Ishola Muhammad - Open Up Your Heart +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Artist ..... : Ishola Muhammad | | Album ...... : Open Up Your Heart | | Year ....... : 2012 | | Label ...... : Elias | | Cat.No ..... : Eli.001 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Info]-------------------------------+ | | | Genere ..... : Soul | | Tracks ..... : 02 | | Duration ... : 07:43 min | | Source ..... : WEB | | Street Date : 2012-12-10 | | URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/4084642 | | Webstore URL : http://www.aotn.co/ | | | | Release Size : 17.7 MB | | Ripping Tool : n/a | | Encoder .... : Lame 3.99.5 | | Quality .... : 320kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo | | Rip Date ... : 2015-05-03 | | | +--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+ | | | 01. Open Up Your Heart 03:50 | | 02. Stay Together 03:53 | | ----- | | Total: 07:43 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+ | | | DJ Fryer presents a super LTD audiophile 12" "Direct Analogue Cut" of | | Ishola Mohammad's "Open Up Your Heart". It was discovered in 2010 when | | the first known copy that popped up on eBay was bought by keen eyed | | Northern Soul collector Steve Clancy, who then sold it to Ian Wright | | for a four figure sum. Ian then included it on a online mix late last | | year at around the same time Dave Ripoles was negotiating to buy the | | last remaining copy owned by Ishola himself. Since then only 1 further | | copy has shown up and has changed hands privately for over ú3,000. | | | | This records was a true labour of love with lots of help from friends | | & music lovers, Well know NYC radio Presenter Mat Winegarden (Downtown | | Soulville) Picked up the Original Tape Master in New York from Lenis | | Guess and sent it over to Scotland where an initial digital backup | | master was made after which the original master flew with Fryer to the | | mighty Timmion Cutting Lab in Helsinki, Finland. There we spent a day | | fine tuning a direct from master tape cut right to the Neumann VMS70 | | lathe without any unnecessary signalpath. After much tinkering a super | | wide grooved loud cut onto 12" that has to be heard to be appreciated | | loud, deep and low. This is the way 12" were made to sound their best | | in the late 70's/ early 80's and why they have not been matched since. | | This release is ltd to 500 and will not be repressed. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+