High End Jazz Reissues

The EMM Labs DS-EQ1 is a reference optical phono stage created to match DS Audio cartridges, translating their light-based signal with uncompromising precision. Using Ed Meitner’s renowned circuitry, it delivers vanishing noise, immense dynamic range, and holographic soundstage depth. By preserving the purity of the optical signal, the DS-EQ1 reveals recordings with effortless transparency and musicality, making it not just an equalizer, but the essential partner that transforms DS Audio innovation into breathtaking analogue performance.

Origin Live turntables are crafted with a singular focus on extracting the most natural and dynamic sound from vinyl, combining precision engineering with musical insight. Their designs minimize resonance and preserve timing, allowing music to flow with effortless rhythm, tonal richness, and a sense of realism that feels startlingly alive. Far from being just playback machines, Origin Live decks are instruments in their own right—refined platforms that let records reveal their true emotional depth.

The Gearbox Records mastering suite, led by Caspar Sutton-Jones, is dedicated to preserving the integrity and vitality of music from studio to vinyl. With an all-analogue signal path and a philosophy rooted in fidelity and transparency, it captures every nuance while ensuring recordings retain their warmth and dynamic impact. Caspar’s expertise brings precision and artistry together, making the suite not just a technical facility, but a creative space where music is given its final, definitive form.

Miles Showell’s half-speed mastering suite at Abbey Road is a world-class facility dedicated to extracting maximum detail and fidelity from source recordings. By cutting lacquers at half the usual speed, the process allows greater accuracy in groove formation, reducing distortion and revealing layers of clarity, depth, and tonal precision. Combined with Showell’s expertise, it transforms mastering into an art form, making the suite not just a technical marvel, but a gateway to vinyl of unrivalled refinement.

The Fozgometer 2 from Musical Surroundings is a precision tool designed to simplify and perfect azimuth alignment in phono cartridges. By accurately measuring channel balance, separation, and phase, it ensures optimal stylus orientation for the clearest, most coherent sound. Compact and user-friendly, it transforms a complex adjustment into a straightforward process, making it not just a tool, but an essential companion for unlocking the full potential of any vinyl system.

Record Industry in Harrlem stands as one of the world’s finest pressing plants, renowned for its meticulous standards and state-of-the-art facilities. Their stellar work on the Music On Vinyl series has set a benchmark for consistency, delivering records with exceptional clarity, quiet surfaces, and faithful reproduction of the original masters. More than a factory, it is a cornerstone of modern vinyl culture, where craftsmanship and passion converge to keep the analogue tradition alive at the highest level.

Optimal Media in Germany is widely respected as one of Europe’s premier pressing plants, combining technical excellence with a deep commitment to quality. Renowned for their work with prestige labels such as Blue Note, they produce records distinguished by silent surfaces, precise grooves, and faithful musical reproduction. With decades of expertise and state-of-the-art facilities, Optimal has become a trusted partner for the world’s most exacting labels, ensuring every release meets the highest standards of analogue fidelity.

Established in 1963, Selsey Press is our local printers.

The question we posed to them was simple… could they match the quality of some of our favourite labels and their sleeves? The results speak for themself. We work very closely with Selsey Press and their Graphic Designer Tim Rogers (hype, inserts, labels and sleeve), to ensure that regardless of the source material available, we are able to present the best records in the best sleeves!

SRD has long been a cornerstone of music distribution in the UK, offering independent labels and artists a reliable path to market with professionalism and care. Their reach extends far beyond national borders through international partners such as Forced Exposure, ensuring records find their way into the hands of listeners worldwide. More than a distributor, SRD serves as a vital link in the chain between creation and audience, sustaining the independent music ecosystem with reach, integrity, and dedication.