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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Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary Edition. Remastered 2019)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 28 Nov 1969
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 20 Dec 1971
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Aftermath
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 7 Jan 2016
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Aftermath (Original UK Edition)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 15 Apr 1966
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Live From Madison Square Garden, New York/1969/Optimized For Digital/40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 4 Sep 1970
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Let It Bleed
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 28 Nov 1969
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-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 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1960
The Qobuz Essential Discography24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Asteroid City (Original Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 23 Jun 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
12 X 5
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 23 Oct 1964
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
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The Rolling Stones
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 17 Jan 1964
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Between The Buttons (UK Version) (UK)
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 20 Jan 1967
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Expanded Edition)
Film Soundtracks - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 9 Jul 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Obituary (From The Original Soundtrack Of The French Dispatch)
Film Soundtracks - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 14 Sep 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Rolling Stones Singles Collection: The London Years
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 1968
24-Bit 176.4 kHz - Stereo -
Metamorphosis
Rock - Released by Abkco Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jun 1975
24-Bit 176.4 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 -
Between The Buttons
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 20 Jan 1967
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Flowers
Rock - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jun 1967
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. on 1 Jan 2014
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo