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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The Rolling Stones
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 17 Jan 1964
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Five By Five
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 14 Aug 1964
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Metamorphosis
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jun 1975
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 20 Dec 1971
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Live 1965: Music From Charlie Is My Darling
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1965
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
December's Children (And Everybody's)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Dec 1965
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (UK)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 12 Sep 1969
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
England's Newest Hitmakers
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 17 Apr 1964
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Out Of Our Heads (UK)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 30 Jul 1965
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Score Composed By Nigel Godrich)
Film Soundtracks - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 2010
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
30 Greatest Hits: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
R&B - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 17 Jun 2003
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Between The Buttons
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 20 Jan 1967
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Keep Movin' On
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1960
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Tip-Top - Chansons d’ennui
Alternative & Indie - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 22 Oct 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Let It Bleed
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 28 Nov 1969
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
The Rolling Stones In Mono (Remastered 2016)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1966
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Damn These Voices
Pop - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 11 Aug 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Secret Life
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 26 Apr 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Got Live If You Want It! (Live)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 11 Jun 1965
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
The Rolling Stones No. 2
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 15 Jan 1965
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Nov 1972
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo