Groovy

Prestige 50th Anniversary Special Commemorative Edition reissue for North America. "This edition limited to 10,000 copies." This is the same remastered material out of JVC Studios used for the 1999 Japanese reissue [r1841390] (VICJ-60278). Remastering Information: "This album was mastered in analog utilizing the 20-Bit K2 Super Coding System." This is essentially a digital control system for an analog master tape machine. The final product is then encoded at 20-bits (128x oversampling) and downsampled to 16-bits for CD by JVC's proprietary Super Coding system. The remaster was engineered by Shigeo Miyamoto under the supervision of Tamaki Beck for JVC Studios. Originally released on Prestige as "Groovy" (PRLP 7113) in 1957. Recorded in New York City; May 24 and August 9, 1957 by Rudy Van Gelder under the supervision of Bob Weinstock.