With the rich catalogs of A&M, Clef, Coral, Decca, Impulse!, Limelight, Mercury, Norgran and Philips, as well as its own to choose from, Verve is making a big splash in the reissue pool this spring and summer.
Their LP Reproductions series will, by August, have 30 titles under its banner. As the name says, the limited edition CD reissues are housed in LP-style jackets. These classic albums, some never before issued on CD, were remastered using 96 kHz, 24-bit digital transfer and then packaged in miniature reproductions of the original album artwork, including liner notes, photography and gatefold sleeves.
As Ken Druker, vice president of catalog development and the executive producer of the series, says, “The LP Reproduction series gives us the opportunity to reach deep into our vast catalog and to make available, in an extremely attractive and historically accurate package, music that our fans and collectors have long requested.”
This LP Reproduction series will only be available for three years following their release. The first 20 titles, which are being released in April and May, include:
Count Basie King of Swing
Willie Bobo New Dimension
Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond 1975: The Duets
Rosemary Clooney Swing Around Rosie
Alice Coltrane Universal Consciousness
Ella Fitzgerald Whisper Not
Stan Getz Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds
Astrud Gilberto The Shadow of Your Smile
Dizzy Gillespie Afro
Woody Herman 1963
Stan Kenton The Formative Years
Carmen McRae Birds of a Feather
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 Equinox
Wes Montgomery Willow Weep for Me
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band At the Village Vanguard
Anita O’Day Incomparable!
Oscar Peterson Soul Español
Mel Tormé Olé Tormé
Sarah Vaughan It’s a Man’s World
Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
The LP Reproduction series will continue in August with the following 10 titles:
Ernestine Anderson My Kinda Swing
Buddy DeFranco Mr. Clarinet
Slim Gaillard Rides Again
Terry Gibbs Plays Jewish Melodies in Jazztime
The Jazztet At the Birdhouse
Sam Rivers Crystals
Lalo Schifrin Piano, Strings, & Bossa Nova
Cecil Taylor, Gigi Gryce & Donald Byrd At Newport
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Train
Cal Tjader Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof
