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One-Step vinyl is the ultimate vinyl pressing. Because Sound Matters' meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive sounding audiophile version of Linkin Park’s Minutes To Midnight.
This One-Step is strictly limited to 3,000 copies.
The album is housed inside a top quality, foil-stamped, uniquely designed numbered slipcase. The enclosed gatefold single LP will feature an “Old Style” tip-on jacket with 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.
BSM One-Step Details:
Audio Source: 96/24 Flat Master Files
Vinyl Compound: Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Definition Vinyl
Vinyl Mastering: Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Studios
One-Step Process: Dorin Sauerbier at RecordTechnology, Inc.
Pressing: Record Technology, Inc.
Packaging & Print: Stoughton Printing Company
Notes For This Release:
Midnights To Midnight was recorded and mixed in the digital domain at 96/24. Those
flat master files are the audio source for the One-Step pressing. It was recorded at The Mansion in Laurel Canyon, produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda and mixed by Neal Avron – all legends at their craft. But the secret sauce of why this One-Step
sounds so incredible were the engineers capturing the music. Andrew Scheps, Ethan
Mates, Dana Nielsen and Protools engineer Erich Talaba showed up at work every day delivering career defining results.
We used Neotech VR900-D2 180g vinyl compound which is the same as what is known as Super Vinyl or Clarity Vinyl – the best in the world.
Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Mastering (Metallica, Pearl Jam, Beyonce etc) cut the multiple
sets of lacquers required – crucially all from the same lot of lacquers. Being a massive Linkin Park fan himself, Levi already knew every little sound on this iconic album.
Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc 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 Minutes To Midnight ever.
Record Technology, Inc did the pressing – using the exact machine used for so many Mobile Fidelity One-Step releases.
Our slipcases, “Old Style” tip on original art jackets, and inserts were printed by world renowned Stoughton Printing Company.
Tracklisting:
Side One
Side Two
