Stone Flower

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Release Date: 2009-11-26

Label: CTI Records

First reissue on SHM-CD.

For the very first time, CTI titles from the 70s were released on SHM-CD format.
AND, also for the first time ever, such albums were digitally remastered, in 2009, by Rudy Van Gelder, under the direct supervision of producer Creed Taylor.

The booklets preserve the original LP artworks, done mostly by Pete Turner (front cover photos) and Bob Ciano or Tony Lane (album designs), with new liner notes written by Arnaldo DeSouteiro.

All previous CTI CDs released in Japan in the past 25 years had been remastered at King Studios by such engineers as Seiji Kaneko and Kuniaki Takahashi, sometimes under Arnaldo DeSouteiro's supervision; and all the CTI CDs released in the USA and Europe by Sony had been remastered by experts like Tim Geelan and Mark Wilder.

SHM-CD means "Super High Material CD" and involves a new technology of manufacturing. This high quality SHM-CD format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing, SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc, allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players.

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