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ELEANOR McEVOY with DAMON BUTCHER ----- FORGOTTEN DREAMS ----- PURE ANALOGUE-DIRECT-TO-DISC-JAZZ-LP/RECORD ----- CHASING THE DRAGON - BINAURAL RECORDINGS IN ENGLAND (U.K.) ----- A DIRECT CUT RECORDING ----- HIGH QUALITY 180GRAM AUDIOPHILE VIRGIN VINYL PRESSING IN GERMANY ----- LIMITED EDITION ----- OUT OF PRINT ----- ( ..... OVP = ORIGINAL VERSIEGELT = FACTORY SEALED !! ..... PURE ANALOGE DIREKTSCHNITT-LP/RECORD 2018 MADE IN ENGLAND (U.K.) / ..... CHASING THE DRAGON - BINAURAL RECORDINGS (A DIRECT CUT RECORDING) 2018 / ..... ORIGINAL AUFNAHMEN 2018 BEI CHASING THE DRAGON - BINAURAL RECORDINGS (DIRECT TO DISC) IN ENGLAND (U.K.) / ..... ORIGINAL RECORDING 2018 BY CHASING THE DRAGON - BINAURAL RECORDINGS (DIRECT TO DISC) IN ENGLAND (U.K.) / .... HIGH QUALITY 180g AUDIOPHILE PRESSING - MADE IN GERMANY / ..... LIMITED EDITION ..... OUT OF PRINT ----- EINZIGES EXEMPLAR IN MEINER PRIVATEN, GEPFLEGTEN, ANALOGEN & AUDIOPHILEN LP/RECORD-SAMMLUNG = ONLY ONE SAMPLE IN MY PERSONAL, WELL TENDED, ANALOGUE & AUDIOPHILE LP/RECORD-COLLECTION (ONE EXEMPLARY !!) ..... DIESE PURE ANALOGUE DIREKTSCHNITT LP/RECORD IST = OVP = ORIGINAL VERSIEGELT = FACTORY SEALED!!..... VERY-HARD-TO-FIND-WORLDWIDE IN THIS PERFECT " FACTORY SEALED " QUALITY !! ..... )

*********************************************************************************************** Forgotten Dreams (Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition) Plattencover Eleanor McEvoy ‎– Forgotten Dreams Label: Chasing The Dragon ‎– VALDC006 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Direct Cut Land: UK Veröffentlicht: 2019 Genre: Pop Stil: Trackliste Anzeigen Mitwirkende A1 The Spanish Word For Heart Is Corazon 3:48 A2 The Meeting of the Waters 3:57 A3 The Way You Wear Your Troubles 2:27 A4 Not Quite Love 3:34 A5 Fragile Wishes 3:43 B1 Gimme Some Wine 3:36 B2 Slow Hand 3:57 B3 If You Had A Heart 2:58 B4 Carolan's Concerto 3:12 B5 Pink Champagne 2:44 Unternehmen usw. Recorded At – Air Studios Mitwirkende Advisor – Mick O'Gorman Engineer – Jake Jackson Mastered By – John Webber Musical Assistance – John Prestage Photography – Susan Arnold Producer – Françoise Valentine, Mike Valentine (3) Technician – Mattia Sartori Anmerkungen Live Studio Recording 100% analogue Directly Cut to Vinyl 180g vinyl Gefell/AKG/Flea Valve Microphones, AIR Custom Neve Recording Desk, Neumann VMS 80 Cutting Lathe ********************************************************************************************* Eleanor McEvoy - vocals, electric guitar, piano, acoustic guitar, violin Damon Butcher - piano Mit „Forgotten Dreams“ präsentiert nicht nur die irische Singer-Songwriterin Eleanor McEvoy ihr neuestes Album, sondern auch das britische High-End-Label Chasing The Dragon die neueste Veröffentlichung seiner Direktschnitt-Reihe aus den Londoner Air Studios - und beides sind mehr als gute Gründe, sich diese Scheibe für die heimische Sammlung zu sichern. Mike Valentine, Gründer und Chef-Produzent von Chasing The Dragon, ist hauptamtlich Kameramann - sein scharfes Auge und seinen Sinn für Ästhetik kann man in mehr als neunzig Kinofilmen, darunter einige James-Bond-Episoden, bewundern. Dennoch ist sein 2012 gegründetes Label mittlerweile deutlich mehr als nur ein Hobby des leidenschaftlichen Audiophilen. Zuerst machte Chasing The Dragon mit einer Reihe binauraler Kunstkopf-Aufnahmen aus dem Bereich der klassischen Musik von sich reden, dann kamen auch die ersten Direktschnitt-Alben, zumeist aus dem Jazz-Bereich. Mit Eleanor McEvoy konnte Valentine nun erstmals eine namhafte Künstlerin aus dem Folk-Pop-Bereich gewinnen, und die Zusammenarbeit übertrifft alle Erwartungen. Die Aufnahmen fanden im Mai 2018 in den Air Studios London statt, ein mit analogem Aufnahme-Equipment auf höchstem Niveau ausgestattetes Studio, das Beatles-Produzent George Martin in eine alte Kirche bauen ließ. Das alte Gemäuer bietet eine fantastische organische Akustik, die mit nur wenigen architektonischen Eingriffen optimiert wurde. Hier also trat Eleanor McEvoy vor die Mikrofone, begleitet nur von ihrer eigenen Gitarre und dem facettenreichen Klavierspiel von Damon Butcher, der den meisten vermutlich als langjähriger Arrangeur und Keyboarder für The Beautiful South ein Begriff ist. Eine Direktschnitt-Aufnahme verzeiht keine Fehler, für die Dauer einer