Acoustic Sounds, Inc. Volume 7 Volume Inc. Sounds, Acoustic The world’s largest selection of audiophile recordings • Published 06/03 Published • recordings audiophile of selection largest world’s The The world’s largest selection of audiophile recordings PO Box 1905, Salina, Kansas 67402-1905 USA • (785) 825-8609 • FAX (785) 825-0156 • ORDERS 1-800-716-3553 • www.acousticsounds.com HOW SMART ARE YOU? Get your Ph.D. for $3,000. Introducing the battery-powered Sutherland Ph.D. Phono Preamp. “I don’t know why anyone would spend more than $3,000 on a phono stage now that the Ph.D. is available.” John Blando, President of Electronic Marketing Associates Hear the music,not the noise. After about 800 hours of playing time (roughly half AC power lines create noise. Period. There’s only one the life of a cartridge), a feasible way around that annoyance. Batteries. red light will indicate BINGO! Designer Ron Sutherland brings us a new that your batteries are battery-powered phono stage with smart circuitry that running low. allows this preamp to turn on and off automatically, Replacements cost about thereby maximizing the life of your batteries. a buck a piece. One of the noisiest components in your home stereo is The Ph.D. turns on the incoming AC power. Even if it were delivered to your the moment your stylus is stimulated. From there, the home as idealized 60 Hz sine wave, it would not stay that unit automatically looks for a signal every half-hour for way long. The audio power amplifier does not draw just a fraction of a second. If it doesn’t find a signal, it will current from the power line evenly. There is a large stay on for an additional half-hour with a yellow light current spike drawn when the sine wave reaches its indicating that it is preparing to turn off. voltage extremes, while What’s more, the Ph.D. has four different loading options at other times current and gain-stage settings that are simple to adjust. draw is essentially zero. High frequency harmonics and noise are introduced There’s never into the same power line that’s used for sensitive been anything phono preamplification. The Ph.D. doesn’t even have a power cord. Instead, quite like 16 alkaline D cell batteries line the sides of the chassis. the Ph.D. Sound Smart. Ph.D. Dimensions: 17´´wide x 4´´ high x 14´´deep To order, call 1-800-716-3553 or order online at www.acousticsounds.com PO Box 1905 • Salina, KS 67402-1905 USA PH 785-825-8609 • FAX 785-825-0156 Dear Customer, P.O. Box 1905 • 1000 West Elm St. Behold Acoustic Sounds Volume 7. This is our most complete listing of albums and accessories in more than Salina, KS 67402-1905 • USA TELEPHONE: (785) 825-8609 • FAX: (785) 825-0156 four years and the most thorough collection of sealed audiophile recordings available anywhere. To help your navigation, we’ve separated these listings into basic categories including New Arrivals, LPs, CDs, SACDs, DVD Audios and Equipment. Additionally, you’ll find some features informing you about a few of the latest products TABLE OF CONTENTS and biggest players in this industry. One such story details the career and inventions of high-end audio designer Ron Sutherland, New Music . .4-50 who has just designed exclusively for Acoustic Sounds a battery-powered phono preamp, called the Ph.D. If you’re into vinyl, you HAVE to check this thing out. See LP listing . 52-81 pages 108-110 and 112-113. Seriously, the Ph.D. is a revolutionary product. CD listing. 82-89 And then there’s the remastered LP and SACD versions of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. From interviews with mastering engineers Doug Sax and Kevin Gray to pictures of the LP SACD listing. 90-101 mastering session at AcousTech Mastering and the plating process at Record Technology, Inc., we’ve got you covered on this very exciting story featuring one of the most popular pop and DVD Audio listing. 102-106 audiophile records of all time. See pages 18-19. By now many of you know of the tremendous acclaim lauded on Analogue Productions’ Equipment. 107-128 Fantasy 45 Series. Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman remastered the Top 25 titles cherry-picked from Stax Records/Art Pepper 45s . .2-3 some of the most classic jazz labels of all time. We’ve cut these records at 45 RPM and limited them to 1,000 pressings of each title to be released at two per month. Just a few months into this project, we’ve sold out of the The Police on SACD . 