Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz And Gilberto

Impex 1STEP process 180-gram 45 RPM double LP!

Pressed at RTI on VR-900 super vinyl!

Mastered from the original analog master tape by Bernie Grundman

Strictly limited to 7,500 numbered pressings!

New interview/essay by Charles Granata featuring Stan's wife, Monica Getz

Includes two bonus tracks: An alternate mono 7" mix of "The Girl from Ipanema" and a live recording of "Corcovado" from Carnegie Hall!

Super deluxe Monster Pack tip-on jacket with a 36-page booklet and striking outer slipcase!

There have been more than 40 U.S. releases (and hundreds more worldwide) of Stan Getz's cultural touchstone album and for good reason: few recordings better capture the breezy warmth and easy-going sophistication of Brazilian bossa nova for an American jazz audience. Fewer recordings can replicate the you-are-there presence and flawlessly tight studio acoustics. Only Getz/Gilberto has Billboard Top-10-charting singles like "The Girl from Ipanema." When Impex Records jumps into this densely-populated fray with our own production, we need to bring maximum value and prestige to it. Challenge accepted. We worked directly with Stan's wife Monica Getz and their son Nicolaus to create the most authentic, best-presented Getz/Gilberto ever.

Exclusive to Impex's 1STEP Getz/Gilberto includes an insightful new interview/essay by Charles Granata featuring Monica reminiscences of the making of this record, the subsequent cultural phenomenon, and Stan's battles with some pretty heavy demons. Also unique to this release are two bonus tracks: an alternate mono 7" mix of "The Girl from Ipanema" (without the added echo, thank you very much) and a live recording of "Corcovado" from Carnegie Hall. Finally, the large-format, 36-page booklet features dozens of rare photos, the original album notes, and a fascinating personal remembrance from Monica Getz herself, celebrating her late husband's work and an inside look at Stan's family life while making the record!

Using the original analog master tapes and no computers at all, Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering sought to keep the sense of space and tone on the master tape intact without unnecessary embellishment. Impex 1STEPs get you closer to the source, not the ideal.

We know you have many choices when it comes to enjoying this singular album. The Impex 1STEP of Getz/Gilberto cuts above all other releases with added-value content that takes you deeper into Stan Getz's life and process in a way never previously possible. This one's for the books: preorder one for your shelf now!

The 1STEP Process
The Impex 1STEP process relies on short, tightly controlled runs that require a new lacquer after each run of 500 pressings. This unforgiving format has the lacquer skipping the regular father-mother process, going right to a single convert and then pressing. Though this dramatically increases mastering and production costs, it also assures each run is more consistent from disc to disc, with less noise, clearer details, and deeper bass.

Reducing production complexity to just a single "convert" disc between the lacquer and the press greatly improves groove integrity, diminishes non-fill anomalies, and increases signal integrity from the master tape to your system.

Features
• The only release of this fundamental jazz classic crafted with the full participation of the Getz family, including never-before-seen photos and notes from Monica and Nick Getz
• Exclusive new interview essay about Getz's life and the recording of the album by noted producer and historian Charles L. Granata
• Mastered from the original analog master tape by Bernie Grundman
• Two 45 RPM 1STEP LPs pressed on VR900 super vinyl
• New lacquers cut for every 500 pressings
• Exclusive ultra-luxe Impex 1STEP packaging featuring a deluxe 36-page booklet within a heavy stock two-sleeve Monster Pack jacket and striking color-matched slipcase
• Two all-analog bonus tracks: An alternate mono 7" mix of "The Girl from Ipanema" and a live recording of "Corcovado" from Carnegie Hall
• Limited to 7,500 copies

Musicians
Stan Getz, tenor saxophone
Joao Gilberto, guitar, vocals
Antonio Carlos Jobim, piano
Tommy William, bass
Milton Banana, drums
Astrud Gilberto, vocals

 

Side A

The Girl from Ipanema

Doralice

Side B

Para Machucar Meu Coracao

Desafinado

Side C

Corcovado

So Danco Samba

Side D

O Grande Amor

Vivo Shoando

The Girl from Ipanema (MONO bonus track)

Corcovado (LIVE bonus track)

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Not enough stars, quite frankly best the best vinyl record ever made posted on 04/17/2024 5 Stars Reviewer: Wised I thought the Patricia Patrcia Barber's Cafe Blue one step release was the best vinyl ever produced. This one step pressing Of Getz and Gilberto's masterpiece is a religious experience. I own the 33, the 45 and now this one. The 45 RPM version was extraordinary, this one has simply left me without words to adequately describe it, it is simply the best vinyl record ever made. Kudos to Impex Records, a great achievement indeed. Compared to the previous 45....incredible bass, even better soundstage, more transparency, more air, more delicate rendering, more, more, more! I thought the difference would be subtle given the original 45's excellence, it is not! You feel like if you were right in the studio's recording booth all those years ago! Every mouthing of the sax, the ring of the top hat, Astrud softly singing in your ear, it's almost sexual in the most intimate way....WOW

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