June 11, 2020—Verve Label Group and UMe announced today the July 31st launch of a new “audiophile grade”, all-analog reissue series supervised by Acoustic Sounds CEO Chad Kassem, featuring iconic titles from the Verve, Impulse!, Philips, EmArcy and Decca catalogs.

Two titles will be released towards the end of each month between July and November, 2020 beginning on July 31st with two legendary collaborations: the Phil Ramone-engineered Getz/Gilberto (1964) and Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1959), recorded in stereo at Capitol Studios in 1957 and issued first in mono that year and in 1959 in stereo.

“Top mastering engineers” (probably chosen in “Kassem style” depending upon who’s in closest proximity to the master tape location), will cut lacquers directly from the original analog tapes, with Quality Record Pressing doing the plating and 180g vinyl pressing, packaged in Stoughton Printing Co. high quality tip-on gatefold jackets.


The Acoustic Sounds Vinyl Reissue Series:

July 31/Verve Records
• Stan Getz/João Gilberto—Getz/Gilberto (1964)
• Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson—Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1958)

August 28th/Impulse! Records
• John Coltrane—Ballads (1963)
• John Coltrane—A Love Supreme (1964)

September 25th/Philips Records
• Nina Simone—I Put A Spell On You (1965)
• Nina Simone—Pastel Blues (1965)

October 30th/EmArcy Records
• Sarah Vaughan—Sarah Vaughan (with Clifford Brown) (1954)
• Clifford Brown and Max Roach—A Study in Brown (1959)

November 27/Decca Records
• Peggy Lee—Black Coffee (1956)
• George Russell—New York, N.Y. (1959)