New label: Lasting Impressions Music - "Ella & Louis" CD *

I see on Acoustic Sounds' website that a K2 HDCD version of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's Ella & Louis is available for pre-order. The label is shown as Lasting Impression Music. Does anybody know anything about this reissue label? I'm surprised that HDCDs are still being manufactured.

 

I'll answer my own question. I called Acoustic Sounds and spoke to a very helpful chap by the name of Nate, who informed me that Lasting Impressions Music is a new venture by none other than Doug Sax.

Apparently, Doug feels that HDCD's sonic potential was never fully realized and that combining it with an updated K2 process can yield markedly better sound. Time will tell. No estimate available on when the new Ella & Louis will actually be on the street, by the way.

 

Wow, no fans of Ella and Louis together? Incredible.

 

I'm a big fan of those two LPs by Louis and Ella ("Ella & Louis" and "Ella & Louis Again", right?). Really great stuff. I didn't post because I didn't know anything about the label you were asking about. I look forward to hearing a report about the CD.

 

The 180-gm vinyl released a few years back is TO DIE FOR IMHO. Few LPs I own or have ever heard compare to it, most of those have Senor H's involvement.

 

Thanks to whichever moderator modified the thread title; the original title was somewhat misleading.

I have the Verve CD of this and while it sounds okay, I'm sure Doug Sax will improve on it significantly. My only concern is that an HDCD-compatible player will be required to hear the difference.

 

Yeah, Im looking forward to it too. I have the latest Verve CD and it sounds lifeless to me.

 

its good to hear a new and maybe better version is coming out...but i've got a couple of issues on this already and i'm getting to the point where i'm not going to keep re-buying the same titles no matter how much better they sound....

still its a worthy title and anyone who is a fan of either needs this one, so might as well hold out for it.

 

Wow a new label with Doug Sax involved, great news. Not familiar with the Ella and Louis work mentioned, but this looks like a good time to check it out.

 

Thanks for the heads up. This is great news. It's classic and essential american music. Great stuff

This label is an extension/conversion? of Winston Ma FIM label. I have quite a few of the titles and they do sound very good. Doug Sax hasn't been involved with any of the titles from them yet, so this is exciting news.

http://www.fimpression.com/aboutfim.htm

 

Anyone has any updates?

Recently I snatched a copy of the MFSL Double CD "Ella and Louis again"; and it is an incredible sounding set. The difference between this and the regular Verve is very noticeable, to say it politely.

 

I will be looking forward to this, my latest player has the latest HDCD software available. Right now I am currently seeking out additional HDCD titles.

 

You may have stumbled into the wrong forum, then.

 

one of the best pairings there ever was. i adore this lp.

 

Great CD set. Louis, Ella, Oscar Peterson Trio. Recorded at the Capitol Tower; some tracks have been issued in stereo of varied quality mastering, but as far as I know the whole set only in mono, and that seems to be just fine in this case.

Love Louis' Willow Weep For Me. The trumpet he plows through can be emotionally cathartic, worth the price of admission by itself, and to get vocals at his idiosyncratic best and such great accompanyment... the cup runneth over! Ill Wind and Autumn In New York have incredible mood and texture. The Astaire & Rogers classics are fab here. Really there are few other recordings of any of the standards they cover here which can compare let alone best.

 

Did the LIM K2-HD of Ella & Louis ever see the light of day? It's showing as available on pre-order at Acoustic Sounds, and no mention of it on the First Impressions Music site. I got a copy of the album from HD Tracks, but for all the merits of hi def, it sounds rather cold and I'm sure even a humble 16-bit CD from LIM/FIM would be far superior...

 

May Audio Marketing was at AXPONA with most of the LIM catalog and I did not see it there. The big seller was their version of Linda Ronstadt's What's New.