Abkco Music & Records, Inc.
ABKCO Music and Records Inc is one of the world’s leading independent entertainment companies. It is home to iconic music catalogs that include compositions and recordings by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack, Eric Burdon, The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, The Kinks as well as the Cameo Parkway masters by such artists as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Clint Eastwood, The Dovells, The Tymes and Dee Dee Sharp. The audio standard that we come to expect from this prestigious label is down to a very particular process:
"Many years of research went into locating the original mono and stereo analog tapes that would be used in ABKCO's Rolling Stones Remastered Series. That research revealed a treasure trove of first generation tapes - true stereo masters from The Stones' 1964 Chess Studios sessions including the unedited version of "2120 South Michigan Avenue," Beggar's Banquet at its correct speed and Let It Bleed with splicing that indicates that the original intention was to leave little spacing between each cut.
For the analog to digital transfers, vintage reel-to-reel tape machines were utilized - a modified Ampex 351 with original tube electronics (full track mono and two track stereo) and an Ampex ATR-102 modified with Aria Discrete Class-A Electronics (full track mono and two track stereo). A Sonoma DSD digital audio workstation was the chosen high resolution format and Meitner Design ADC8 and DAC8 MKlV converters were used for the conversion process. Cables used were the cryogenically frozen type supplied to us by Gus Skinas of Super Audio Center. Gus also provided much guidance to Jody Klein, Steve Rosenthal and myself for our first time use of DSD technology. For this HD release, the Bob Ludwig mastered DSD files were converted to both 176.4kHz and 88.2kHz high resolution PCM with Weiss Saracon conversion software."
- Teri Landi, Archivist and Engineer, ABKCO Music & Records
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Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Live From Madison Square Garden, New York/1969/40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 4 Sep 1970
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Between The Buttons
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 20 Jan 1967
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Ain't That Good News
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1964
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary Edition / Remastered 2019)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 28 Nov 1969
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
The French Dispatch (Original Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 21 May 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Black Sheep (Brie Larson Vocal Version)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 10 Aug 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass - HD 176kHz/24-bit) (UK)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Mar 1966
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Out Of Our Heads
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 30 Jul 1965
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
The Rolling Stones in mono (Remastered 2016)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1966
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 12 Sep 1969
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
The Rolling Stones No. 2
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 15 Jan 1965
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
December's Children (And Everybody's)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Dec 1965
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
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The Rolling Stones, Now!
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 12 Feb 1965
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Beggars Banquet
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 6 Dec 1968
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
She's A Rainbow / Dandelion / We Love You
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 9 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Out Of Our Heads
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 30 Jul 1965
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (Live)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 4 Sep 1970
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Sam Cooke At The Copa (Live)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1964
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 8 Dec 1967
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Got Live If You Want It! (Live)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 4 Nov 1966
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo