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Mike Garson at THE Show Newport
We’ve got some details about Mike Garson at The Home Entertainment Show in Newport coming at the end of the month: Mike Garson will be performing along with a jazz quintet and Tierney Sutton! When: Shows will be Friday and Saturday nights at 6:15pm and 8:30pmWhere: Hilton Hotel: Orange County Airport, 18800 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, California, United States 92612 Mike Garson and Reference Recordings will be available for purchasing CDs, and Mike Garson will be…
The Hot Club of San Francisco in Dangerously High Resolution
The original liner notes from The Hot Club Of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Bounce read “Beware: The small plastic disc you hold in your hands is one dangerous item.” But now, this “dangerous” recording is available as more than just a “small plastic disc.” Not only did Yerba Buena Bounce come out on LP as a part of our new Reference Mastercuts Series last month, it’s also available in our HRx format, which just so…
What Others Are Saying about HRx
As our OPPO feature and sale continues, we wanted to remind you about what people are saying about our HRx releases: “The new HRx albums from Reference Recordings are unlike anything I’ve ever heard. While I did have high expectations for these releases I certainly did not expect anything this close to perfection. I am absolutely blown away by the sound quality. Everything from the crystal clear highs to the extremely accurate lows sounded fabulous.…
Happy Birthday Brahms! Looking Back On Eddie Daniels & The Composers String Quartet
Happy Birthday Brahms! In honor of Brahms’ 179th birthday today, we’re taking a look back at one of our past releases which features Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 performed by clarinetist Eddie Daniels and The Composers String Quartet. Eddie DanielsThe Composers String Quartet Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B-flat, Op. 34Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115 Leonard Bernstein called Eddie Daniels “a well-bred demon.” He…
UK’s Blues and Rhythm reviews Brand New Eyes
The UK publication Blues & Rhythm has a new review of Doug MacLeod’s Blues Music Awards nominated release Brand New Eyes: “With over 25 years in the business, sixteen studio albums, several live records, and two DVDs, Doug MacLeod has steadily earned fulsome praise…He is an exceptional guitarist, with a rich and poignant voice, singing original songs that are based on his own life and experiences. This new album is acoustic, all original, and mostly…
Enjoy the Music features Three “Reference Recordings”
EnjoyTheMusic.com author A. Colin Flood has been running a new series on Test Tracks and Test CDs, and he has included a nice feature on Reference Recordings and three of our recordings (including a short mention of a fourth): “These days, you can get test tracks as either compact discs (CDs), downloadable tracks or applications. The driving force behind Reference Recordings (RR) is Keith de Osma Johnson (KOJ). He makes some of the very highest-quality…
Award-Winning Oppo Player Partners With HRx!
Audiophiles are always looking for the best ways to play our HRx Discs, so we are excited to share that Oppo’s Award-winning BDP-95 Universal 3D Blu-ray Disc Player and their BDP-93 play HRx discs directly! And to celebrate, we’re giving OPPO users a 10% discount on HRx discs with the coupon code OPPO1 on http://referencerecordings.com! (valid through 6/15/2012) About Oppo BDP-93/95: Stereophile 2011 Product of the Year 2012 The Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice Award A…
Dallas Morning News with praise for the Dallas Wind Symphony
Scott Cantrell of the Dallas Morning News with high praise for the Dallas Wind Symphony after their most recent concert: “Symphony orchestras could learn some lessons from the Dallas Wind Symphony. The latter’s concert’s have a far friendlier atmosphere and attract more eager, receptive audiences. Its patrons respond enthusiastically to even knotty music that would get barely polite applause at DSO concerts…” Quite the high remarks! Congratulations to the DWS, and make sure to stay tuned…
RR and Mike Garson at THE Show: Newport!
You may have already known (or guessed) that RR will have staff on hand as an exhibitor at The Home Entertainment Show in Newport Beach, CA June 1-3, but the RR booth won’t be our only presence — we just caught wind that RR artist Mike Garson will be part of the great lineup of live jazz at the show! Just check out the 2012 T.H.E. Show lineup of entertainment: Mike Garson, Tierney Sutton, Audra…
Just a couple weeks from the Blues Music Awards
We are only a couple of weeks away from the 33rd Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. Why is that important? Because Fresh! From Reference Recordings artist Doug MacLeod has been nominated for TWO BMAs! Brand New Eyes was nominated for the Acoustic Album of the Year and Doug was nominated as the Acoustic Artist of the Year! Doug will also be performing at the Awards ceremonies in the Memphis Cook Convention Center at 8:00pm…
Reviews for Yerba Buena Bounce
Check out what reviewers said of the original HDCD release of The Hot Club of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Bounce: “…violinist Evan Price and guitarist Paul Mehling leapt into the stratosphere with flurries of notes… Price’s tone was sweet and plangent. And, oh, momma, is Mehling ever one fast-fingered guitarist. Whooowee, what runs, what flurries.” —Wes Phillips, Stereophile 12/2007 “It’s the synergies, combination of highly competent execution, accessibility and the fact that they swing harder…
Listen to Yerba Buena Bounce on Spotify
We recently got into an interesting discussion on Facebook and Twitter about people in the audiophile world using Spotify to preview music before getting a recording in a higher audio format. So, with the release of our newest Reference Mastercuts LP we thought it would be fun to share the original recording as it appears on Spotify in case you don’t already have an HDCD or HRx copy. Take a listen and then get the…
New Reference Mastercuts Release – The Hot Club of San Francisco
New Reference Mastercuts LP! RM-2503 The Hot Club of San Francisco Yerba Buena Bounce 2 LP set, 45 rpm, 200-gram discs from Quality Record Pressings, in gatefold jacket “San Francisco has the earned reputation as a city that is unique and goes its own independent direction. I think that can also be said of the Hot Club of San Francisco, a creative band that masters Gypsy Jazz, but gives it new shape, sound, and inspiration…
Doug MacLeod on WYCE & GRTV!
Doug MacLeod is featured in a wonderful, wonderful new video on Songs From the Second Floor in a collaboration between GRTV, WYCE, and The Rapidian! Watch as Doug explains and plays his Reference Recordings release’s title track Brand New Eyes! BRAND NEW EYES with Blues Master Doug MacLeod FR-703 MacLeod has been a beacon of unquestionably honest roots-music since the 1970s. On Brand New Eyes, he presents 11 original songs. He is the rare artist…
Viviana Guzman featured on the National Flute Association Home Page!
Upcoming RR artist Viviana Guzman is currently featured on The National Flute Association‘s website! A pretty nice place to be featured if you’re a flute player! The NFA has one of her latest interviews (from the 2011 NFA Convention) linked right up front, and her upcoming “Viviana Guzman Group” concert is at the top of upcoming events! Take a look at the image on this blog or see for yourself at www.nfaonline.org! And don’t forget…