5 Bill Evans/Waltz For Debby 45 and are almost out of the Miles Davis/Relaxin.’ Read more about these classics and what the reviewers and customers are saying on pages 30-31. CCR on LP & SACD. .10-11 And continuing on for those of you hip to the sonic superiority of vinyl and to the further audio advancement of 45- RPM LPs, we’re releasing hit singles from the Stax Records catalog, all remastered and cut at 45. First up are The Dark Side of The Moon . .18-19 Staple Singers smash hits "Respect Yourself" backed with "I’ll Take You There." Then we’ve got the three best Eighty-Eight’s LPs & SACDs. 24-25 songs from the classic movie Shaft sung by Isaac Hayes. Side One is "Theme From Shaft" and "Soulsville" with the 20-minute "Do Your Thing" filling Side Two. And for blues lovers, we’re remastering the monumental Albert Peter Gabriel on SACD . .44 King with Stevie Ray Vaughan/In Session in its entirety for two 45-RPM discs. Read all about it on pages 2-3. Of course we won’t forsake the ever-growing legion of Steve Hoffman picks his favorite SACD collectors. Our SACD releases of the first five Creedence DCC LPs & Gold CDs . 48-49 Clearwater Revival titles were so successful that we’ve gone ahead and licensed the remaining two CCR studio titles for SACD. All seven are Meet high-end designer already available on 180-gram vinyl. See pages 10-11. Ron Sutherland . 108-110 Also, be sure to see pages 24-25 to read about our exciting LP and SACD distribution deal with the Eighty-Eight’s jazz label. This is some of the best contemporary jazz available. Naturally, as blues nuts, we’re excited about the United States Congress proclamation of 2003 as the Year of the Blues. We’re happy to be represented on their www.yearoftheblues.org website, and we’re hopeful that this cooperative effort will IFind out what’s new at Acoustic Sounds attract attention to such historically-important music. Please see page 7 for the latest listing of our APO Records releases recorded at Blue Heaven Studios. And remember that the annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads concerts will again be at RECEIVE OUR Blue Heaven on Oct. 17 and 18, 2003. While we hope you’ll enjoy this thorough listing of great music and equipment, we remind you that you can find all of this New and more at www.acousticsounds.com where you can shop on our secure site 24 hours a day. While you’re there, be sure to sign up for our New Arrivals weekly email. We’ll tell you about your favorite records as they arrive at our warehouse. Plus, you’ll be eligible for regular giveaways. And we’re not talking cheap giveaways. How about a $6,800 pair of MartinLogan speakers? We Arrival just made someone’s day in New Jersey with that exact prize, all for being on our weekly email. Don’t miss out! So much has happened at Acoustic Sounds since our Volume 6 catalog. Many of you have followed our story of growth Updates through the update catalogs we’ve published every few months. If you’ve missed the happenings, check out our Acoustic every week via email. Sounds News link at www.acousticsounds.com. Thank you so much for your support and for your part in establishing Acoustic Sounds as the leading source for audiophile recordings. We sincerely appreciate your business. Sign up on our web site. www.acousticsounds.com/subscribe/ Our office hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday (CST). To order, call 1-800-716-3553 or buy online at www.acousticsounds.com. If we can do anything to serve you better, please let us know. Sincerely, Chad Kassem Acoustic Sounds, Inc. CEO newI music LALATESTTEST Analogue Production Art Pepper — New York Album "An exceptional quartet date from '79, with Pepper having just established what became a regular working relationship with pianist George Cables, who plays with passion and conviction. He Art Pepper LPs hadn't yet hired a bassist and drummer, so for the occasion Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins were used. Pepper was certainly inspired by what they contributed; his alto sax solos are intense and often $37.50 each jubilant." — Ron Wynn. Remixed by Rik Pekkonen and John Koenig; remastering supervised by John Koenig and Chad or buy all three LPs Kassem. Galaxy 5154. LP = AAPR 3012-45 $37.50 (two 45-RPM LPs) for $100 SACD = CAPR 3012 SA ($21.98 List) Introductory Price $19.99 Offer good thru 12-31-03 Art Pepper — So In Love Of the new releases issued under Art Pepper's Release date: July, 2003 name in 1980, So In Love was overall the finest.