(Hard Bop) [LP] [24/192] Booker Ervin - Tex Book Tenor (1968) - 2005/2024, FLAC (tracks)

MEDIA
Artist: Booker Ervin
Title: Tex Book Tenor
Initial year: 2005
Edition year: 2024
Edition title: Blue Note Tone Poet Series
Record label: Blue Note
Catalog number: BST 84314
Condition: Mint (Sealed record, first play)
EQUIPMENT
Klaudio KD-CLN-LP200T
Acoustic Signature Hurricane NEO
Acoustic Signature TA-2000 NEO
Acoustic Signature MCX4
Acoustic Signature Grip-S
Acoustic Signature Tango Reference NEO
Mytek Brooklyn Mastering ADC
Blue Jeans DIN phono cables
Benchmark Media Systems RCA to XLR cables
CALIBRATION
VTF set to 2.3g
Aligned using WallyTractor 2.01
Azimuth set using GW Instek MDO-2102A (1kHz reference tone mono)
Anti-skate set using Parks Audio Puffin (315Hz amplitude sweep)
Test record: Analog Productions Ultimate Test LP
SOFTWARE
VinylStudio Pro
ffmpeg
Audacity
PROCEDURE
Record cleaned using Klaudio
Captured in VinylStudio Pro at DSD256
Converted to FLAC 24bit using ffmpeg
Tracks split and amplified in Audacity
No declicking applied
Media scanned using Contex IQ Flex

foobar2000 1.6.16 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2025-02-11 21:53:31
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Analyzed: Booker Ervin / Tex Book Tenor
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -1.06 dB   -19.56 dB      7:35 01-Gichi
DR13      -1.34 dB   -19.15 dB      7:39 02-Den Tex
DR13      -1.41 dB   -19.34 dB      5:51 03-In a Capricornian Way
DR14      -1.97 dB   -20.66 dB      6:16 04-Lynn's Tune
DR14      -0.51 dB   -17.79 dB     10:21 05-204
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Number of tracks:  5
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate:        192000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           5887 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Following sideman appearances with pianist Horace Parlan in the early 1960s, Booker Ervin cut two stellar Blue Note records as a leader in 1968 including Tex Book Tenor which had to wait nearly 40 years until 2005 for its first standalone release. With a sleek post-bop quintet featuring trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Jan Arnet, and drummer Billy Higgins, the Texas-born saxophonist slices through a set of compelling bandmember originals including Barron’s sinuous tune “Gichi” and Shaw’s lilting waltz “In a Capricornian Way,” as well as Ervin’s lovely ballad “Lynn’s Tune” and the hard-swinging “Den Tex,” named for his hometown of Denison.
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
The Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was’ admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley, a.k.a. the “Tone Poet,” on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180g audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT.
This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at Record Technology Inc. (RTI), and packaged in a deluxe tip-on jacket.

Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
Woody Shaw - trumpet
Kenny Barron - piano
Jan Arnet - bass
Billy Higgins - drums
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on May 24, 1968.