Acoustic Sounds Series


Nina Simone - Ne Me Quitte Pas - I Put A Spell On You
https://youtu.be/i9nEetFltR4

Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson - Let's Fall In Love
https://youtu.be/bKMx_93RxmU

John Coltrane Quartet - Say It (Over And Over Again) ‎– Ballads
https://youtu.be/KwQAE88IZe8

Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
https://youtu.be/zGL9aFhoRW8
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Analogue Productions has been reissuing many of the RCA Living Stereo titles. I have a hybrid SACD of Scheherazade and it’s down right fantastic given that it was recorded in the late 1950’s.
I have hybrid SACD of Scheherazade and listen it on CD. I don't have SACD player.
It sounds great:
https://youtu.be/trdFb6zO9OA

I hope they will do more classical music reissue on vinyl.

Most of late 1950 classical records were recorded very well because they used simple 2-3 microphone technique and relatively simple tube equipment. The problem was a proper microphone placement and good hall acoustics.
Later records from end of 1960x used multi microphone technique, sophisticated transistor equipment and Dolby tape recorders. Signal pass became longer in number of times. As result microdynamics was killed and tone of instruments became more artificial. The music hаll atmosphere is more artificial too. 
Regards,
Alex 
Clifford Brown And Max Roach ‎– Study In Brown - "Cherokee" 
https://youtu.be/03YQJG7okRA

Peggy Lee ‎– Black Coffee 
https://youtu.be/AIKIKHnFYA8

George Russell And His Orchestra ‎– New York, N.Y. - "Manhattan" 
https://youtu.be/0zbgT4Ju2v4
Coltrane Ballads "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" - Acoustic Sound Series
https://youtu.be/mSnW-KhQu4A

Coltrane Ballads "It's Easy to Remember" - Acoustic Sound Series
https://youtu.be/57aYg-bOlMU
My experience with the Acoustic Sound Series.
Despite sound not bad, most of titles have some grain. I don't know what is it the problem
mastering equipment or the conditions of master tapes?
The best  Acoustic Sound Series sounding title is Getz/Gilberto. It has a real analogue sound smooth and transparent without any grain and roughness.
I have a number of old Verve records remastered on CD. And most of them sound very good.
I also have a number of original old Verve records and most of them sound smooth but a little bit dull (if you compare them to other jazz labels from 1955 to 1964). 

Here are two video records of the same song are played on the same system.

One is a new Acoustic Sounds Series 2022 reissue and another one is original 1957 US issue.

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson – Very Tall - "Heartstrings" - Acoustic Sounds Series 2023