JANIS IAN / ジャニス・イアン / BREALING SILENCE [200G LP] / レコード

92年作がANALOGUE PRODUCTIONSより200グラム重量盤でアナログ・リイシュー!

10年の沈黙を破って復活した92年リリース作。JANIS IANの過去の自信や成熟さ、そんなものを自ら探った曲を集めたというそのサウンドは、コンテンポラリーなアコースティック・ギターとピアノのテクスチャーでシンプルながらも静かな感動を与えるに十分な仕上がり。JOHN MELLENCAMPもカヴァーしたアルバムのオープニング"ALL ROADS TO THE RIVER"からタイトル・ソングの"BREAKING SILENCE"、ホロコーストの悲劇を歌った"TATTOO"などなど、ピュアなヴォーカルによるドラマティックな歌に満ちています。

COHEARENT AUDIOでのKEVIN GRAYによるマスタリング。オリジナル・アナログ・マスター・テープからのリマスター。

TECHNICAL DATA

TRACKS WERE RECORDED AT NIGHTINGALE STUDIO ON A STUDER 820, 16-TRACK MACHINE, 30 IPS, NON-DOLBY, AT THE ELEVATION OF +6/250 NU USING AMPEX 499 TAPE.

INCLUDED AMONG THE MICS USED ON THE RECORDING DATES WERE: NEUMANN M-49, AKG C-12, TELEFUNKEN 251, SHEFFIELD C-9 AND A CUSTOM BUILT TUBE DIRECT BOX ON THE BASS. JANIS' VOCAL WAS RECORDED USING A TELEFUNKEN U-47 AND A MASTERING LAB MIC PREAMP, LINKED WITH SERIES-ONE MONSTER CABLE DIRECT TO THE BACK OF THE MULTI-TRACK MACHINE WITH NO EQ OR LIMITING.

THE ALBUM WAS MIXED AT BILL SCHNEE STUDIO TO AN AMPEX ATR 1/2" MACHINE, AT 30 IPS, NON-DOLBY, AT THE ELEVATION OF +3/250 NU ON AMPEX 499 TAPE. THE REVERB ON THE ALBUM WAS AN EMT TUBE PLATE USED ALONG WITH NATURAL ROOM SOUNDS CAPTURED IN THE RECORDING. DURING THE MIXING OF THE ALBUM, "SOME PEOPLE'S LIVES" WAS RECORDED DIRECT TO TWO-TRACK USING THE SAME VOCAL CHAIN AS ABOVE AND TELEFUNKEN 251'S ON THE PIANO. TAKE NUMBER TWO WAS USED AS THE ALBUM CUT. THE ALBUM WAS MIXED USING MASTERING LAB MODIFIED TANNOY SGM-10'S POWERED BY SHERWOOD-SAX MONO-BLOCK TUBE AMPS.

PRODUCED, ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY JEFF BALDING. MASTERED BY DOUG SAX.