Vanessa Fernandez - Use Me

Numbered strictly limited edition — 2,500 copies!

One-step plating 45 RPM 2LP vinyl edition

Newly recut from original 30 ips direct to 2-track all-analog stereo master by Bernie Grundman!

Groove Note Records is proud to release Vanessa Fernandez's album Use Me on the high quality analog One-Step  format.

This album of audiophile quality covers of soul and R&B classics from the '70s and '80s was done in an "unplugged" style with acoustic instruments and arrangements used on all of the tracks. Vocals are tremendously dynamic (no compression or limiting used), with superb presence and detail for all other instruments including the drum set. Resolution is of the highest order and this is an LP that rewards for both musical performance and outstanding audio quality.

This Limited Edition One Step album has been mastered and cut by Bernie Grundman from the original 30 ips 1/4 inch analog master tapes.

The album throws the spotlight on the fantastic voice of Singaporean vocalist Vanessa Fernandez. The song selection includes tunes by Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Earth Wind & Fire, Bill Withers, Al Green and others. Top musicians playing on the album include the great bassist Lee Sklar (Phil Collins, Rita Coolidge, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Lyle Lovett), acoustic guitars Tim Pierce (Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Roger Waters, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton), electric piano Jim Cox (Willie Nelson, BB King, Aaron Neville, Ringo Starr, Lyle Lovett), drums Victor Indrizzo (Macy Grey, Marianne Faithfull, Meatloaf, Emmylou Harris), percussion Rafael Padillo (Julio Iglesias, Celine Dion, Pavarotti, Gloria Estefan), and harmonica Stanley Behrens (Willie Dixon, Canned Heat, Ruth Brown). This is a great group of top LA musicians backing superlative performances by a great new singer!!!

Features
Numbered Strictly Limited Edition — 2,500 copies
One-Step Plating
180-gram 45 RPM 2LP
Analog only release - no digital version of this remaster is scheduled
Lacquers newly re-cut from original 30 ips direct to 2 track all analogue stereo master by Bernie Grundman
Deluxe gatefold Jacket with special One Step sticker/labeling

Side A:

1. I Just Wanna Be With You

2. Be Thankful For What You Got

3. Distant Lover

Side B:

1. Hard Times

2. That Loving Feeling

3. Simply Beautiful

Side C:

1. Use Me

2. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

3. Cool Cat

Side D:

1. Here But I'm Gone

2. Be Thankful For What You Got (Alternate Mix)

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