☆ Jeff Balding 進行混音、錄音製作，Doug Sax親自Master 製作

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☆ Telefunken U-47真空管麥克風錄音，聲音醇厚自然

你有聽過如此的流行音樂錄音嗎？於Nightingale Studio錄音室中，使用Nuemann M-49、AKG C-12、Telefunken 251、Sheffield C-9等真空管麥克風收錄各項樂器的聲音，造成腳踩大鼓的低頻效果無與倫比！吉他結像就像是在你面前彈奏般的真實！Janis的聲音更是以Telefunken U-47真空管麥克風收音，人聲密度驚人、 結像力真實，音場中的各種樂器位置的分明層次相當罕見，而且每項樂器皆為持著優異的厚度與飽滿度，偶爾出現的極低頻更是會令人興奮不已。不過這張音樂一點也不暴力，在Telefunken U-47的烘托之下，Janis清新可人、甜美無比！

此專輯同時也有美國版 CD 可以選擇

This album finds Janis' voice in its purest, most vital form ever. The tracks were recorded as live as possible without sounding retro. This 1992 all-analogue recording, praised as much for the artist's too infrequently heard talents as for it's recorded dynamics, is now available on the medium that is a natural: 180-gram vinyl! Also available on an equally meticulous transfer to gold-plated CD.

Both audiophile LP and CD versions reflect what the two top bibles of high-end audio decree as an impeccable production that has come to be regarded as a high-fidelity reference. Matched with Ian's very personal songs, delivered in a voice that draws you in close in confidence, Breaking Silence is one of the very few recordings of recent years that by reproducing a pure analogue sound, has attained true audiophile status.

Technical Data

Tracks were recorded at Nightingale Studio on a Studer 820, 24-track machine, 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +6/250 nu using Ampex 499 tape.

Included among the mics used on the recording dates were: Nuemann M-49, AKG C-12, Telefunken 251, Sheffield C-9 and a custom built tube direct box on the bass. Janis' vocal was recorded using a Telefunken U-47 and a Mastering Lab mic preamp, linked with series-one Monster Cable direct to the back of the multi-track machine with no EQ or Limiting.

The album was mixed at Bill Schnee Studio to an Ampex ATR 1/2" machine, at 30 IPS, non-dolby, at the elevation of +3/250 nu on Ampex 499 tape. The reverb on the album was an EMT tube plate used along with natural room sounds captured in the recording. During the mixing of the album, "Some People's Lives" was recorded direct to two-track using the same vocal chain as above and Telefunken 251's on the piano. Take number two was used as the album cut. The album was mixed using Mastering Lab modified Tannoy SGM-10's powered by Sherwood-Sax mono-block tube amps.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Jeff Balding. Mastered by Doug Sax. 

 
Track Listings 
  1.    All Roads To The River 
  2.    Ride Me Like A Wave 
  3.    Tatoo 
  4.    Guess You Had To Be There 
  5.    What About The Love 
  6.    His Hands 
  7.    Walking On Sacred Ground 
  8.    This Train Still Runs 
  9.    Through The Years 
  10.    This House 
  11.    Some People's Lives 
  12.    Breaking Silence