Wayne Shorter Etcetera UHQCD

Numbered, Limited Edition UHQCD!
Playable on any CD player, the Ultimate High Quality CD greatly surpasses all previous CDs before it!
This quartet session from 1965 has long been considered one of Wayne Shorter's best studio albums, even though it wasn't released until 1980. "Etcetera" contains only compositions by Shorter, with the exception of Gil Evans' passionate "Barracudas". Shorter's "Indian Song" is one of the most intense and hypnotic compositions of the ingenious saxophonist. The eighth album of the Shorter discography also became a highlight of the Blue Note catalog due to the fantastic performances of pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Joe Chambers.
As part of the hugely popular Blue Note 85th Anniversary Reissue Series, Universal Music Japan presents the sonically stunning remastering of this jazz classic by the legendary Kevin Gray, who is also responsible for Blue Note US's analog reissues such as "Tone Poet" and "Classic Vinyl" – as a limited Japan-exclusive UHQCD with OBI Stripe. The original recording session for "Etcetera" took place on June 14, 1965 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. UHQCDs, unlike conventional CDs, are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. To protect the softer photopolymer from scratching, another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied. The combination results in a significantly reduced reflection of the laser light inside the CD and an unrivalled precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with normal CD players. Musically, the result is a sound that is strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.
While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now being released with increasing popularity. Typically, the master tapes of the Universal Archive are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not have a SACD player.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Made in Japan
• Superior Crystal Sound
• Ultimate High Quality CD
• XRCD-Like Luxury Digipak
• Playable on conventional CD players

Musicians:

• Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone
• Herbie Hancock, piano
• Cecil McBee, bass
• Joe Chambers, drums

Selections:

1. Etcetera
2. Penelope
3. Toy Tune
4. Barracudas (General Assembly)
5. Indian Song