https://www.jazziz.com/pat-metheny-ecm-catalog-headed-for-high-res-download-and-streaming/" rel="nofollow - Pat Metheny ECM Catalog Headed for High-Res Download and Streaming Big news for audiophile fans of Pat Metheny: The guitar legend’s
complete ECM catalog of 11 albums will be available for the first time
on July 31st as high-resolution masters for download and streaming. In a
press statement, ECM’s mastering engineer Christoph Stickel said, “The
main premise in digitizing the Pat Metheny tapes was not to change the
sound of the recordings, but to realize them in the original form, in
the best possible quality. The work was based on the original, analog
stereo master tapes. The masters are in very good condition and can be
played without problems.” All tapes were played by a Studer A820,
which was meticulously calibrated to the respective tape, explained
Stickel. The analog signal was digitized in 96kHz / 24bit, which covers
the complete spectrum of the original bands. “In each case, a decision
was made between a PrismSound ADA-8XR, an Antelope Eclipse Mastering AD,
and a Mythek Brooklyn ADC, depending on which one suited best the
respective recording,” said Stickel. “No denoising and no other
restoration affecting the sound was carried out.” Metheny recorded under the ECM label from 1976 to 1984, a span that included his debut album, Bright Size Life,
which featured Jaco Pastorius on bass and Bob Moses on drums. Metheny’s
run on ECM also witnessed the formation of the Pat Metheny Group, with
Lyle Mays on keyboards, Mark Egan on bass and Danny Gottlieb on drums.
The group’s debut self-released album was released in 1978. Metheny’s
final album as a leader for ECM was First Circle, released in
1984, but he would go on to appear on several compilations for the label
throughout his career, most recently in 2015 for Hommage à Eberhard Weber. For more info on ECM, visit the label’s https://www.ecmrecords.com/home" rel="nofollow - website .
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