Getz/Gilberto SACD
STAN GETZ JOÃO GILBERTO GETZ/ GILBERTO
GETZ/Gilberto
Super Audio Compact Disc/Hybrid
CATALOG: IMP8335
BCN: 856276002923
Available: May 15, 2025
MSRP: $34.99 USD
Following the success of our critically lauded 1STEP LP release of Stan Getz’s cultural touchstone, we couldn’t wait to present digital listeners with their ultimate high-quality option: The definitive Super Audio Compact Disc/Hybrid CD! For the first time, hear two complete versions of Getz/Gilberto: Bernie Grundman’s original analog tape master-to-DSD version and a pristine new transfer/restoration/correction and mastering from Jamie Howarth at Plangent Processes. The Plangent Process corrects anomalies and repairs physical tape damage without adversely affecting the original sonic quality! Now, you can compare the original tape and the most pristine and accurate picture of the legendary recording sessions on one disc.
Few recordings better capture the breezy warmth and easy-going sophistication of Brazilian bossa nova for an American jazz audience. Fewer recordings can replicate the you-are-there presence and flawlessly intimate studio acoustics. Only Getz/Gilberto has Billboard Top-10- charting singles like “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Desafinado.”
Impex’s SACD of Getz/Gilberto includes the 1STEPs fascinating essay by Charles L. Granata, featuring reminiscences of the making of the record, the subsequent cultural phenomenon, and Stan’s battles with some pretty heavy demons. The 24-page booklet also features studio, personal, and publicity photos.
Finally, we also include the 1STEP’s two bonus tracks on the Plangent Processed version!
We know you have many choices for enjoying this timeless classic. The Impex SACD/Hybrid of Getz/Gilberto sits above the digital competition with great features and incredibly lifelike sound! Preorder yours today!
Features
- The Album Version 1: A full corrective digital restoration by Plangent Processes’ Jamie Howarth, repairing the tape and editing issues of the original master.
- The Album Version 2: Mastered directly from the original analog master tapes to DSD by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.
- Produced by Abey Fonn & Charles L. Granata
- Full DSD encoding for highest-fidelity audio reproduction on SACD players.
- A hybrid CD layer with both album versions plays in all Compact Disc players.
- Beautiful 24-page booklet on vintage, uncoated paper stock, featuring studio and publicity materials and an exclusive new interview essay about Getz’s life and the recording of the album by noted producer and historian Charles L. Granata.
Plangeant Process
- The Girl from Ipanema
- Doralice
- Para Machucar Meu Coração
- Desafinado
- Corcovado
- So Danco Samba
- O Grande Amor
- Vivo Shoando
- The Girl From Ipanema (MONO bonus track)
- Corcovado (LIVE bonus track)
Analog-to-DSD
- The Girl from Ipanema
- Doralice
- Para Machucar Meu Coração
- Desafinado
- Corcovado
- So Danco Samba
- O Grande Amor
- Vivo Shoando
Impex One Step Getz Gilberto Review and Comparisons
“As far as I’m concerned, Impex has delivered one of the most impressive reissue packages in the history of “the vinyl revival” era. You’ll appreciate the care that went into it as you listen, turn the pages, read the story and view the heretofore unpublished photos. You’ll surely come away with a new appreciation for Getz/Gilberto.” –Michael Fremer, The Tracking Angle
Read Michael’s full review HERE!
“The great Astrud invoked simplicity and sophistication in one voice, singing “Floating on the silence that surrounds us … And a window that looks out on Corcovado, Oh, how lovely”. Then, the Getz sound in all its glory takes her beautiful singing and transcends to something truly heavenly.
As such, the new Impex will give you everything you ever dreamed of in this remastering. Very highly recommended.” –Anthony Kershaw, Audiophilia
Read Anthony’s full review HERE!
“This set…just feels human. It sounds like you have a band in your living room, with their humanity, their flaws, their virtues. It just feels like you have flesh and bone playing right in front of you!” –Felipe Salles, Jazz Bums
Watch Jazz Bum’s video on YouTube HERE!
“An all-out assault on the state of the art!” –Scott Wilson, The Pressing Matters
Watch The Pressing Matters YouTube video HERE!
“Somehow singer-guitarist João Gilberto sounds more delicate, Astrud Gilberto sounds more innocent and unsteady, and Antonio Carlos Jobim’s piano is more seductive. ” –Marc Myers, JazzWax
Read Marc’s full review on his blog HERE!
“…this is probably the finest iteration of this record that you are likely to find. The surface noise is non-existent and the fidelity along with size of soundstage is fantastic.” –Carlo Lo Raso, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
Read Carlo’s article HERE!
“There’s more detail and subtleties like the harmonics of the guitar or the variations of the brush strokes on the high-hat. Quite simply, there’s more of everything that musically matters.” –Frank Doris, PSAudio’s Copper Magazine
Read Frank’s article HERE!
“If you want the very best for both production and sound quality, this new IMPEX 1STEP reissue is the one to have!”
–Robert S. Youman, Positive Feedback
Read Robert’s article HERE!
“Not since Steve Hoffman’s remastered LPs of Nat King Cole have I heard such thrillingly realistic vocal representations on LP. And Stan Getz’s sax has never sounded sexier in a way that I thought was reserved for Ben Webster.” –Dennis Davis, The Audio Beat
Read Dennis’ full review HERE!
“It’s an album that cried out for the white glove remastering, extra features, and ultra-packaging that only Abey Fonn of Impex Records can produce. Fonn and her team have outdone themselves with this 180-gram, 45rpm 2-LP set. Sonically, Impex has taken a very good recording and added a sense of fluidity, immediacy, and dimensionality that raises it to truly transparent state-of-the-art levels. Listen closely and you can almost sense the temperature in the studio and measure the distance between musicians. Timbres are spot on and balances are superb, with lush warm vocals, a resonant, pitch-perfect standup bass, and colorful understated percussion. Getz/Gilberto is a vinyl showpiece of sonic naturalism and superb artistry that puts most vinyl reissues to shame. An extraordinary effort.” –Neil Gader, The Absolute Sound
Read Neil’s full review in the July/August 2024 issue of The Absolute Sound!