kompletten LP-Seite muss jeder Ton sitzen, sonst ist das Vinyl ruiniert. Dennoch hat es sich die 52-Jährige nicht einfach gemacht, denn sie präsentiert hier nicht etwa ein Sammelsurium aus routinierten alten Songs, sondern gruppiert einige neue Songs geschickt um Altbekanntes, extra arrangierte Traditionals und Cover-Songs, das wenigste davon gibt es bisher schon auf Alben von ihr zu hören, und vor allem nicht in dieser auf das notwendigste heruntergebrochenen Version. McEvoys poetische und doch kantige Songs, die so schwindelfrei zwischen keltischer Folklore und Indie-Rock balancieren, werden hier zu echten Kleinodien, denn was McEvoy und Butcher mit nur akustischer bzw. elektrischer Gitarre und Flügel bzw. E-Piano an Sound-Welten erzeugen können, ist absolut verblüffend. Vom harten Blues („The Way You Wear Your Troubles“) bis zum flirrenden Latin-Sound („Not Quite Love“) reicht das Spektrum, und im irischen Traditional „Carolan's Concerto“ kann man die studierte Violinistin McEvoy sogar einmal mit der Geige hören. Aufgenommen ist all das natürlich rein analog, ohne Nachbearbeitung, Schnitte oder Overdubbing - der Direktschnitt macht es gar nicht anders möglich. Zum Einsatz kamen Röhrenmikrofone von Gefell, AKG und Flea, sowie eine Neumann VMS 80 Schneidemaschine. Toningenieur Jake Jackson und Mastering-Ingenieur John Webber haben hier ganze Arbeit geleistet; jedes Detail dieser filigranen Musik ist perfekt und glasklar durchhörbar, das ursprüngliche Signal wird beim Direktschnitt so wenig wie irgend möglich verfälscht, und das Resultat ist - der pure Genuss! Aufnahmen über Gefell-, AKG- und Flea-Röhrenmikrofone auf einer Neumann VMS 80 Schneidemaschine. Schnitt direkt auf Vinyl innerhalb eines einzigen Tages durch Mike Valentine, Eigentümer von Chasing The Dragon Records. Eine der wenigen echten Direktschnitt-LPs in fantastischer Klangqualität. wv Titel: Side A: 1. The Spanish Word for Heart Is Corazon 2. The Meeting Of The Waters 3. The Way You Wear Your Troubles 4. Not Quite Love 5. Fragile Wishes Side B: 1. Gimme Some Wine 2. Slow Hand 3. If You Had A Heart 4. Carolan's Concerto 5. Pink Champagne *********************************************************************************************** Rezension: Mit der Irin Eleanor McEvoy gelang es Labelchef Mike Valentine, sich einen veritablen Star in sein Studio voller erlesenen Vintage-Equipments zu holen: Eine Songwriterin von internationalem Rang mit eindrucksvoller Diskographie. Und der Mann am Klavier ist ebenfalls kein Unbekannter: Damon Butcher war inoffizielles Bandmitglied bei The Beautiful South praktisch über deren komplette Karriere. Gemeinsam stellten die beiden sich der Direktschnitt-Herausforderung und spielten ein intimes Set aus zehn Songs, neben McEvoy-Eigenkompositionen auch ein paar Traditionals. Selbstredend darf man sich auch hier nicht nur über die Musik, sondern auch über den stupend natürlichen Klang freuen…! ************************************************************************************************* **************************************************************************************************** Forgotten Dreams “FORGOTTEN DREAMS” Vinyl album, due to popular demand,now available on CD McEvoy’s latest album “Forgotten Dreams” (2019) was recorded in Air Studios in London as a Direct-Cut-to-Vinyl. This means that the album is recorded as the performance is happening in the studio. There is no editing or overdubbing. The entire side of the album, 20 minutes of music, has to be recorded non-stop without any mistakes, noises, string breakages, technical issues etc. and there is only one shot at it. It’s extremely challenging for the studio engineers, producers and of course the performers, however it infuses the performance with a vibrancy and spontaneity that is unparalleled. Leading UK HiFi Magazine HI FI CHOICE gave “Forgotten Dreams” a 5/5 star review and the Vinyl Hot Pick of the month. The album features 10 songs including “The Spanish Word For Heart is Corazon” a song about cross –cultural- kindness, “Fragile Wishes” an homage to parenting (dedicated to her daughter) and “Slow Hand” her interpretation of the Pointer Sister’s 80’s hit. Due to popular demand the album is now also available on CD. DEFINITIION OF A DIRECT CUT A ‘direct cut’ to vinyl album is recorded as the performance is happening in the studio. There