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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: Where, oh where has Verita Note gone?     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Jun 6, 2009 - 3:14 PM     By:   riotengine   (Member) I finally ponied up the money to purchase Faccia A Faccia and La Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown). It's been awhile, but I seem to recall that people had good things to say about these releases. Anyone have opinions they want to share about this label? Greg Espinoza    Posted:   Jun 6, 2009 - 3:53 PM     By:   Chris Rimmer   (Member) "La Resa dei Conti" sounds better than it ever did, same goes for "Man Called Noon", "Indio Black" "Companeros" "Professional Gun" and "Sabata". "Face to Face" is just as good, but I must admit that it's not my favorite Morricone western score, in fact the only two tracks I play are the stereo versions of the "Main Title" and "The Savage Attack" The best about these old scores is the way Verita Note have taken the old mono tracks and made them sound stereo, this is especially noticeable on "Indio" and "La Resa". You are in for a helluva treat when you get "La Resa" it's one of my all time favorite Morricone western scores.    Posted:   Jun 6, 2009 - 4:32 PM     By:   Squiddybop   (Member) I've only picked up a handful of their releases so far, but I've loved them all. In addition to the Morricone Westerns and Indio Black, I also really enjoyed a few of their non-Western releases, like Bacalov's A Qualsiasi Prezzo and Carlo Savina's A Ghentar Si Muore Facile. Here's a (hopefully) complete list of all their Italian soundtrack releases to date: VQCD-10009: Cine Lounge - Sexy Bossa & Latin Music from Italy (various) VQCD-10013: Ennio Morricone in Lounge (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10014: Piero Piccioni in Lounge (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10016: Le Foto Proibite di una Signora Perbene (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10017: Spy Movie Soundtrack Collection (Bruno Nicolai) VQCD-10019: Armando Trovajoli in Lounge (Armando Trovajoli) VQCD-10022: Slalom (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10025: Luis Bacalov In Lounge (Luis Bacalov) VQCD-10027: Gli Intoccabili (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10028: Sisignore! (Berto Pisano) VQCD-10029: Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore? (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10030: La Donna Invisibili (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10031: Il Trio Infernale (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10032: Ennio Morricone in Lounge, vol. 2 (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10033: La Matriarca (Armando Trovajoli) VQCD-10034: Spara Forte, Piu Forte, Non Capisco (Nino Rota) VQCD-10035: Il Diavolo Nel Cervello (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10036: Roma (Nino Rota) VQCD-10037: Vamos a Matar, Compañeros (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10038: La Bisbetica Domata (Nino Rota) VQCD-10039: Django (Luis Bacalov) VQCD-10040: Giornata Nera per L'ariete (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10041: Edda Dell'Orso Sings Ennio Morricone (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10043: I Lunghi Giorni della Vendetta (Armando Trovajoli) VQCD-10045: L'ord dei Bravados (Luis Bacalov) VQCD-10046: Questa Specie d'Amore (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10049: Tepepa (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10050: Sans Mobile Apparent (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10051: Homage a Pierro Piccioni (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10052: Veruschka (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10053: 2 Rrringos nel Texas (Carlo Savina) VQCD-10056: Se Incontri Sartana Prega Per La Tua Morte (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10057: I Quattro del Pater Noster (Luis Bacalov) VQCD-10058: Indio Black (Bruno Nicolai) VQCD-10059: Professionisti Per Un Massacro (Carlo Pes) VQCD-10060: Ennio Morricone in Lounge, vol. 3 (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10061: Faccia a Faccia (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10062: I Crudeli (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10063: Lo Straniero (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10065: Dirai: Ho Ucciso per Legittima Difesa (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10066: A Ghentar si Muore Facile (Carlo Savina) VQCD-10067: La Resa dei Conti (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10068: Il Mercenario (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10069: Un Italiano in America (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10070: