A.R.C.

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Release Date: 21st Jul 2023
Catalogue No: 5821706
Label: ECM
Length: 40 minutes

Shorter: Nefertitti

Work length9:46

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Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (bass (vocal)), Barry Altschul (percussion)
Recorded: 1971-01-13
Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Chick Corea, Barry Altschul, David Holland: Ballad For Tillie

Work length5:27

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Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (bass (vocal)), Barry Altschul (percussion)
Recorded: 1971-01-13
Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Corea: A.R.C.

Work length5:40

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Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (bass (vocal)), Barry Altschul (percussion)
Recorded: 1971-01-13
Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

David Holland: Vadana

Work length7:34

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Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (bass (vocal)), Barry Altschul (percussion)
Recorded: 1971-01-13
Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Corea: Thanatos

Work length4:33

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Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (bass (vocal)), Barry Altschul (percussion)
Recorded: 1971-01-13
Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Corea: Games

Work length7:40

$2.05

Chick Corea (piano), Dave Holland (bass (vocal)), Barry Altschul (percussion)
Recorded: 1971-01-13
Recording Venue: Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

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Chick Corea’s first leader date for ECM, recorded in January 1971, emphasized his creative alliance with Dave Holland. The pianist and bassist had bonded musically during their years with Miles Davis and both were committed to extending the possibilities of improvisation in a period when, as Corea would put it “the atmosphere seemed charged with desire for new sounds and new ways.” The trio was completed by Barry Altschul, whose detailed and dynamic drumming had been fine-tuned through his work with Paul Bley. Repertoire on A.R.C. includes compositions by Corea and Holland, group improvising, and an inspired account of Wayne Shorter’s “Nefertiti”.

ECM Records continues its series of Hi-Res reissues from its early analog era. This summer’s batch of digitalized Hi-Res releases includes seminal albums by Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, Thomasz Stanko, Jack DeJohnette, Eberhard Weber, Paul Motian, Ralph Towner, Egberto Gismonti and many more. As with all Hi-Res releases from ECM’s vast catalogue to date, the underlying premise in digitizing the analogue tapes is not to change the sound of the recordings, but to realize them in their original form, in the most detailed and best possible quality.

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In the capable hands of mastering engineer Christoph Stickel, the process begins with the original, analogue stereo master tapes. The masters are in excellent condition and can be played without problems. All tapes are played by a Studer A820, which is meticulously calibrated to the respective tape. The analog signal is then digitized in 96kHz/24-bit, which covers the complete spectrum of the original tapes. In each case, a decision is made between a PrismSound ADA-8XR, an Antelope Eclipse Mastering AD, and a Mytek Brooklyn ADC, depending on which one is suited best for the respective recording. No de-noising and no other restoration affecting the sound is applied.”

A.R.C.

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