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Standard vinyl is mastered from digital files, we leave that to others. Most of our titles are mastered from the original analogue tapes, the reason for this is simple, Sound Quality. You will find one of the UK’s widest selections of audiophile quality vinyl here at MCRU.
We stock titles from Mobile Fidelity Soundlabs (Mofi), Analogue Productions, Reference Recordings, Chasing the Dragon, Impex, Pure Pleasure, MA Recordings, Gearbox Records and more.
If you are serious about sound quality then you need to browse our vinyl selection.
Vincent Belanger – Pure Cello – Audio Note Vinyl or CD
- 2 x 180g Vinyl or CD
- Audio Note Music
- Review click here
Stunning presentation of this up and coming young cellist.
Dizzy Reece – Star Bright Lp (Blue Note Classic Series) Blue Note Vinyl
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the trumpeter Dizzy Reece moved to London at age 17 and began working across Europe, frequently in Paris, where he played with the likes of Don Byas and Kenny Clarke. Reece also made fans of Miles Davisand Sonny Rollinswho spread the word about a hot new trumpeter on the European scene. So when Donald Byrd and Art Taylor came through Paris on tour in 1958 they sought out Reece and even found their way into the recording studio together for what would become Reece’s Blue Note debut Blues In Trinity.
Chasing The Dragon – Audiophile Recordings By Mike Valentine – CD
This audiophile demonstration disc from Chasing the Dragon contains 16 selections from iconic composers and musicians including Vivaldi, Schubert, Bach, Copland, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Ellington among others which were recorded combining 50 year old valve microphones with a high resolution digital recorder, capturing a variety of acoustic tracks which producer/engineer Mike Valentine says “should take you and your Hi-Fi system on an interesting journey!” Also included is an accompanying 18 page booklet, each page devoted to a track, detailing how the recording was made.
Chasing The Dragon – España – A Tribute To Spain – CD
Espana a Tribute to Spain – Rosie Middleton | Debbie Wisemman : National Symphony Orchestra Entitled ‘A Tribute To Spain’ the programme included two pieces from Bizet, concert performances with mezzo-soprano Rosie Middleton, together with Rimsky Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Chabrier’s Espana, these classical showpieces.
Chasing The Dragon – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – CD
Chasing The Dragon – Rimsky Korsakov – Scheherazade – CD
Chasing The Dragon – Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Moonlight & Pathetique Direct Cut CD
The "Moonlight" and "Pathetique" piano sonatas are performed here by the wonderful pianist John Lenehan. This CD release was originally recorded directly on to the vinyl cutting machine at Air Studios which is known as a "Direct Cut", and sounds wonderful.
Live studio recording of pianist John Lenehan's performance of Beethoven's Moonlight and Pathetique Piano Sonatas.
Chasing The Dragon – Clare Teal: A Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald, Syd Lawrence Orchestra – CD
Art Farmer – Portrait of Art Farmer – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl
Acoustic Sounds and Contemporary Records present this new reissue of iconic jazz trumpet player Art Farmer’s 1958 Contemporary Records debut, “Portrait of Art Farmer”. Featuring Hank Jones (piano), Addison Farmer (bass) and Roy Haynes (drums) with this edition pressed on 180-gram vinyl pressed at QRP with (AAA) lacquers cut from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman. It is presented in a tip-on jacket.
Herbie Nichols – The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 & 2 Blue Note Re-Issue Vinyl
Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition on 180-gram LP
Herbie Nichols was one of the most highly original and under-recognized pianists and composers in Jazz history. Blue Note founder Alfred Lion consider him to be every bit as unique and important as Thelonious Monk, another singular talent who Lion was the first to record just a few years before he signed Nichols in 1955. Little-known during his lifetime, recognition has begun to grow in recent years for Nichols' incredibly hip, angular compositions such as "The Third World," "2300 Skidoo," "Step Tempest," and "Dance Line," each of which were miniature marvels built with their own sturdy inner logic.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Blacknuss
From its opening bars, with Bill Salter's bass and Rahsaan's flute passionately playing Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", you know this isn't an ordinary Kirk album (were any of them?). As the string section, electric piano, percussion, and Cornel Dupree's guitar slip in the back door, one can feel the deep soul groove Kirk is bringing to the jazz fore here.
