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Current recordings on vinyl?

Are current musical artists being recorded in analog at all? I mean, if they are directly recorded to digital, be it pcm or dsd, what is the use of remastering them for vinyl? I have a reasonable collection of old vinyl or reissued...BUT...the primary recording, i.e., master tapes, were analog. Many of these sound great, especially on vinyl.

Take for example, Patricia Barber, Diana Krall, the Mahler symphonies by various orchestras. If they were recorded digitally, they already have the limitations of digital. Vinylizing them doesn't remove that.... does it? It would make more sense to buy on SACD if available, especially if primarily recorded to DSD.
dolifant
upstateaudio
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Mapleshade did consider going to LP. They polled their customers in earlier days. I love analog sound but I advised them not to when they asked. I feel the vinyl market is too limited for the catalog they have which features not too well known artists rather than hot sellers.

Even with well known artists and great backcatalogue such as Mosaic, they seem to have limited success.

Don't get me wrong, I love my vinyl. But limited space and budget force me to limit my purchases of new vinyl.
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jyprez
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I would very much doubt that the Blue Note Norah Jones is all analog mastered since none of the other Blue Note LP's issued in 20 years have been. You need to go to the specialty labels (Classic records, Acoustic Sounds etc.) for that. If it doesn't say analog mastered from the original tapes, it is digitally mastered.
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audiotomb
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Norah Jones was recorded in her Manhattan loft
so I believe it's analog
will have to check the record cover
miner42
698 posts
 
Kenny Wayne Sheppard's "10 Days Out" will be released on Vinyl this march.
jamnperry
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Regardless how it's mastered, I still find vinyl to be consistently better. I have quite a few of both versions and I usually prefer the vinyl. My SACD/CD is really good but I now will always buy vinyl over cd/sacd when given the choice.
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