Considered one of the best recording of saxophone performance in decades. Legendary saxophone player Arne Domnerus is at the height of his mastery of the instrument. The sonic excellence brings about heartfelt emotion to the listener, by mingling contemporary and ancient music, innovative new sounds are emerging, a new musical idiom unlike anything you have heard before.

• Limited Edition (1325 Units)
• Numbered Edition
• 50th Anniversary Edtion
• 1-Step processing
• 45rpm Single Sided Discs
• 3 LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
• Mastered from the Original Master
• Deluxe Box Set

Arne Domnerus — Antiphone Blues / Sjokvist

180-gram 45 RPM 3LP Single-sided discs

1-Step plated 50th Anniversary Edition!

Mastered from the original analog tapes

As a largely popular bestseller since its first edition in 1975, this Proprius recording deserved to join the collections of music lovers and audiophiles all over the world, for its extraordinary sound quality and its innovative musical content.

Fabio Camorani's AudioNautes Recordings accepted the challenge of retrieving the sound and special feeling of the original edition, comparing dozens of acetates and test pressings, until success was achieved.

"It is the result of the collaborative effort of a team, able to infuse in this project all their experience and passion for music playback, and I wish to thank them sincerely for that," Camorani says. "Someone pointed out that producing records this way is some kind of 'commercial suicide.' Yet personal satisfaction is priceless, so I simply tell you that through this reissue I discovered once again the pleasure to listen to Antiphone Blues, as it did not happen for a long time. I consider it a gift for myself and for everyone who loves good music and high fidelity."

Antiphone Blues - 50th Anniversary Edition is a deeply moving sonic journey that fuses jazz and liturgical music in a way that is rarely experienced.

Recorded in the majestic acoustics of Spånga Church, the warm, soulful alto saxophone of Arne Domnérus meets the gravitational sounds of the church organ played by Gustaf Sjökvist - a dialogue between heaven and earth.

To mark its 50th anniversary, this masterpiece is now being reissued in a luxurious, sonically uncompromising edition. Three 45rpm vinyls recorded on one side using the one-step process ensure maximum detail, spatial depth and a listening experience that does justice to the sacred intimacy of the original recording.

Musically, the album moves between spirituals such as ‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen’, classical miniatures such as Schumann's ‘Träumerei’ and Nordic folk music - each piece a meditative moment, carried by the incredible spatial effect of the church and the expressive power of two exceptional musicians.

Antiphone Blues is no ordinary jazz album. It is a musical devotion, a sonic prayer - and in this anniversary edition a feast for audiophile connoisseurs and lovers of quiet greatness alike.

Track Listing:

LP 1 Side A
1. Almighty God
2. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
3. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
4. Antiphone Blues

LP 1 Side B - No Music

LP 2 Side A
1. Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa
2. Traumerei
3. Come Sunday

LP 2 Side B - No Music

LP 3 Side A
1. Heaven
2. Entonigt Klinger Den Lilla Klockan
3. Den Signade Dag
4. Largo

LP 3 Side B - No Music

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