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We have had the honor and privilege of building custom gear for some of the finest recording and mastering engineers in the industry, the guys at Paul Stubblebine Mastering, Coast Recorders and Spartan Recording. I thought some of you might enjoy the phenomenal quality of the reference masters we are allowed to use at Bottlehead for evaluation of our designs, so I have arranged to make the release versions of some of our favorites available here at Bottlehead.com. Since these recordings are used on our own system for evaluation I believe you will find them particularly useful for showing off your own Bottlehead gear. And since Doc picked 'em you also have the guarantee that these are not audiophool dreck! The music has to make me want to listen again and again, or I won't put it up here. enjoy, Doc B. |
A rack full of Bottlehead built and Bottlehead modified gear in the Camellia Room at Paul Stubblebine Mastering. |
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| Jacqui Naylor The Color Five | ||
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Here's Jacqui's latest, a combination of five standards, five original songs and five acoustic smashes, where Jacgui sings a rock tune while the band plays a jazz counter melody in the background and vice versa. In this album the gang really starts to show the way a band that has been together for a while can so easily slip into a groove. Released on Jacqui's own Rubystar label, the performances are tighter and smoother than ever, and Jacqui's voice is just sooo nice. | |
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The recording was done at Coast Recorders at the 1340 Mission recording and mastering facility in San Francisco. Coast is a Bill Putnam designed studio and the largest recording studio in The City. Michael Romanowski and Paul Stubblebine recorded the tracks. This session was also my absolutely fabulous 50th birthday party, which you can read about here. |
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Tracklist
1. Blue Moon |
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Price for an autographed CD is $12 plus shipping, and Jacqui donates a percentage of each sale to youth music programs. Autographed The Color 5 to US address order Autographed The Color 5 to Canada order
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| Jacqui Naylor Live East/West | ||
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This offering is a live double album release by Jacqui. Last year Jacqui wowed crowds on both coasts with her superbly trained voice. This two CD set features performances from two of Jacqui's favorite venues, Yoshi's in Oakland, CA and Birdland in NY. Pianist, co-writer and arranger Art Khu is a major league performer in his own right, and their collaborative effort known as acoustical smashing, in which Art lays down a jazz/rock tune to which Jacqui sings a rock/jazz counterpoint, is not to be missed. Listen for Jacqui's power and the easy way she flows through her vocal range, Art's equally powerful and texturally dense solos, and also for some other knockout talent like Jon Evans on bass and Josh Jones on drums. The recordings and mix were done by Spartan Recording, and Michael Romanowski of Paul Stubblebine Mastering did a beautiful job of mastering both CDs for Jacqui's Ruby Star Records label. Jacqui Naylor and Art Khu spinning vinyl at Chateau Bottlehead |
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Here's Jacqui, keyboardist Art Khu, mastering engineer Michael Romanowski on guitar, bassist Jon Evans, drummer Josh Jones, and Bob Johnson on tenor at the CD release party at Yoshi's, 3/13/05. The double album CD was officially released on 3/15. Photo by Chuck McCalment |
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tracklist Live East - Birdland Thank You Baby/Once In A Lifetime/We'll Fly/For What It's Worth/Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow/Don't Let The Bastard Get You Down/My Funny Valentine/The Wind/But Not For Me/Julie's Song/It'll Be Fine/Me & Mr. Jones Live West - Yoshi's City By The Bay/Black Coffee/Angel/So Far Away/Calling You/Money/Before I'm Gone/Cheese Puff Daddy/Peace In Our Lifetime/No Moon At All/Christmas Ain't What It Used To Be/Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Photo by Jeff Bizzell |
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Price for the two CD autographed set is $15 plus shipping, and Jacqui donates a percentage of each sale to youth music programs. Autographed Live East/West to US address order Autographed Live East/West to Canada order |
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| Jacqui Naylor CD Gift Sets | ||
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"Thanks so much for
your support. You Bottleheads have shown so much interest in my music that
Doc asked me for complete sets of all five of my CD's - Jacqui Naylor,
Live at the Plush Room, Shelter and the Live East/West 2CD set. So I put together
this set for you, packaged in a sexy little see through gift bag and
complete with an autographed copy of the Live East/West CD set, for just $50."
Kisses, Jacqui Back in stock - these puppies go fast and we get only a few at a time, so get your order in soon. Jacqui Naylor autographed 5 CD gift set to US address order Jacqui Naylor autographed 5 CD gift set to Canada order |
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| Art Khu - Reconciliation | ||
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Simply put, Art is an amazing
pianist. Having had my fingers crossed for more than a year that he would do
an instrumental recording, I was delighted to find that he had just released
his new album on the Ruby Star Records label, entitled Reconciliation. If
you like the intricate solos Art plays on Jacqui's albums you'll love this
nice long drink of fluid expression by Art, backed up by two well known and
highly regarded West Coast artists, bassist Ron Belcher and drummer
Babatunde Lea.
Recorded and mixed by David R at On The Moon Studios Mastered by Michael Romanowski at Paul Stubblebine Mastering Art Khu in motion at the keyboard during a performance at the Upstage, Port Townsend, WA |
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tracklist There Will Never be Another You/Reconciliation/Brave Tin Soldier/Revelation/Lament/I Hear A Rhapsody/Jesse/Riverside/The Wilderness/Thursday Afternoon
Art with co-writer Jacqui Naylor |
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At this point we seem to have
an exclusive on Art's CD! Get it here instead of waiting for Amazon to pick
it up. Price is $15 plus shipping.
Art Khu Reconciliation to US address order Art Khu Reconciliation to Canada order |
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