Ben Harper - Pleasure And Pain

Now back in print — The highly collectible Cardas LP!

Ben Harper and Tom Freund's legendary album, Pleasure and Pain, has been newly re-mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California. This is truly an audiophile recording. The album was originally recorded on March 15, 1992, by George Cardas, of Cardas Audio, using a Studer A-80 tape deck. George used a pair of Omni differential microphones that he custom built and fed the sound directly to the Studer tape deck with nothing else in the signal path, not even a preamp. It is about the most direct and natural recording method there is. Now remastered from the analog masters by Bernie Grundman.

It really is incredible - and incredibly fortunate - that George Cardas was able to capture this yet-to-be-huge star with this simple, raw first recording. There's no slick overproduction. This is a rising star and an audiophile recording. It's been out of print seemingly forever. But now it's back!