A Qualsiasi Prezzo (Luis Bacalov) VQCD-10071: L'Arcangelo (Piero Umiliani) VQCD-10072: D'amore si Muore (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10073: Lo Chiamavano Mezzogiorno (Luis Bacalov) VQCD-10074: La Califfa (Ennio Morricone) VQCD-10075: Anna Karenina (Piero Piccioni) VQCD-10076: Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso! (Marcello Giombini) VQCD-10077: È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta (Marcello Giombini) VQCD-10078: The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection (Michel Legrand) - coming June 24th VQCD-10081: MMM, Missione Morte Molo 83 (Piero Piccioni) - coming July 22nd    Posted:   Jun 6, 2009 - 4:45 PM     By:   blue15   (Member) È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta (Marcello Giombini) is expanded quite a bit from the previous Italian version that saw just a few tracks tacked on at the end of Sabata.    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 11:24 AM     By:   riotengine   (Member) "La Resa dei Conti" sounds better than it ever did, same goes for "Man Called Noon", "Indio Black" "Companeros" "Professional Gun" and "Sabata". "Face to Face" is just as good, but I must admit that it's not my favorite Morricone western score, in fact the only two tracks I play are the stereo versions of the "Main Title" and "The Savage Attack" The best about these old scores is the way Verita Note have taken the old mono tracks and made them sound stereo, this is especially noticeable on "Indio" and "La Resa". You are in for a helluva treat when you get "La Resa" it's one of my all time favorite Morricone western scores. Thanks. I've had different CD issues over the years, and I even had The Big Gundown on an 8-track tape MANY yeas ago). Looking forward to listening to what may be the definitive version. Greg Espinoza    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 1:35 PM     By:   Holly   (Member) I finally ponied up the money to purchase Faccia A Faccia and La Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown). It's been awhile, but I seem to recall that people had good things to say about these releases. Anyone have opinions they want to share about this label? Greg Espinoza We own these two releases. La Resa Dei Conti is one of my favourite Spaghetti western scores, and I enjoy listening to Faccia a Faccia too. Personally, I am very impressed with the quality and sound. I can assure you that we'll be purchasing more Verita Note releases in the future, of the Spaghetti variety (^_^)    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 3:19 PM     By:   captain X   (Member) I've heard this from so many sources. It always amazes me. Why are Japanese releases (even LP's) almost always superior in sound quality? Better technology? Better know-how? Is there a VERITA NOTE link where one can purchase their releases directly from them?    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 3:43 PM     By:   MikeJ   (Member) It's very tempting to buy some of these... The problem is I'm very happy with the GDM releases I own. This requires some thought...    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 4:11 PM     By:   captain X   (Member) It's very tempting to buy some of these... The problem is I'm very happy with the GDM releases I own. This requires some thought... I'm quite happy myself as well and love my GDM's but I sometimes feel from all this talk that I might be getting an inferior sounding cd compared to these Japanese releases. Very tempting indeed but I think I'll stick with my Italiano manufactured ones for the time being. On second thought...    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 6:42 PM     By:   Holly   (Member) Is there a VERITA NOTE link where one can purchase their releases directly from them? Hi Captain X! I could not locate an official web site for VERITA NOTE. I believe the label is affiliated with Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.: http://columbia.jp/ http://www.myspace.com/veritanote http://rateyourmusic.com/label/verita_note/ *The above URL is not a comprehensive list of Verita Note releases. It simply notes the label distributor.    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 7:13 PM     By:   IloveJerry   (Member) How much of an improvement would you say the La Resa and the Faccia are over the GDM. I bought those two just a year ago and hate to blow another $60 bucks on these    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 7:42 PM     By:   Squiddybop   (Member) Verita Note did have an official site at one point, but it looks like maybe they let the domain lapse. It never seemed to have the most up to date info on their releases anyway, and you couldn't buy direct from them either as far as I know. I usually just buy mine from Yesasia, CdJapan, or Arksquare. ArkSquare.net also keeps a pretty up to date listing of all Verita Note's releases. It's listed under the Feature Articles section of their site.    