is no editing or overdubbing. The entire side of the album (20 minutes of music) has to be recorded non stop without any mistakes, noises, string breakages, technical issues etc. and there is only one shot at it. It’s extremely challenging for the studio engineers, producers and of course the performer, however it infuses the performance with a vibrancy and spontaneity that is unparalleled. ************************************************************************************************* Description AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head Chasing the Dragon - VALDC006 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl AAA 100% Analogue - Direct To Disc D2D Live Direct Cut To Vinyl - Limited Edition - But for the quality of the recording, and the ‘bottle’ to do it without a ‘safety net’ Forgotten Dreams merits 4. One for fans and audiophile buffs, in particular. - And sonically, you simply can’t complain (although there are a couple of ambient gremlins from switching instruments that wouldn’t ‘normally’ happen, or would have been removed in post-production). I’m not sure, vocally, that she’s ever sounded better on record.- LPReview HIFI News - Monthly Album Choice Ken Kessler Sound 95/100 I managed to steal a couple of hours to drop in this week at AIR studios for the latest recording project from Mike and Françoise Valentine of Chasing the Dragon. Singing star Eleanor McEvoy was playing electric and acoustic guitars with the Steinway and Rhodes piano accompaniments from Damon Butcher, former keyboard player with ‘The Beautiful South’, in the nicely reverberant and spacious acoustic of the main chapel. This will be Chasing the Dragon’s 6th direct cut album." - hificritic.com, Audiophile musician Eleanor McEvoy is accompanied by pianist Damon Butcher. Chasing the Dragon have become known as one of the leading producers of audiophile recordings. This Live Studio Recording was directly cut to vinyl for the LP format. Many audiophiles all over the world are familiar with Eleanor McEvoy. There is no finer musician with which to work. Eleanor is accompanied by Damon Butcher on grand piano and plays several solo instruments herself, underscoring her beautiful voice, for this direct cut album. When the opportunity came to work with Eleanor, as you can imagine, Chasing The Dragon jumped at it. It was decided that it would be great to record a 'Direct Cut' album. They have already released 5 albums using this process, where they record straight to the Neumann Lathe at Air Studios. Eleanor put in a fantastic performance and, remember you cannot stop half way through when cutting live vinyl. She had to be note perfect on both sides. Jake, the mixer, and John, mastering engineer, also brought their 'A game" to the session. "I managed to steal a couple of hours to drop in this week at AIR studios for the latest recording project from Mike and Françoise Valentine of Chasing the Dragon. Singing star Eleanor McEvoy was playing electric and acoustic guitars with the Steinway and Rhodes piano accompaniments from Damon Butcher, former keyboard player with ‘The Beautiful South’, in the nicely reverberant and spacious acoustic of the main chapel. This will be Chasing the Dragon’s 6th direct cut album." - hificritic.com, May 22, 2018 Features: • • Directly cut to vinyl • Gefell/AKG/Flea Valve Microphones, AIR Custom Neve Recording Desk, Neumann VMS 80 Cutting Lathe Musicians: Eleanor McEvoy Damon Butcher, piano Selections: Side A: 1. The Spanish Word for Heart is Corazon 2. The Meeting of The Waters 3. The Way You Wear Your Troubles 4. Not Quite Love 5. Fragile Wishes Side B: 6. Gimme Some Wine 7. Slow Hand 8. If You Had A Heart 9. Carolan's Concerto 10. Pink Champagne ********************************************************************************************** Chasing The Dragon Audiophile Recordings [Release date: 08.18] available at chasingthedragon.co.uk We’ve had Alone (2011) and its companion release Naked Music (2016) – albums that saw Irish singer songwriter Eleanor McEvoy retire to the sanctuary of a sleepy Norfolk studio to revisit past releases ‘solo ‘, along with a handful of covers and a few new songs, sung with just her guitar (acoustic, electric, or bass), piano or simply a capella. Ever the audiophile (her long term partner is, after all, a sound engineer), Forgotten Dreams takes