K.D. Lang – Ingenue: One-Step (Numbered 180g Vinyl LP)

k.d. Lang’s Ingenue on One-Step 180g LP: Because Sound Matters Edition Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies, Mastered From the Original Analog Master Tapes by Chris Bellman, and Pressed at R.T.I.

Because Sound Matters’ One-Step process has created the definitive-sounding audiophile version of k.d. lang’s Ingénue. Strictly limited to 3,000 copies, this all-analog release comes from the original first-generation master tapes for the first time. Special care has been taken to faithfully preserve the original sound with exceptional clarity and depth, capturing the recording’s nuances and subtleties at every step. The album is housed inside a top-quality, foil-stamped, uniquely designed numbered slipcase. The enclosed gatefold jacket features an “old style” tip-on jacket with the original artwork.

Ingénue was originally released March 17, 1992 and is k.d. lang’s second solo album. Upon release, the album charted at #18 in the US, #13 in Canada, #3 in the UK and Australia and #1 in New Zealand. Nominated for six Grammy Awards with the breakout single “Constant Craving” winning a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. “Miss Chatelaine” and “The Mind of Love” were follow-up singles.

Notes for This Release
Ingénue was originally recorded and mixed on analog tape and produced by Greg Penny, Ben Mink and k.d. lang. The original analog master tapes were directly used as the audio source for this One-Step pressing. This is the first time the analog tapes have been used as a vinyl source for this brilliant recording.

Because Sound Matters used the Neotech VR900-D2 180g high-performance vinyl compound, the same as what is known as SuperVinyl. Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers. He also did the original mastering of the CD release in 1992. Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc (R.T.I.) has been plating records for decades. He also has done more One-Step processing than anybody. Record Technology, Inc did the pressing using the exact pressing machine used for many other One-Step releases.

Because Sound Matters’ slipcases and gatefold “old style” tip on original art jackets are printed by world-renowned Stoughton Printing Company.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Strict One-Time Pressing of 3,000 Copies
• All-Analog (AAA) One-Step Vinyl Version
• Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Performance Vinyl
• Audio Source: Original Analog Master Tapes
• First Time the Original Analog Master Tapes Have Been Used as a Vinyl Source
• Vinyl Mastering by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
• One-Step Process by Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
• Pressed at Record Technology, Inc.
• Packaging by Stoughton Printing Company
• “Old Style” Gatefold Tip-On Jacket with Original Artwork
• Foil-Stamped, Uniquely Designed Numbered Slipcase

Side One:

1. Save Me
2. The Mind of Love
3. Miss Chatelaine
4. Wash Me Clean
5. So It Shall Be

Side Two:

1. Still Thrives This Love
2. Season of Hollow Soul
3. Outside Myself
4. Tears of Love’s Recall
5. Constant Craving