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日本 King Record 所發行的版本。


最近在找黑膠的過程中，赫然發現竟有家叫 Pure Audiophile 的重刻小廠，有刻了幾張 Concord Records 的東東，其中就有一張就是這張 Full Steam Ahead！

可參考 Acoustic Sounds，這家公司比較特別的是，竟在正面的唱片封面下方印上
AUDIOPHILE MASTER RECORDS
看來他們是對自家的東東，頗有信心。再者，售價比起其他家的重刻片貴上不少，後來才發現 Full Steam Ahead 這張竟是2張LP，仔細一看之下，竟發現

原本我的 CD 版本有9軌，但 Pure Audiophile 的 180g 雙黑膠版本卻有12軌。
這是相當罕見的，通常都因為黑膠收錄時間的關係，CD 收錄的曲目不是和黑膠一樣多，就是比較多。Pure Audiophile 這樣就更引起我的興趣了。

參考網路上 2001/08/24 的消息：

New audiophile vinyl label in Kansas City, Missouri, called Pure Audiophile are going to be manufacturing top quality recordings. Mastered by the now legendary Stan Ricker, who recently was the man behind the cutting lather for Analogue Productions direct to disc recordings and also cut many titles for Mobile Fidelity, will now be working with Pure Audiophile using the half-speed process that he developed. Each pressing will be individually numbered limited production. Pure Audiophile's first release will be Karrin Allyson Remembering John Coltrane. To quote Dennis of Pure Audiophile "We chose this title because we feel that Karrin Allyson is the best female vocalist on the planet. Concord Records did a great job with the original production and awards are sure to follow. The musicians that Nick Phillips put together for this release, are sterling. If you buy one audiophile LP every ten years, make this your pick of the decade

About Pure Pleasure
At the beginning of the 90s, in the early days of audiophile vinyl re-releases, the situation was fairly straightforward. Companies such as DCC, Mobile Fidelity, Classic Records and, of course, Pure Pleasure all maintained a mutual, unwritten ethical code: we would only use analogue tapes to manufacture records.
During the course of the present vinyl hype, many others have jumped on the bandwagon in the hope of securing a corner of the market. Very often they are not so ethical and use every imaginable source to master from: CDs, LPs, digital files, MP3s – or employed existent tools from the 80s and 90s for manufacturing.
A digital delay is gladly used when cutting a lacquer disc because tape machines with an analogue delay have become quite rare and are therefore expensive. When cutting the lacquer, the audio signal is delayed by one LP revolution against the signal, which controls the cutter head, and for this a digital delay is very often employed. Of course, the resultant sound signal is completely digital and thus only as good as this delay.
We should like to emphasize that Pure Pleasure Records on principle only uses the original master tape as the basis for the entirely analogue cutting of lacquer discs. In addition, the pressing tool is newly manufactured as a matter of principle.
We only employ existing tools for manufacturing if an improved result is not forthcoming, e.g. the title Elvis Is Back, which was mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, or several titles from our Philips Classics series, which in any case Willem Makkee cut from the original masters at the Emil Berliner Studios in the 90s. It goes without saying that we only used the mother and that new tools were made for our production.
To put it in a nutshell: we can ensure you that our releases are free from any kind of digital effects and that the lacquer discs are newly cut.
This title is not eligible for discount.
母帶處理是 Stan Ricker，令人放心不少，所以音質應該不會烏魯木齊了！

Ray Brown Trio - Soular Energy

原本我的 CD 版本有8軌，但 Pure Audiophile 的180g黑膠版本卻有12軌。

Plas Johnson - Positively

原本我的 CD 版本有10軌，但 Pure Audiophile 的180g黑膠版本卻有11軌。

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers：Keystone 3

我的 CD 版本有5軌，Pure Audiphile 的180g黑膠版本也是有5軌。

只有 Pure Audiophile 玩這一套嗎？我也注意到 Classic Records 重刻的這張 TAS 上榜發燒片也是這樣。
Holly Cole：Temptation

CD 只有17軌，但重刻的黑膠卻有 19軌，發行成 2 張黑膠。我的 Groove Note 的單張黑膠版本有12軌。