PRE-ORDER - EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: 3/21/2025
Because Sound Matters All-Analog One-Step Vinyl Pressing
Numbered, Limited Edition - Strict One-Time Pressing of 3,000
Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Definition Vinyl
Mastered from the Original Analog Master Tapes by Chris Bellman & Pressed at RTI
1993 Grammy® Award Winner:
• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Constant Craving"
One-Step vinyl is the ultimate vinyl pressing.
Because Sound Matters' meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive sounding audiophile version of k.d. lang Ingénue. This all-analog release comes from the original first-generation master tapes for the first time. Vinyl guru and trackingangle.com editor Michael Fremer says, "This k.d. One-Step is insane – It's otherworldly great!"
This One-Step version is strictly limited to 3,000 copies. The album is housed inside a top-quality, foil-stamped, uniquely designed numbered slipcase. The enclosed gatefold jacket will feature an "old style" tip-on jacket with the original artwork.
Special care has been taken to faithfully preserve the original sound with exceptional clarity and depth, capturing the recording's nuances and subtleties at every step to create the best sounding record possible.
The One-Step process is highly regarded among audiophiles and collectors for its unparalleled sound fidelity and represents the pinnacle of vinyl manufacturing craftsmanship.
Ingénue was originally released March 17, 1992 and is k.d. lang's second solo album.
Upon release, the album charted at #18 in the US, #13 in Canada, #3 in the UK and Australia and #1 in New Zealand. Nominated for six Grammy® Awards with the breakout single "Constant Craving" winning a Grammy® Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "Miss Chatelaine" and "The Mind of Love" were follow-up singles.
k.d. received universal critical acclaim for the album from publications like Mojo, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Uncut and dozens more! Today, Ingénue is a true classic album and considered one of the great audiophile recordings of the modern era. This One-Step version certainly proves that!
Notes for This Release:
Ingénue was originally recorded and mixed on analog tape and produced by Greg Penny, Ben Mink and k.d. lang. The original analog master tapes were directly used as the audio source for this One-Step pressing! This is the first time the analog tapes have been used as a vinyl source for this brilliant recording. The results are stunning.
Because Sound Matters used the Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Performance vinyl compound, which is the same as what is known as Super Vinyl – the best in the world.
Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers with meticulous care! He also did the original mastering of the CD release in 1992.
Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc (R.T.I.) has been plating records for decades and is considered the best in the world – he also has done more One-Step processing than anybody. This is a vital step in the process to ultimately delivering the absolute best sounding version of Ingénue ever.
Record Technology, Inc did the pressing – using the exact pressing machine used for so many other One-Step releases. The QC team is constantly monitoring each copy as it comes off the press.
Because Sound Matters' slipcases and gatefold "old style" tip on original art jackets were printed by world-renowned Stoughton Printing Company.
Features:
Numbered, Limited Edition
Strict One-Time Pressing of 3,000 Copies
All-Analog (AAA) One-Step Vinyl Version
Neotech VR900-D2 180g High Performance Vinyl
Audio Source: Original Analog Master Tapes
First Time the Original Analog Master Tapes Have Been Used as a Vinyl Source
Vinyl Mastering by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
One-Step Process by Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
Pressed at Record Technology, Inc.
Packaging by Stoughton Printing Company
"Old Style" Gatefold Tip-On Jacket with Original Artwork
Foil-Stamped, Uniquely Designed Numbered Slipcase
Track Listing:
Side One:
Save Me
The Mind of Love
Miss Chatelaine
Wash Me Clean
So It Shall Be
Side B:
Still Thrives This Love
Season of Hollow Soul
Outside Myself
Tears of Love's Recall
Constant Craving
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Sir/Sire
Catalog No:
Barcode: 0093624835646
Genre: Country
No of Discs: 1
Release Date: 3/21/2025
UPC: 093624835646