Patricia Barber - Nightclub

1STEP process 180-gram 45 RPM double LP

Pressed on VR-900 Super Vinyl compound

Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original mix-down analog master tapes

Strictly limited to 7,500 numbered pressings!

"Barber's take on every song here often rivals the best I've heard from anyone, while her performance of the Cole Porter classic "So in Love," to which she gives a deliciously dark, ironic twist in the last verse, is quite simply the best in my experience. This is a really great album." — Music = 5/5; Sonics = 5/5 — Paul Seydor, The Absolute Sound, May-June 2023

Patricia Barber's sixth studio album is a fascinating collection of classic cover songs shaped by her inimitable downtempo intimacy into startlingly affective journeys through the human condition. Working with her band of the time (bassist Michael Arnopol and drummer Adam Cruz, augmented by star turns from guitarist Charlie Hunter, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Adam Nussbaum), Barber creates an atmosphere of austere trepidation that allows her long-time engineer Jim Anderson to hang her haunted vocals directly over top. Like all great jazz albums, Nightclub puts the highlighted artist front and center while carving out plenty of space for the supporting players to give emphatic support.

Impex's 1STEP process provides the perfect showcase for Anderson's peerless audio immersions. Nightclub was originally digitally recorded on a Sony 3348 multi-track and mixed through a Neve analog console to both digital and analog mix-down masters. Bernie Grundman used the analog mix-down tapes to assemble a new analog cutting master exclusively for our 1STEP.

Coupled with the incredibly detailed VR-900 vinyl compound formula, there is instrument detailing to spare, a Mariana Trench noise floor, and incredibly-focused low end. There is simply no better way to enjoy Barber's cool renditions of timeless classics than this one (including the exclusive, never-before-released bonus track "Wild Is the Wind"). Limited to 7,500 pressings, so preorder now before this Club closes for good.