Archive for Reference Recordings HDCD
New Release – Horns for the Holidays
Horns for the Holidays Jerry Junkin Dallas Wind Symphony RR-126HDCD Now available in stores and online! “Merry Christmas, y’all!” –Gigi Sherrell Norwood, Dallas Wind Symphony An outstanding new release from America’s premier professional wind band! The Dallas Wind Symphony has a worldwide legion of followers and this is their first recording of holiday music. Horns for the Holidays showcases an exciting 12-track lineup including brilliant original arrangements of festive favorites with many first recordings. This…
Celebration Sale!!
We are having a celebration sale between now and May 24th! So to get you as excited about this as we are, we’re highlighting the items that you can save 15% on when you buy 3 or more! We’ve got releases encompassing all of our available formats in this sale. And today our featured sale item is a remastered HDCD! LETTERS FROM THE EQUATOR RR-56 – newly remastered with HDCD Master percussionist Jim Brock features…
Some Insight from Jim Brock
We recently released a re-mastered, HDCD version of master percussionist Jim Brock’s album “Letters from the Equator” and today we thought we’d share a brief statement from Jim Brock about the album: After the success of Tropic Affair, I was asked to make another recording for the San Francisco based label Reference Recordings. I thought how nice it would be to do a co-bill with the guitarist Van Manakas. Van and I were fortunate to…
Happy Easter from Reference Recordings
We wanted to feature a couple of releases of ours that might help you to celebrate this Easter weekend. Both albums feature the renowned Turtle Creek Chorale. PSALMS“The Absolute Sound Super Disc List” SING HALLELUJAH! The ancient wisdom of the Psalms has been inspiration for great composers for 3000 years. A unique program of world-premiere recordings is by living composers, many of whom have a long-standing relationship with the Turtle Creek Chorale. The world-renowned group…
Letters from the Equator – Original Customer Reviews
Since we’ve recently re-released a remastered version of Jim Brock’s album “Letters from the Equator,” we thought we would share some of the original customer feedback! “Brock Rocks”By Gerard Dionne “high eq” Jim Brock embodies the the first generation of American drummers who were as influenced by Third World Music (well before it was known as such) as by the music Boomers heard on the radio in the 50s and 60s. He’s a true master…
St. Patrick’s Day Feature Album – Lincolnshire Posy
Though Percy Grainger is thought of as supremely important in the preservation of British Folk Tunes, we just couldn’t resist using this album for St. Patrick’s Day due to our inclusion of Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy). So, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and make sure that Lincolnshire Posy is a part of your musical celebration. And if you don’t have it, now is the time to visit us at http://referencerecordings.com and get your…
Jim Brock – After Sunrise
One of the best parts of remastering older albums in our catalog is the ability to “re-discover” these artists and albums! So today, we’re going to share another great Jim Brock video! Make sure to get your copy of the new Letters from the Equator album!
Jazz Kaleidoscope: Jim Brock – O Vazio
As you know (or should know) we released a new jazz compilation Jazz Kaleidoscope, and we also re-released a remastered HDCD version of Letters from the Equator by Jim Brock. So today we’re going to cover both new releases with a video of Jim Brock’s “O Vazio” which is included in the Jazz Kaleidoscope album, and the video gives you a look at the featured artist on Letters from the Equator.
Letters from the Equator – Remastered
The Equator Redux LETTERS FROM THE EQUATORRR-56 – newly remastered with HDCD Master percussionist Jim Brock features the music of guitar wizard Van Manakas, with bass, drums, keyboards and winds. From the Tango stylings of Argentina to the celebrations of Brazil, LETTERS FROM THE EQUATOR, takes the armchair traveler on an exciting journey into the furthest regions a sound system can reproduce. “Prof.” Keith Johnson has made a new high-resolution digital transfer from the original…
Minoru Nojima plays Liszt!
Just wanted to share this video. Remember, we have re-released this album in HDCD format! Visit ReferenceRecordings.com to purchase these re-released albums of the great Minoru Nojima
President’s Day
It’s Monday, February 15th, and we are celebrating President’s Day here at Reference Recordings! How does one celebrate President’s Day? Marches and parades, of course! So, to help you celebrate, we’re presenting the perfect album for the occasion – Marches I’ve Missed conducted by Frederick Fennell! MARCHES I’VE MISSEDFrederick Fennell / Dallas Wind SymphonyRR-85 HDCD “Fennell catches cool dance rhythms, delicate neatness, and British propriety very nicely. The Dallas Wind Symphony and the engineering are…
HDCD Answers
Recently on Twitter, we got a great question about HDCD formats. So, today we thought we would post some helpful links for using and enjoying our HDCDs. This was the question: “regarding hdcd-is there a reccomended software solution for decoding hdcd content on a pc?” Here is a short answer: It seems that WMP does a partial job of decoding HDCD. WMP will work (only while playing a physical CD), it will not decode from…
Featuring Keith O. Johnson
We can’t believe we haven’t shared this with you before, but it came up again in a recent feed, so we weren’t going to miss the opportunity this time! This is a feature on our very own “Prof” Keith O. Johnson on UltraAudio.com Prof. Keith O. Johnson Gives Digital a Soul Who is KOJ? Most of us lesser mortals struggle through life, clinging tenaciously to the base of Jim Carroll’s proverbial pyramid, hoping to fashion…
Acoustic Sounds, Inc. Top Sellers List
Okay, so just to brag a little bit. We found out that on the Acoustic Sounds, Inc. website, they have all kinds of Top Sellers Lists. Well, we took a look at the Top 50 list for HDCD sales in the last 30 days just for fun, and found that 32 of the Top 50 HDCDs were all Reference Recordings Releases! And more importantly we are #1 & #2!!!!! Interestingly enough, the #1 selling HDCD…