ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG " ELLA AND LOUIS" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO

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                                                 ELLA FITZGERALD AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG "ELLA AND LOUIS"
2011 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS #98, SOLD-OUT EDITION, MASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND, CUT FROM THE ABSOLUTE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED AT QRP, SALINA, KS, CATALOG NUMBER AP-4003.
"WANT TO HEAR POPS AND THE FIRST LADY OF THE AMERICAN SONG IN THE ROOM, WITH LIFE-LIKE HOLOGRAPHIC 3D PRESENCE AND GLORIOUS NATURAL SOUND? LOOK NO FURTHUR, GEORGE MARINO REMASTERED THIS ABSOLUTE CLASSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AT STERLING SOUND TO BRING US TWO QRP PRESSED 45RPM DISCS OF PURE AUDIOPHILE PLEASURE. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL RECORD!"
                                 THE ABSOLUTE SOUND 40TH ANNIVERSARY BEST SOUNDING MUSIC!
                                            STEREOPHILE MAGA ZINE 'RECORD TO DIE FOR'!
"THE VERY FACT THAT AMERICA'S BIGGEST JAZZ LABEL CALLED ONE OF THEIR ALBUMS QUITE SIMPLY "ELLA AND LOUIS" INDICATES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HERE. AND SURELY ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID-"SATCHMO" AND THE GRAND DAME OF JAZZ CERTAINLY NEED NO FURTHUR INTRODUCTION. IN THE '50's JUST THE MERE MENTION OF THEIR FORENAMES WAS ENOUGH TO LIGHT UP THE EYES OF JAZZ FANS."
"A GLANCE AT THE TRACK LIST REVEALS THAT TRANQUILITY RULES THE DAY: WILD STOMPS AND IMPROVISED SCATS WILL NEITHER BE SOUGHT NOR MISSED. OF PRIME IMPORTANCE TO THE JAZZ BALLAD IS A FEELING OF 'LETTING ONESELF DRIFT' IN THE INSPIRATION WHICH GUSHES FORTH FROM THE MINDS OF GENIAL AMERICAN SONGWRITERS."
"THIS IS NO CONTEST--FOR THE ARTISTS ALL PURSUE A COMMON GOAL WITH EXTREME SENSITIVENESS. THE BACKGROUND COMBO, MADE UP OF THE FIRST-CLASS MUSICIANS AND LED BY OSCAR PETERSON, PERFORMS WITH GREAT CONCENTRATION AND ALMOST OBTRUSIVE UNOBTRUSIVENESS. VERVE'S  HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PRODUCER NORMAN GRANZ DECIDED QUITE DELIBERATELY TO MAKE THE RECORDING IN THE STUDIO INSTEAD OF AT A LIVE SESSION. AND SUCCESS HAS VERIFIED HIS JUDGEMENT, FOR SUCH VOCAL JAZZ KNOWS ONLY GENTLE TONES-BUT THE RESULT IS ALL THE MORE INTENSIVE FOR THAT."
"THE RECORDING QUALITY IS STUPENDOUSLY TRANSPARENT, NATURAL AND INTIMATE. DON'T LET THE AGE OR THE "MONO-NESS" OF IT FOOL YOU INTO THINKING YOU'RE GETTING MOLDY SOUND".--MICHAEL FREMER, ANALOG PLANET
"THE MOST DELIGHTFUL JAZZ VOCAL RECORDING OF ALL TIME, NOW ENSHRINED IN 45RPM, 180G VINYL FROM CHAD KASSEM'S QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS, AND IT'S A JAW-DROPPER...ELLA AND LOUIS ARE 3D-PALPABLE: THEY'RE IN THE ROOM, OUR YOU'RE IN THEIR ROOM. ELLA BREATHES AIR; WHEN POP SINGS DOWN LOW, YOUR HAIR STANDS ON END. A JAZZ-CRITIC FRIEND LIKENED IT TO 'AN ACID TRIP." FRED KAPLAN, STEREOPHILE MAGAZINE
                                                                                     1) CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS                                                                                      2) ISN'T THIS A LOVELY DAY                                                                                      3) MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT                                                                                      4) THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME                                                                                      5) UNDER A BLANKET OF BLUE                                                                                      6) TENDERLY                                                                                      7) A FOGGY DAY                                                                                      8) STARS FELL ON ALABAMA                                                                                      9) CHEEK TO CHEEK                                                                                     10) THE NEARNESS OF YOU                                                                                     11) APRIL IN PARIS