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Arthur Louis
Featuring
Eric Clapton

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Side One:
Come And Love Me *, The Dealer *, Knockin' On Heaven's Door *, Go Out And Make It Happen *, It Feels Good *

Side Two:
Been On The Road Too Long, Train 444 *, Someone Like You, Plum (Inst) *

Arthur Louis: Guitar, Vocals
Eric Clapton: Guitar *
Gene Chandler: Vocals on "The Dealer"
Richard Bailey: Drums
Winstone Deleando: Guitar
Peter Dafrey: Bass
Robert Bailey: Keyboards
Ernestine Pierce: Backing Vocals

AUDIOPHILES HIGHLIGHT, aufwändiges Remastering, 145g Virgin Vinyl, Limited Edition, Neu, nicht abgespielt!!! Cover: Mint, LP: Mint
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To have Gene Chandler singing on your first album is quite an achievement. To have Eric Clapton playing on seven tracks as well goes against all the rules of natural progression, assuming of course that the artist is good enough to attract such illustrious company after a successful career. However, such an album exists, and you have it in your hands.
Arthur Louis was born in Jamaica and moved to Brooklyn when he was four years old. Traces of both roots can be found in his music; on one hand, the laid back natural rhythm of the Carribean, and on the other, the vibrant energy of New York. Music had always been in the family; his elder sister played keyboards semi-pro for a while, and it wasn't very long before his parents had traded his set of congas for a guitar in order to pacify their neighbours.
A track scholarship at Michigan University introduced Arthur to musicians, and soon he had joined a hand called "Terminal Stations" with whom he went to Brazil and Germany. Since then, he has toured all over Europe and the Orient.
This album was first released in Japan in 1976, where it got to No 5 in the album charts - but was never released in Europe, so here it is, available for the first time. For a debut album it shows great maturity coupled with a fine compliment of musicians; a good introduction to an artist who we will certainly he hearing a lot more from. PHIL PARKER

Arthur Louis' LP "KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR" is, I think, one of those rare recordings which blends the three major musical directions of the later Seventies - Blues, Rock and Reggae - together perfectly. These three elements are mixed together like the best of cocktails, and shaken to distinction by Arthur Louis and Eric Clapton. The original recording was done in 1976 and it is quite apparent where Eric Clapton's Reggae Roots come from. With Arthur Louis an guitar and vocals, Eric Clapton on lead guitar and backing provided by Arthur's band, who provide such an excellent Rhythm and Groove, that you automatically begin to start moving to the music when listening to the record.

Like our first release, Muddy Waters' "Folksinger" - the remastering of this record was done in the RASH-Tonstudio by Ulli Pösselt and Thomas Erkelenz. They have again succeeded in performing an incredible transition from the original which was so evident an Muddy's "Folksinger". I thought that the original recording was very good, but when comparing it to Ulli and Thomas' remaster, I was absolutely over the moon with the results. It sounded as if I had been listening to two different recordings, the remaster from which I got Rhythm and Atmosphere , and the original from which I only picked up some notes, just HiFi. Unbelievable! with the remaster you easily notice "Slowhand's" typical guitar style and Arthurs' incredible sense of timing and feeling for the right guitar riff at the right time. You can also "listen" to the dimensions of the recording room and the equipment used for the original recording without any serious problems. It now feels as if you are in the actual studio, accompanying Arthur and Eric. And the version of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is in my opinion the best besides Robert Zimmermann's original that I know of.

Now some words on the recording procedure:
Ulli and Thomas needed two 12 hours days to set up the Telefunken T9 tube tape machine as well as the Studer A820 to match the music program an the original master tape. This time all the tones and levels were absolutely precise an the Original master, and it was much easier to adjust the Dolbys As and SRs on the Telefunken M10A recording machine, than the last time remastering the Muddy Waters "Folksinger". During the remastering process Ulli Pösselt and Thomas Erkelenz used only four channels of the 32 Channel Neve mixer and the spectral processor DPR 901 and a summit DCL 200 Dual tube compressor. This equipment was used to get back the full dynamic range and tonal balance which had naturally suffered, due to the long storage of the original master tape.

The cutting was done by Sieve Rooke at Abbey Road Studios in London, who in our opinion produce some of the best results in the world. The cut was mode an real lacquer (as all records in the fifties, sixties and seventies), which is much more superior in sound to a DMM cut. We succeeded in having the processing of the lacquer done within hours of the cut. And watched the process being done an original Decca equipment at PR Records in Wimbeldon. For every 1000 records pressed a new stamper will be used to ensure highest quality.

The pressing is mode an 145gr. Virgin Vinyl. We decided against 180gr. because quality has not been conclusively proved to be better. Except for perhaps pretending that the additional weight adds more value. (to explain: you probably own 80% or more records an 120/145gr Vinyl -so your tonearm (VTA) is adiusted for that weight. This would mean a readjustment every time you play a 180/200gr. record if you do not want to loose any sound quality. Besides this experts proved that 180gr. vinyl has no advantages over 120/145gr vinyl - no loss of resonaces, no more flatness or stability, even more detrimental, the 180/200gr. is more brittle and has more stress than it's 120/145gr. counterpart. Also if warping occures 180/200gr. records are effecting permanently. The most important factor in determining sound quality an vinyl is "Virgin Vinyl".

We all hope you enjoy our second effort, even given the fact that it is only(!) a 145gr. Virgin vinyl. We have put all our enthusiasm ,knowledge and finance into this project. This is the second release and with your help many more great recordings from the Blues, Jazz and Rock stage will follow.

12.12.2023

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