Acrylic vinyl record storage series#

This Small Batch pressing is limited to just 4,000 copies worldwide.Īs with all albums in the series, Brilliant Corners features lacquers cut from the original tapes (AAA) by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using Neotech’s VR900 compound.

A landmark title in the pianist’s celebrated catalog, the 1957 album not only introduces several Monk originals, but also features an all-star line-up of talent, including Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, and Paul Chambers. Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners is the fifth release in Craft Recordings’ acclaimed Small Batch vinyl series.

The fifth title in the series, Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners, will be available to pre-order at 10am PST today (Wednesday, September 6th). It’s an LP with music and sound to savor.” Analog Planet’s Mark Smotroff called Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet “A wonderfully open-sounding record…I felt I was getting a nice sense of what the original recording – and the original records – sounded like, yet with the sonic benefits of Grundman’s mastering touch.” While Jamie Atkins at Record Collector praised John Coltrane’s Lush Life, noting, “Craft have done a superlative job the packaging is elegant and the sound is flawless.' It was created with extreme care, and it lives up to the goal of being closer in sound to master tape.

Acrylic vinyl record storage series#

Since launching, the series has drawn accolades from both sides of the Atlantic. Speaking to The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, Marc Mickelson of Audio Beat hailed it as “ of the very best reissues I’ve come across. Craft Recordings is proud to present Small Batch, our carefully curated vinyl series devoted to creating the highest quality vinyl reissues of legendary recordings from our catalog.Įach edition is cut from its original analog tapes by Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI using Neotech’s VR900 compound and a one-step lacquer process-as opposed to the standard three-step process-allowing for the utmost level of musical detail, clarity, and dynamics while reducing the amount of surface noise on the record.