Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else - Analogue Productions CBNJ 81595 SA (2009) SACD rip via PS3 to iso (GB) | 24bit/88.2kHz flac tracks (GB) | +6dB gain | DR13 | Hybrid stereo only | recorded 1958 | Jazz When Cannonball Adderley scheduled the 1958 session for what was to become his only Blue Note release, he called on his old employer Miles Davis from their quintet days on Columbia. The reunion resulted in one of the greatest and most revered jazz albums ever cut. The chemistry among Adderley, Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey is extraordinary and their reworkings of "Autumn Leaves" and "Love For Sale" are masterpieces. Miles' title tune and Nat Adderley's "One For Daddy-O" are absolute classics. You have never heard a digital version that sounds so amazing! -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Analogue Productions' Blue Note and Nat "King" Cole Reissues WIN A Positive Feedback 2010 Brutus Award! "...if you haven't picked up every one of the Blue Note and Nat King Cole reissues from Chad Kassem and company at Acoustic Sounds, you're really missing out!" - David W. Robinson, Positive Feedback, Issue 52 "...one won't be disappointed by this reissued Rudy Van Gelder classic one iota! (Nor will anyone be let down by Acoustic Sounds 100 Best 45 RPM jazz albums or the Blue Note reissues released by Music Matters or Analogue Productions. These albums are exceptional and worth every penny.)...The sound on Something Else is something else too! There is a timbral realism and sense of projection to Adderley's sax that is rarely encountered on vinyl. RVG outdid himself recording this classic jazz LP - and Mssrs. Hoffman and Gray did a great job of preserving the sound of the master tape...it's a no brainer to snap up the limited edition Something Else before it goes out of print!" - Myles B. Astor, Positive Feedback Online, Issue 44 http://positive-feedback.com/Issue44/vinyl.htm "Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else. Known by many as Kind of Blue II, arguably produced the finest version of 'Autumn Leaves' and 'Love For Sale' ever recorded, it was a legitimate attempt to bring Miles back for an encore. The muted tonality is a tour de force…a clinic on trumpet if you will." – Rich Brown, Klipsch Audio Technologies "…This is one of the best-loved titles in the Blue Note catalog. How does this 45 RPM two disc re-issue stack up to the original? Will this new remastering of 'Love For Sale' have you thinking about putting your original pressing up for sale? The sound of my original mono and stereo pressings, as well as the Mobile Fidelity CD are all pretty good sounding recordings of great jazz. But this version leaves them all in the dust…the rock solid horn sound and the improved timbre add so much to the 'you are there' feeling on this new release, that for me there is no going back to my original pressings." Recording = 8/10; Music = 10/10 – Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi+, Issue 59 "…As much as I'd love to relay all kinds of anecdotes about the challenges Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray encounter during the mastering sessions, I witness none. These boys know the sound of the facility and the Van Gelder masters like the backs of their hands…Back home a month later, I unpack some test pressings Chad Kassem has sent me…I hear the most realistic-sounding drums ever reproduced by my system. It's as though I'm sitting at the point of creation, experiencing the same high that brought such gifted musicians together as one. Steve Hoffman, Kevin Gray, Chad Kassem, and Don MacInnis have done Rudy Van Gelder and his Blue Note artists proud." – Jason Victor Serinus, Stereophile, April 2008 One of the best known record dates in the history of modern jazz, the chemistry among Adderley, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey is amazing. Their reworkings of "Autumn Leaves" and "Love For Sale" are masterpieces. Miles' title tune and Nat Adderley's "One For Daddy-O" are classics. Tracks: 01 Autumn Leaves 11:01.25 02 Love For Sale 07:05.49 03 Somethin' Else 08:13.55 04 One For Daddy-O 08:24.85 05 Dancing In The Dark 04:07.33 06 Alison's Uncle 05:10.52 ========================================== foobar2000 1.1.11 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2012-05-30 19:39:40 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Cannonball Adderely / Somethin' Else -------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------- DR14 -5.17 dB -24.79 dB 11:01 01-Autumn Leaves DR13 -5.58 dB -22.12 dB 7:05 02-Love For Sale DR13 -4.09 dB -21.09 dB 8:14 03-Somethin' Else DR13 -4.18 dB -21.58 dB 8:25 04-One For Daddy-O DR13 -6.69 dB -23.22 dB 4:07 05-Dancing In The Dark DR14 -2.04 dB -20.07 dB 5:11 06-Alison's Uncle -------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 6 Official DR value: DR13 Samplerate: 88200 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 24 Bitrate: 2680 kbps Codec: FLAC ========================================== Technical Details: 01) ISO image created using sacd-ripper for PS3 02) Edited Master Dff file extracted using SACD_Extract 03) Edited Master Dff file analysed using foobar + foo_input_sacd and DR Meter plugins to find peak track(s) 04) Dff files for loudest tracks extracted from the ISO using SACD_Extract and converted using Weiss Saracon 1.61-27 at 24bit/88.2kHz with -6.00dB gain 05) Non-clipping gain calculated using SoX 06) Final pass conversion using Weiss Saracon 1.61-27 at 24bit/88.2kHz with 6.00dB gain as calculated above 07) Final pass PCM file split into individual tracks (discarding first 41 samples) using track lengths calculated from cue file generated by SACD_Extract 08) Spikes at beginning of first/end of last tracks eliminated by deleting 24 samples and replacing with the adjacent 24 samples using SoX to give the correct track length 09) Finalised tracks converted to flac [level 8] and tagged using tag.exe 10) Dynamic Range measured using Foobar DR Meter plugin