Blue Coast Collection -- Collector's Edition Gold Available NOW!

Blue Coast Records announces the release of the Blue Coast Collection--Collector's Edition Gold.  This special release has been remastered without compression for full dynamic range.  Also included will be a 16 page booklet with information on the recording sessions and full color pictures from the studio.

For more than 10 years recordings have been getting increasingly louder while the sound has been degrading in quality.  On the original SACD hybrid disc, only the SACD stereo layer was left uncompressed.  The CD layer had increased volumes which is standard for most discs even today.  The founder of Blue Coast Records, Cookie Marenco (a recording and mastering engineer herself) decided to take a stand on the volume wars by releasing the uncompressed version on Gold CDs.

This graphic representation is the actual comparison of the first song on the Collection, "Looking for a Home", performed by Keith Greeninger and Dayan Kai.  The top representation is from the original disc with increased volume.  You can see in the louder section that compression had "flat topped" the dynamics eliminating natural peaks.  The lower panel is the wave from the new Collector's Gold and is the same song with no compression and no flat tops.

The overall volume has been purposely reduced to avoid creating distorted peaks. While distorted peaks are subtle, the compression to limit those peaks creates an unnatural sound.  Blue Coast Records has felt it is time to take a stand on the loudness wars and believe people know how to use their volume controls. Here's to TURNING UP the volume!


Blue Coast Collection -- Collector's Edition Gold