Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Remastered) (1968/2025) (SACD)

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Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Remastered) (1968/2025) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (iso, tracks dsf) - 2.7 GB | FLAC (tracks) 24bit-192kHz - 2.5 GB
1:08:30 | Jazz, Post Bop, Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation | Label: Solid State Records / Esoteric

Recorded March 14, 19, and 27, 1968. Limited Edition Hybrid SACD! Featuring ESOTERIC's Proprietary Re-Mastering Process to Achieve the Highest Level of Sound Quality! Japanese Pressing, Deluxe Digi-pak Packaging, THE Definitive Performance on SACD!

Recorded at A&R recording studios, New York City on March 14, 19 & 27, 1968.

Classical masterpiece collection
The reissue of classical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using hybrid Super Audio CD technology to improve sound quality. This series marks the first hybrid Super Audio CD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release. These new audio versions feature ESOTERIC's proprietary re mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.

New Mastering Environment
The DSD mastering has been processed at the newly introduced the "ESOTERIC MASTERING CENTER," where deploys the latest X-series models from the flagship Grandioso as the core, including the Grandioso D1X SE, Grandioso C1X, and Grandioso G1X, in addition to the Grandioso S1X, a pair of G-02X, MEXCEL cables, the MERGING PYRAMIX by ESOTERIC Original Tuned as DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)/Audio Interface coordinated by Mr. Tetsuya Kato, and re-mastered by Mr. Masaya Tohno under the supervision by Mr. Motoaki Ohmachi.

Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (Esoteric Mastering Center)
Associated Producer: Jo Yoshida (Esoteric Mastering Center)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Tohno (Esoteric Mastering Center)

Tracklist
1 Steps – What Was 13:50
2 Matrix 6:28
3 Now He Sings – Now He Sobs 7:02
4 Now He Beats The Drum – Now He Stops 10:34
5 The Law Of Falling And Catching Up 2:27

Bonus Tracks
6 Samba Yantra 2:40
7 Bossa 4:42
8 I Don't Know 2:41
9 Fragments 4:01
10 Windows 3:10
11 Gemini 4:21
12 Pannonica
Composed By – Thelonious Monk
2:57
13 My One And Only Love
Composed By – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
3:37
foobar2000 2.0 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2025-07-06 23:51:36

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Analyzed: Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, Roy Haynes / Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR16 -6.13 dB -25.60 dB 13:50 01-Steps - What Was
DR15 -6.50 dB -25.16 dB 6:29 02-Matrix
DR14 -6.14 dB -24.93 dB 7:03 03-Now He Sings - Now He Sobs
DR17 -6.88 dB -27.82 dB 10:34 04-Now He Beats The Drum - Now He Stops
DR19 -6.77 dB -33.76 dB 2:28 05-The Law Of Falling And Catching Up
DR12 -9.43 dB -24.18 dB 2:40 06-Samba Yantra
DR14 -7.94 dB -25.98 dB 4:42 07-Bossa
DR13 -8.35 dB -24.34 dB 2:41 08-I Don't Know
DR13 -8.26 dB -25.05 dB 4:01 09-Fragments
DR13 -8.77 dB -24.88 dB 3:11 10-Windows
DR13 -8.73 dB -26.71 dB 4:21 11-Gemini
DR13 -8.83 dB -24.23 dB 2:58 12-Pannonica
DR14 -8.37 dB -26.36 dB 3:37 13-My One And Only Love
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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