Category: Hemiolia Records

New from Hemiolia: Sonny Rollins Quartet – ‘Saxophone Colossus’

August 8, 2025

Regular readers here will know that Hemiolia Records, based in Italy, has an impressive catalogue of master tapes from which they’re releasing some really excellent quality titles over time. (Otherwise, if you’re new here and this is news to you, you can read my back-stories and reviews at https://thereeltoreelrambler.com/category/hemiolia-records.) Their latest release is another treat for … More New from Hemiolia: Sonny Rollins Quartet – ‘Saxophone Colossus’

Review: Dave Brubeck Quartet’s seminal ‘Time Out’ on copy master tape from Hemiolia Records

May 30, 2025

The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out is one of those absolute essential jazz classics. I’d personally rate it right up there alongside Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue as one of those albums that even non-jazz fans are likely to know, listen to and enjoy, if not have in their collection. Released in 1959 (as was … More Review: Dave Brubeck Quartet’s seminal ‘Time Out’ on copy master tape from Hemiolia Records

Latest tape releases from Hemiolia – the good stuff just keeps on comin’!

April 25, 2025

If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that Italian label Hemiolia Records has an exciting stock of master tapes from which they’re releasing various excellent quality titles over time. (Otherwise, if you’re new here and this is news to you, you can read my back-stories at https://thereeltoreelrambler.com/category/hemiolia-records.) Last year Hemiolia presented several new releases … More Latest tape releases from Hemiolia – the good stuff just keeps on comin’!

‘Exclusive’: Hemiolia to preview / announce new titles at the Munich High-End Show this week

May 8, 2024

There’s more exciting news afoot from the folks at Hemiolia Records, whose copy-master tape releases over the past year or two have been pretty darned spectacular and show no signs of slowing down! If you’re heading over to the Munich High-End Show 2024 this week (9th to 12th May) you’ll find Hemiolia in Hall 4, … More ‘Exclusive’: Hemiolia to preview / announce new titles at the Munich High-End Show this week

Another iconic album release from Hemiolia Records: Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain

March 5, 2024

Boy, are these good times for Miles Davis fans! The folks at Hemiolia Records just keep on keeping ‘em coming with their incredible copy-master tape releases, and the next title has just been announced. Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain was recorded in late 1959 / early 1960 at Colombia Records’ 30th Street Studio (aka ‘The … More Another iconic album release from Hemiolia Records: Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain

Getting major league goosebumps with Miles Davis’ Ascenseur pour l’échafaud on tape from Hemiolia Records

February 16, 2024

Ascenseur Pour L’échafaud (aka Lift To The Scaffold, or Elevator To The Gallows) is a French movie released in 1958 and directed by Louis Malle. It’s a fabulous piece of cinema and one’s that very typical of the period. Shot in black and white, it’s moody, dark, haunting, tense, full of suspense, intrigue and – … More Getting major league goosebumps with Miles Davis’ Ascenseur pour l’échafaud on tape from Hemiolia Records

Another jazz classic from Hemiolia: Cannonball Adderley’s Somethin’ Else

January 29, 2024

Hemiolia Records’ licensing deal with Ermitage Distribution is, for tape fans, the gift that just keeps on giving! Last year saw the release of a raft of seminal jazz albums on copy master tape, and now 2024 is kicking off with another: Somethin’ Else by American jazz saxophonist Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley. The album was originally recorded in March … More Another jazz classic from Hemiolia: Cannonball Adderley’s Somethin’ Else

Looking back at 2023: a great year for new releases on tape!

December 8, 2023

If you follow this blog you’ll have seen some really exciting stuff going down in the world of tape this year. It’s been a bumper (and for me, budget-busting!) year for tape. My bank balance is now groaning at the seams but my tape collection is looking pretty darned awesome! I thought it might be … More Looking back at 2023: a great year for new releases on tape!

Latest new tape release from Hemiolia Records: Dave Brubeck’s ‘Time Out’

November 21, 2023

If, like me, you’re both a tape devotee and a jazz fan, you’ll no doubt have been following this year’s incredible releases from Italian label Hemiolia Records. If you’ve somehow managed to miss it, here’s the long story cut very short: a year or so ago, Hemiolia signed a deal with Ermitage Distribution allowing them … More Latest new tape release from Hemiolia Records: Dave Brubeck’s ‘Time Out’

Getz / Gilberto reviewed – and three more jazz classics announced from Hemiolia

August 4, 2023

If you’re a follower of this blog, you’ll already be familiar with Italian label Hemiolia Records’ major scoop in terms of some pretty special tape rights acquisitions, and you may have already checked out some of the incredible albums that have been released on tape as a result. If not, you can check out my … More Getz / Gilberto reviewed – and three more jazz classics announced from Hemiolia