Flim & The BB's - Tricycle - 2LP, 45RPM, DMM Vinyl - OOP !!

Description: NEW, RARE, and VERY LIMITED / SEALED IMPORT Vinyl LP !! Flim & The BB's - "Tricycle" 2 LP cut at 45RPM on 180gm Audiophile Vinyl !!This album was Direct Metal Mastered (DMM)!! This Vinyl LP is OUT OF PRINT and not likely to be reissued ever again. If you are already a fan of Flim & The BB's or just love great melodic jazz music in very high quality, snag this LP and their follow-up vinyl LP "Tunnel" quickly before they are gone for good. ( see my other auctions for the "Tunnel" LP) For the unacquainted, a little history regarding Flim & The BB's: "Flim and the BB's" consisted of Jimmy Johnson, nicknamed Flim, on Alembi 5-string bass and the two BBs, Bill Berg on percussion and Billy Barber on piano, keyboard, and synthesizer (hence the "BB's). and Dick Oatts on woodwind instruments. They all worked as studio musicians for a living. The band was a side project. In the late 1970s, They became acquainted with Tom Jung, chief engineer at Sound 80 Studios in Minneapolis. It was around this time that Minneapolis-based 3M began experimenting with digital recording, and Flim & the BB's were hired to provide music to test this new equipment at Jung's studio.The group's self-titled debut album was recorded in 1978 at Sound 80 and was ostensibly going to be a direct to disc recording. Nevertheless, 3M placed an experimental prototype 50.4 kHz digital recorder in the control room as a backup to the direct-to-disc lathe. Because of the "direct-to-disc" setup (recording directly onto a lacquer platter) the band was required to play the entire LP side without stopping and without being able to do any editing afterward. When the resulting acetate disc was deemed inferior in sound quality to the digital amster tape, the LP record was pressed from that digital backup tape, making it the second-ever U.S. commercially available digital recording. Since the machine used was a one-of-a-kind prototype, built before any digital recording standards were established -- and dismantled within months -- there is currently no way to reissue that first album on either LP or CD Flim and the BB's recorded its second album, Tricycle, for DMP Digital Music Products, an audiophile record label started by Tom Jung. The album was the first non-classical recording to be released in compact disc format. It was recorded on the Mitsubishi X-80 digital audio recorder at Sound 80. The disc displayed the full dynamic range available in CDs, becoming a popular test disc for this reason. It was also the first jazz album to be recorded, mastered, and delivered in the digital domain. The recording chain, after the first few feet of microphone cable from the musicians' instruments, remained in the digital domain until it was decoded by the consumer's CD player. DMP's releases were for the most part recorded directly to two-tracks as opposed to the more common multi-track method. This means that there was minimal use of overdubs and the majority of the music was performed, recorded, and mixed "live" to the digital recorder. The cover art for Tricycle was drawn by Bill Berg's son Jacob. Flim & the BB's released four more albums for DMP, with each winning Digital Audio's "Jazz CD of the Year" award. FREE USPS Media Mail Shipping to the Continental USA. See my Feedback and Bid / Buy with confidence !! PLEASE NOTE: All items typically ship within 24 to 48 hours after payment is received / confirmed. For faster delivery, I do provide other shipping options but at buyer's discretion and expense. Any questions or concerns, please feel free to message me BEFORE buying ! Thanks for looking ! See photo of rear cover for track list !

Price: 74.99 USD

Location: Georgetown, Texas

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