Last Call For "Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello"!

only "around 100 copies" remain at Acoustic Sounds

When my friend Robin Wyatt (Robyatt Audio) and I decided to release this live performance on vinyl we vowed to produce it "cost is no object" and we didn't do it to make money—not that we are against making money and we actually did make some.

I sent as a gift to the about to retire Bob Ludwig what I thought were the finished, ready to be cut to lacquer files but he got back to me and insisted that he'd like to master it and have his name on it because he thought in a few years Caelan would be a household name—at least among jazz fans. Robin and I stayed true to our cost is no object aims and we're glad we did. Whatever Bob did to it made it sound even better.

We pressed 2000 copies and hoped for the best. Our best hopes were exceeded and today only around 100 copies remain at the distributor, Acoustic Sounds (which also pressed it at its QRP pressing plant). Matthew Lutthans cut using The Mastering Labs cutting system and the result speaks for ltself! There may be a few copies left elsewhere.

We're not going to re-press the record, though we both think once Caelan lands a major label deal and gets where we both think he's going, that label will purchase or license this title and re-release it. Until that happens....

BTW: Caelan and his trio have been in the studio recording a follow up that will include all or mostly all originals. I was there for one of the recording sessions, and Malachi and I saw the group play live at Mezzrow in NYC to a packed house.

I hope to release the new album on Liam Records next Fall.....