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Third Man Records [12″ VINYL] direct to disc recordings

Third Man Records [12″ VINYL] direct to disc recordings

The Shins – The Shins Live at Third Man Records
The Shins
The 8 tracks on this live recording mark Third Man Records´ first ever cut live direct-to-acetate. Live performance on October 6th, 2012.

The Kills – The Kills Live at Third Man Records
The Kills
These 8 songs were recorded direct-to-acetate on October 10, 2012.

Seasick Steve – Seasick Steve Live at Third Man Records
Seasick Steve
October 26th, 2012, direct-to-acetate recording.
No edits. No overdubs. Just Seasick Steve in all his glory.

The Melvins – Live at Third Man Records
The Melvins
Recorded Direct-To-Acetate on May 30th, 2013 at Third Man Records in the Blue Room

Mudhoney – Live at Third Man Records
Mudhoney
Recorded Direct-To-Acetate on September 26th, 2013 at Third Man Records in the Blue Room

ALLOY ORCHESTRA – Alloy Orchestra Live at Third Man Records
ALLOY ORCHESTRA
The Alloy Orchestra double Live LP was recorded Direct-To-Acetate October, 12th 2013 in the Third Man Blue Room as the soundtrack to The Man With The Movie Camera Screening.

The Dutchess and the Duke – Live at Third Man Records
The Dutchess and the Duke
In 2015 set direct-to-acetate at Third Man Records setting of the Blue Room.

Ashley Monroe – Live at Third Man Records
Ashley Monroe
In May 2015 Ashley Monroe sang at Third Man Records to record her very own Live at Third Man Records 12″ LP, recorded direct-to-acetate in the Blue Room.

BLITZEN TRAPPER – Blitzen Trapper Live at Third Man Records
blitzentrapper
Live recording at the Blue Room Stage on March 16, 2016 cut direct-to-acetate on Third Man’s 1955 Scully lathe.

AUTOLUX – Autolux Live at Third Man Records
AUTOLUX
Captured direct-to-acetate on Third Man Records’ 1955 Scully lathe on March 26th, 2016.

Shabazz Palaces – Shabazz Palaces Live at Third Man Records
Shabazz Palaces
2016 live performance and direct-to-acetate recording at the Nashville Blue Room.

 

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Direct to Disc recording [D2D]

In the late 70’s, in the golden era of tape recording, some artists and labels decided to bypass the tape recording process producing albums direct to disc (D2D). Musicians played the whole song set in the studio and that was recorded directly onto a master lacquer disc.

The albums were cut like the ones produced back in the 30’s and 40’s, recorded and cut on 78 rpm records.

Copies were made directly after the resulting studio “on take recording” master. The result was:100% purity, no splicing out errors, raw artist performance.

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Some critics complained that there was to much nervous pressure upon the artists, that jazz musicinas didn´t take chances and classical musicinas were just playing notes.

If these results were the most spectacular performances of these artists or if for the benefit of sound accuracy feeling was compromised, this is for you to judge.

Here in the direct-to-disc category we post records that were produced D2D in the 70’s or after 2000…

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