here sounds warm with a great deal of sonic detail without sacrificing anything. My only complaint (and it is a minor one)is that the single/b-sides that Clapton made with Mayall aren't included here as well (since they were originally in mono they would have made a perfect fit). I did email Audio Fidelity when they were going to release this suggesting they include the single/b-side(s) and/or also include the stereo version for completists but evidently because of the licensing agreement it would have increased the cost significantly and delayed the project. Either way this is the definitive mono version of the album available on CD--it blows away the other edition with the mono remaster in every way imaginable except for NOT having the single/b-side(s) and/or liner notes on the recording of the album. This edition available as a numbered limited edition (5000 copies) in a slipcase like the old DCC Gold discs.Out of Print! Numbered, Limited Edition! Audio Fidelity has repressed a very limited number of this 24K Gold CD and this is the LAST time it will be available! We have a Very Limited Number of the First Pressing on-hand. Order Today or MISS OUT Forever! Numbered, Limited Edition! Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 195/500! Audio Fidelity's 24K+ series brings you classic music in deluxe packaging with see through slip cases (ala DCC), using original graphics, all beautifully reproduced. Audio Fidelity only uses the original two track master tape which is played back on a specifically constructed vintage tube playback deck. Here's where the plus (+) comes in: The analog masters are put through AF's new proprietary A/D converter which adds true "breath of life" to the music, making the new 24K+ Gold CD series the best sounding music you can buy, period! One of the Most Overall Influential Albums in Blues-Rock History! The Bluesbreakers, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, were formed in January 1963. Eric Clapton joined in 1965 just a few months after the release of their first album. It remains one of the key, seminal releases of the 1960s, and a highly influential record, as the sound of Clapton’s Les Paul through an overdriven Marshall stack provided inspiration to a whole generation of blues-based electric guitarists and groups. Clapton's incendiary playing inspired graffiti saying "Clapton is God" on the streets of London. Much of the album is composed of blues standards by long-established blues artists such as Otis Rush, Freddie King and Robert Johnson, as well as a few originals penned by Mayall or Mayall and Clapton.The majority of the songs serve as showcases for the 21 year old guitar virtuoso's playing, apart from "Another Man", "Ramblin' On My Mind", "Parchman Farm", and "What'd I Say". "Ramblin' On My Mind" was Clapton's very first recorded vocal performance. "The blues breakers became one of London's hottest acts as soon as ex-Yardbird Clapton arrived, but that wasn't what he'd bargained for. "He just wanted to play his guitar," Mayall remembered. Except Clapton's solos with the Blues Breakers inspired his cult; this is when CLAPTON IS GOD graffiti first started to appear in London, and this record shows why. Along with the band's expert renderings of Freddie King's "Hideaway" and Robert Johnson's "Ramblin' on My Mind," the LP contains a nutty take on Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," whose long drum solo gave Clapton a preview of what he'd soon experience in Cream." - [link removed by eBay]. Features: • 24k Gold CD • Numbered, Limited Edition • HDCD • From original master tapes • Mastered by Kevin Gray Selections: 1. All Your Love 2. Hideaway 3. Little Girl 4. Another Man 5. Double Crossing Time 6. What'd I Say 7. Key to Love 8. Parchman Farm 9. Have You Heard 10. Ramblin' on My Mind 11. Steppin' Out 12. It Ain't Right AUDIO FIDELITY LIMITED GOLD EDITIONS. This 24-Karat Gold Limited Edition FACTORY SEALED CD is an audiophile collector’s item that simply gives the feeling of being directly in the studio with the artist. This recording is mastered from the Original Session Tapes and the disc is custom pressed using 24-Karat Gold (known for its superior qualities and resistance to oxidation). This Out of Print Gold bonafide collectible disc has all Liner Notes, Photos, and Artwork from the Original LP faithfully recreated.A SONIC WORK OF ART. These Out of Print gems are the Finest/rarest of the audiophile CD market. Many over the last year have doubled or tripled in value. The future of these collectibles is so exciting because each piece is a sonic work of art that will never be reproduced using this expensive 24-Karat Gold mastering process. You will be one of only a few thousand in the world owning this audiophile classic. 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