Come Away With Me [VINYL]

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All other material was mastered from the highest resolution digital source available by Ted Jensen and Greg Calbi, with vinyl cut by Joe Nino-Hernes.

Norah Jones – Come Away With Me (2022, 20th - Discogs

This brought my vocal to the front more and I can finally hear my little 22-year-old self trying new things and fitting into the music around me just fine. It’s extremely heavy thanks to the 200gsm vinyl that all seven records have been pressed on ( Little Broken Hearts is 2xLP). It has to be said, the ‘carrot’ for this box certainly isn’t as strong as the impressive 252-page hard back book that is unique to The Beatles stereo vinyl box set, but on the other hand, the bonus album here is still unique, the box is a limited edition (Analogue Productions were coy about quantity, and this set is not numbered), and unlike the same label’s forthcoming Doors Infinite vinyl box set, the Norah Jones box is not being made available separately (i. Admittedly, this is a rare example of an SACD that is still relatively easy to get hold of, for not much outlay, but the package seems incomplete without it.

It's Pallas, so I had high expectations, but it's the mastering mix I think that really transcends it, they've done an amazing job. Already an iconic voice of comfort around the world, Norah Jones is embarking on her first-ever podcast Norah Jones Is Playing Along. But during the mixing session Norah began to question whether they had gone too far with some of the songs and wondered if Street had been right about the strength of the demos. I loved singing this song because it’s a newer one but has all the best qualities of some of his older classic songs,” says Jones. There is a discernable reduction in SQ on the final record of the Allaire Sessions, but it's by no means bad, just not as impressive as the first 3 records, imagine they are digital source.

Norah Jones — Come Away with Me (Super Deluxe Edition) Norah Jones — Come Away with Me (Super Deluxe Edition)

The CD set is better value although there is no sign of the surround sound version of the album which was issued on SACD back in 2003. The voices and mids on strings and even lower notes on the double bass are more prominent, it's not in your face in any way, it's just so beautifully balanced, and feels even more personal than my previous copy (which I still thought was pretty damn good for a standard pressing). I assum that "analytical" feature of 20th anniversary could be the result that it may cut peak range on high and bottom. It’s been spent on the important things – not coasters, marbles, scarfs, art cards, and replicas of backstage passes, but employing the best people to create the finished product, whether that be mastering engineers, or the pressing plants. When I approached Craig to tell him about it, he suggested we ask Tony Maserati to ‘balance’ the recordings.What is rather special is that a bit like many of those small CD boxes for mini-LP CDs, produced by Disc Union in Japan, this Norah Jones vinyl set also consists of an inner box which uses a contrasting patterned outer lining of the same design.

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Norah Jones’ 2002 debut album Come Away With Me is to be reissued for its 20th anniversary, in April. To put that in some perspective, that’s weightier than each Beatles stereo vinyl LP (‘only’ 180gsm), and makes your average 1980’s vinyl feel like a flexi-disc. The bass and general bottom end of tracks like Chasing Pirates and Waiting sounds exceptional on this vinyl pressing . On Norah’s 21st birthday, EMI Publishing employee Shell White heard her performing at a jazz brunch and arranged a meeting with Blue Note President Bruce Lundvall. Lundvall loved what he heard and signed Norah as a Blue Note artist, and she began to prepare to record her debut album.It really built my confidence for the rest of the session and set the tone for what we were going for. As their name suggests, all reissues from Analogue Productions are remastered from the original analogue tapes, ensuring the best possible transfer. Re-visiting these sessions after listening to them only once in the last 20 years has been a lovely surprise.

Norah Jones – Feels Like Home (2004, Gatefold, Vinyl) - Discogs Norah Jones – Feels Like Home (2004, Gatefold, Vinyl) - Discogs

When you start listening, when Norah begins to sing " Don't Know Why ", you are instantly surprised and charmed. The idea is that you carefully place your records into this darker housing, and then slide that into the large outer box. I wouldn't wait around, remember when factoring in the cost, they've done 2 separate recordings on this album for the anniversary "mixes".I’m forever grateful to Bruce and the very special team at Blue Note for giving me the chance to find my sound through all of it and for never telling me who I had to be. It’s been a bit like time traveling to some alternate universe of the album that nobody ever heard,” she says.