Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook Vol. 1 on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 45RPM 2LP Set from ORG

Only 2500 Copies Pressed

Phenomenal Sonics: Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes by Bernie Grundman and Pressed at Pallas

It's something most everyone has experienced: whether at one of the great jazz festivals in Berlin, Montreux or Paris, or in a small, provincial jazz club which exudes the charm of a dingy jazz cavern in the 1950s. You sit, listen, and then rack your brain to remember the name of the number which the young jazz musician is playing with all his heart. Put the Ella Sings The Rodgers And Hart Songbook album on your turntable and you're guaranteed to recall "My Funny Valentine," "Blue Moon," and "It Never Entered My Mind."

All these and many more excellent ballads flowed out of the pens of the songwriting team of Rodgers & Hart. This album more than demonstrates Ella Fitzgerald's excellent powers of expression and her brilliant modulations. As for the details on that first-rate pressing: Bernie Grundman recently upgraded his LP mastering and cutting system prior to starting work on the ORG LP reissues. These upgrades, together with the plating and pressing from Pallas Germany, give the ORG LPs a sound never experienced before.

Bernie Grundman's Updated Mastering System:
• New customized dual mono power supplies
• New tape pre-amplifier: an upgraded hybrid design with single-ended in-out that is specifically triode on the input for the gain and EQ and feeds into a discreet solid state circuit that drives the output
• Brand new tape heads for the Studer playback tape machine including a complete hardwire with Cardas cables
• The power supplies on tube cutter amps have been updated and rewired with Cardas cable on the head leads and feedback
• The Studer in Bernie's cutting room is essentially transport only i.e. it is used for the superb stability of its mechanical parts. All the electronics (from the tape heads through to the cutting head on the lathe) have now been totally customized and hard-wired point to point
• The tube cutting amps used for the ORG LP reissues have just been re-tubed with ex-US military grade tubes from Sylvania

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers & Hart Song Book Vol. 1 Track Listing:

1. Have You Met Miss Jones?
2. You Took Advantage Of Me
3. A Ship Without A Sail
4. This Can't Be Love
5. The Lady Is A Tramp
6. Manhattan
7. Johnny One Note
8. I Wish I Were In Love Again
9. Spring Is Here
10. It Never Entered My Mind
11. Where Or When
12. Little Girl Blue