Received the following message via one of my blues e-mail lists... Is anyone out there familiar with Andrew Rose...Pristine Audio... or their restoration process? Is it really as good as he/they say(s)?
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From: "pristineaudio" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> X-Yahoo-Profile: pristineaudio Sender: thebluescorner2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Delivered-To: mailing list thebluescorner2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:55:12 -0000 Subject: [The Blues Corner 2] New remastering of Robert Johnson - incredible sound revealed
Hi
I am an award-winning music restoration and remastering engineer who normally specialises in historic classical music recordings. Earlier this year I developed a remarkable new process ("XR") for improving the sound of older recordings and have employed this to great critical success on a number of classical recordings.
For the first time I've used the process on a non-classical release, bringing out incredible sound quality from a number of recordings by Robert Johnson. You can hear for yourself what I mean by listening to "Ramblin' On My Mind" which is streamed on our website.
The initial release includes 19 of Johnson's songs, with plans afoot to rework the rest and produce a second release very soon.
Initial response from our usual clientèle of classical music lovers has been tremendous. Now I'd like to reach the blues fans who've kept Johnson's flame burning all these years. The sound quality on these releases will revolutionise people's appraisal of Johnson's playing and singing and potentially bring many thousands more to appreciate his genius.
I hope you find this of interest and can take a moment to listen to what I'm doing:
http://www.pristineclassical.com/LargeWorks/Vocal/PABL001.php
Best regards
Andrew Rose ===end message===
Pristine Audio's web site is at: http://www.pristineclassical.com/index2.html
I'm always a little leery of claims...?!
Steven C. Barr