TAPE 1
MEMORIES OF RIO MORE TOOLBOX 6'39" David Garfield
EASY TO LOVE KATE MC GARRY 3'31" Cole Porter
03 NAIMA SEKOU 4'47" John Coltrane
ESPRESSO MOONGLOW 3'35" Karen Knowles /R. Mitchell
GONE GONE GONE JAMES 4'00" Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward
BIG-HEARTED WOMAN MORE VICKIE 2'53" Vickie Leigh, Bruce Bishop
PRODIGAL SON MAIN LINERS 3'23" Rev. R. Wilkins
TAPE 2
BOPLICITY VIRGO 4'59" Cleo Henry
SPIRAL JAMES II 9'30" John Coltrane
CHELSEA BRIDGE TODD 4'46" Billy Strayhorn
KEY TO THE HIGHWAY JOSH 3'33" Charles Seger, Willie Broonzy
COLUMBIANA MUNYUNGO 5'26" Munyungo Jackson
It's a collection of pieces that Giulio Cesare Ricci has selected from the finest jazz productions by the legendary David Manley, the Anglo-American engineer world-famous for his natural, tube-based sound.
The heart and soul of every recorded sound is the product of the acoustic properties of the room itself and the microphones used within those acoustics.
David Manley designed the VITAL MUSIC studio in Chino, California, exclusively for "purist" recording techniques. All performances are captured through a Manley "Gold Reference" stereo condenser microphone, directly to 2 stereo tracks.
The recording was done using a Studer C37 with only Manley tube circuits, at 15fps, 1/2" 2 tracks with only tube circuits modified by David Manley, without noise reduction.
To create the SACD, Giulio Cesare Ricci transferred the original analog master to Pyramix using dCS A/D and D/A converters.
Sound, pure and simple... music, powerful and impressive.
The lineups for the various tracks are varied: drums, piano, sax, guitar, bass, percussion, etc.
Giulio Cesare Ricci wanted to celebrate the 35th anniversary of fonè by recalling the productions of David Manley, with whom he had a great friendship and a special and long-lasting technical collaboration.
