A voz de Janis Ian está na sua forma mais pura e vital de sempre. As canções foram gravadas praticamente ao vivo com o mínimo de intervenção possível, esta gravação completamente analógica, famosa pela música e pela dinâmica da sua produção, está disponível no seu formato natural: vinil 200g! Este LP audiófilo tem produção impecável e é uma referência da alta fidelidade.

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• Edição Limitada
• Gravação 100% Analógica de 1992
• Masterizado por Doug Sax
• Corte no The Mastering Lab, USA
• Vinil 200 Gramas Audiófilo
• Prensagem na QRP, USA
• Capa "Tip-On" Gatefold

This audiophile LP reflects what the two top bibles of high-end audio decree as an impeccable production that has come to be regarded as a high-fidelity reference. Matched with Ian's very personal songs, delivered in a voice that draws you in close in confidence, Breaking Silence is one of the very few recordings of recent years that by reproducing a pure analogue sound, has attained true audiophile status.

All tracks were recorded at Nightingale Studio on a Studer 820, 24-track machine, 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +6/250 nu using Ampex 499 tape. Included among the mics used on the recording dates were: Nuemann M-49, AKG C-12, Telefunken 251, Sheffield C-9 and a custom built tube direct box on the bass. Janis' vocal was recorded using a Telefunken U-47 and a Mastering Lab mic preamp, linked with series-one Monster Cable direct to the back of the multi-track machine with no EQ or Limiting.

The album was mixed at Bill Schnee Studio to an Ampex ATR 1/2" machine, at 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +3/250 nu on Ampex 499 tape. The reverb on the album was an EMT tube plate used along with natural room sounds captured in the recording. During the mixing of the album, "Some People's Lives" was recorded direct to two-track using the same vocal chain as above and Telefunken 251's on the piano. Take number two was used as the album cut. The album was mixed using Mastering Lab modified Tannoy SGM-10's powered by Sherwood-Sax mono-block tube amps. Produced, engineered and mixed by Jeff Balding. Mastered by Doug Sax.

Músicos:

Jim Brock, bateria, percussão
Janis Ian, guitarra acústica, piano, voz
Chad Watson, baixo, baixo slide
Dan Huff, guitarra eléctrica
Jim Hoke, solo harmonics

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. All Roads To the River
2. Ride Me Like A Wave
3. Tattoo
4. What About Love
5. His Hands

Lado B
1. Walking On Sacred Ground
2. This Train Still Runs
3. Through the Years
4. This House
5. Some People's Lives
6. Breaking Silence

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