Willi Boskovsky New Year's Day Concert in Vienna: Decca Pure Analogue

Willi Boskovsky & The Wiener Philharmoniker New Year's Day Concert Reissued for the Decca Pure Analogue Series on 180g 2LP: Mastered by Rainer Maillard and Cut by Sidney C. Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios Using 100% Pure Analogue Techniques (AAA). Pressed at Pallas in Germany.

The 1979 New Year’s Day Concert in Vienna proved to be a watershed moment, an end of an era for Willi Boskovsky, the Wiener Philharmoniker’s longstanding concertmaster. Long feted as Decca’s first digitally recorded release, recent research has unearthed a set of 1/4-inch two-track analogue safety masters which have remained undisturbed in Universal Music’s vaults for almost half a century. Until today.

Introducing Decca’s new all-analogue vinyl series, Decca Pure Analogue, presenting some of the most iconic recordings from the Decca & Philips archives. The series is mastered by Rainer Maillard and cut by Sidney C. Meyer at the renowned Emil Berliner Studios, pressed on 180g vinyl at Pallas and presented in deluxe gatefold sleeves. Only original analogue sources are used (2-track stereo and 4-track quadraphonic tapes, plus analogue masters of early digital recordings) and no extra devices are utilized in the signal pass, i.e. no digital sound processing at all.

Pressed at Pallas on 180g virgin vinyl, these deluxe gatefold releases will feature: the original artwork and liner notes; archival photos and facsimiles of original recording session sheets. Each individual release includes bespoke notes detailing the history of the recording, the technical background and the mastering process.