the concept to perhaps its ultimate conclusion – a ‘direct cut’ album – a live studio recording cut to vinyl in real time, but also available in CD and various hi-res digital download formats including DSD (the encoding used in SACD production), and double rate DSD (which uses sampling rates 128 times greater than for CD). And for those with really deep pockets (and the right equipment) master tape copies are also available. Recorded at Air Studios in May this year and produced by Chasing The Dragon Audiophile Recordings’ Mike and Francoise Valentine, it’s a format that leave little scope for bum notes, hiccups, or breaking wind. No pressure then, one take is all you get and that’s it – warts and all, forever etched into the highest quality vinyl. As a foil for the project, Eleanor is accompanied on all 10 tracks by pianist Damon Butcher (ex-Beautiful South) who featured on her last studio album The Thomas Moore Project (2017). He gets equal billing (on the rear sleeve, at least) while Eleanor sings and selectively plays acoustic and electric guitars, piano and violin. As with Alone and Naked Music, there’s a limited amount of fresh song writing – a handful of new songs – ‘The Spanish Word For Heart Is Corazon’, ‘Gimme Some Wine’ and ‘Pink Champagne’ – all of which were road tested on her last UK tour, and ‘Fragile Wishes’, and ‘If You Had A Heart’ (a co-write with J(ennifer?) Kimball and Henry Priestman (of The Christians renown). Two traditional arrangements – ‘The Meeting Of The Waters’ and ‘Carolan’s Concerto’, and a cover of The Pointer Sisters 1981 hit ‘Slow Hand’ (a highlight on her last tour), alongside two re-workings ‘The Way You Wear Your Troubles’ (from Out There (2006)) and ‘Not Quite Love’ (from her eponymous 1993 debut) complete the set. As for warts, well, Eleanor’s performance is, true to form, blemish free and it’s clear from the first listen why her current ‘go to’ keyboard player was brought along for the ‘gig’ – the warmth and depth of his grand piano is the perfect foil for her rich vocals and for exploiting the recording environment. And sonically, you simply can’t complain (although there are a couple of ambient gremlins from switching instruments that wouldn’t ‘normally’ happen, or would have been removed in post-production). I’m not sure, vocally, that she’s ever sounded better on record. Particularly impressive, for a ‘one take’, to say nothing of the bravery of the finger clicks in the fade of ‘Pink Champagne’ where sweaty palms could have been disastrous. It’s a recording that benefits a generous twist of the volume knob in order to fully appreciate the subtleties of the performance, highlights including the juxtaposition of the grand and electric pianos on ‘The Meeting Of The Waters’, the fresh lease of life given to the mildly tijuana style arrangement of ‘Not Quite Love’, the sixties imbibed delicacy of ‘If You Had A Heart’, and the ‘in the room’ vibrancy of the semi classical violin on ‘Carolan’s Concerto’. Elsewhere, it’s ‘business as normal’ in terms of quality control, although personally I thought the guitar and piano parts a little at odds on the revisiting of ‘The Way You Wear Your Troubles’, and I’d like to have heard ‘Slow Hand’ given a more sparse arrangement and taken down a notch or two in tempo. But I’m splitting hairs here. A somewhat mysterious release – only Chasing The Dragon’s sixth direct cut recording (the others being largely classical) – the CD jewel case spine simply shows ‘Forgotten Dreams / Chasing The Dragon) which, combined with a virtual silence on Eleanor’s website and social media streams, suggests Forgotten Dreams is more of an exercise – from both sides of the desk – to achieve an audiophile ‘personal best’, as opposed to – for now, at least – an ‘official’ addition to Eleanor’s discography. From a songwriting perspective, Forgotten Dreams perhaps reflects the fact that her days of edginess and angst are long passed, and an ‘ordinary’ studio rendition of the set would probably only garner 3 stars. But for the quality of the recording, and the ‘bottle’ to do it without a ‘safety net’ Forgotten Dreams merits 4. One for fans and audiophile buffs, in particular. **** Review by Pete Whalley ************************************************************************************************

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