Patricia Barber – A Distortion Of Love (2LP, Ultra Analog, Half-speed Mastering)
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Vocals, Piano – Patricia Barber [click here to see more vinyl featuring Patricia Barber]
Bass – Marc Johnson
Drums, Shaker, Finger Snaps, Body Percussion [Cheap Shoes] – Adam Nussbaum
Guitar – Wolfgang Muthspiel
Written by Patricia Barber (A2, B2, C1-3), DuBose Heyward (A1), George & Ira Gershwin (A1), Gus Kahn (B1), Nacio Herb Brown (B1), Richard Rodney Bennett (D1), Ronald White (D2), Smokey Robinson (D2), Arthur Schwartz (D3), Howard Dietz (D3)
2 LP, gatefold jacket
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastered
Gain 2™ Ultra Analog
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Verve Records
Engineered by Jim Anderson
Produced by Brian Bacchus
Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Originally released in 1992
Reissued in 2013
Tracks:
Side A:
- Summertime
- Subway Station # 5
Side B:
- You Stepped Out Of A Dream
- Parts Parallels
Side C:
- Or Not To Be
- Yellow Car
- Yet Another In A Long Series Of Yellow Car
Side D:
- I Never Went Away
- My Girl
- By Myself
Reviews:
“Pianist and singer Patricia Barber's second album (and major-label debut) is a consistently interesting, but not always completely rewarding, array of original instrumentals, vocal standards, and surprise cover versions. The arrangement of "Summertime" that opens the program is eerie almost to the point of creepiness, and all the more effective for it: after a long instrumental prelude, Barber sings the lyrics over the most minimal bass-and-piano unison pedal point, her voice goosed with reverb and wailing softly like a ghost. "Subway Station #5," the original composition that follows, is nervous, jumpy, barely tonal, and moves niftily from a contrapuntal and polyrhythmic introduction into a straight swing section. The problem is that it lasts almost ten minutes, and by the seventh or eighth minute, its ideas seem pretty well played out. "Or Not to Be" and "Yet Another in a Long Series of Yellow Cars" suffer from similar treatment. But her singing on "You Stepped Out of a Dream" and, especially, her sweet and touching rendition of the soul classic "My Girl" are quietly spectacular. There's every reason to expect great things of her in the future.” AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson
Ultra Analog™ : The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system, mastered at half speed from the original master tapes where possible, capturing and uncovering as before undiscovered sonic information.
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.37 / 5