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 7:51 PM     By:   piano632   (Member) Practically all Japanese CD's and LP's sound better to me (and I'm sure most any audiophile would tell you the same) - more depth, deeper bass, etc. They don't cut corners to save money like the rest of world does with their releases. They are well worth collecting, much like those gold plated CD's made by Mobile Fidelity, DCC, etc.    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 9:08 PM     By:   Holly   (Member) How much of an improvement would you say the La Resa and the Faccia are over the GDM. I bought those two just a year ago and hate to blow another $60 bucks on these Egad. We did not own the GDM releases, so no comment on this end; however, I give the ut-most praise and respect for the Verita releases. Based on the quality, sound and package(s) released, we'll be buying from this label in the future, that's fer damn sure!    Posted:   Jun 7, 2009 - 11:52 PM     By:   Chris Rimmer   (Member) How much of an improvement would you say the La Resa and the Faccia are over the GDM. I bought those two just a year ago and hate to blow another $60 bucks on these The La Resa release shows the most improvement, the first 13 tracks are taken from the STEREO album master, but the rest of the score has been enhanced with a "fake stereo" which improves the sound quality no-end.Same goes for "Indio Black" and the mono tracks on "Sabata" which is expanded by 7 minutes and was a very pleasent surprise.    Posted:   Jun 8, 2009 - 1:45 AM     By:   captain X   (Member) This tampering with the sound quality on existing masters or even on LP to cd transfers when masters are not available to create fake stereo... how does it rate with the purists? Are there other labels outside Japan that use this technology? It seems that it could be utilized with a lot of Golden Age scores that are in mono and sometimes don't sound as good as they should. I was thinking of the out of print Gerhardt mono releases on LP and the reissued cd's. Some collectors prefer the sound quality on the original LP's over the reissued cd's even if the cd's have supposedly improved sound quality. I believe these cd's are dolby and not fake stereo. I don't know if there is a distinction between these two terms. I'm not quite sure what remastering means either aside from the fact that it sounds better. I could never understand why people prefer mono over stereo. I would think that an audiophile would always consider stereo over mono. In the past, I had never seen album LP's advertised in 'true mono' but rather album LP's advertised in 'true stereo'. Personally, these Verita Note releases sound good to me and I'm pretty sold even though I'm not exactly ready to repurchase the GDM titles that I have with Verita Note ones.    Posted:   Jun 8, 2009 - 1:29 PM     By:   riotengine   (Member) I dumped my GDM copy of Big Gundown, and my Mask CD of Face to Face/Big Gundown within the last few months, anticipating picking up the Verita Note CDs. The positive comments have me pretty excited to hear these. Looking to upgrade to the Verita Note, Django, next. Greg Espinoza    Posted:   Jun 15, 2009 - 8:24 PM     By:   riotengine   (Member) I bought Faccia A Faccia and La Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown) just in time. SAE increased the prices on most of the Verita Note CDs by $3.00. A CD that was previously $31.95 is now $34.95. Greg Espinoza    Posted:   Jun 15, 2009 - 8:59 PM     By:   Squiddybop   (Member) I almost always but my Verita note discs direct from Japan, so SAE's price increase doesn't really affect me in any way, but here's something else I just noticed -- according to Yesasia, in August Verita Note is going to be reissuing a few of their previous releases as HQCDs, which I'm not very familiar with. Here's CDJapan's HQCD description: HQCD (HiQualityCD) format achieves high quality audio through the use of a polycarbonate plastic with improved transparency derived from LCD display manufacturing technologies enabling more accurate reading of the CD data. In addition, a special alloy is used as the material of the reflective layer instead of the standard aluminum. HQCD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. So does anyone out there have any experience with HQCD's, or the similar SHM-CD? I've seen quite a few Japanese releases coming out in these formats lately, and I'm curious to know if there's really that much of a difference in sound quality, or if it's more of a marketing gimmick.    Posted:   Jun 15, 2009 - 10:26 PM     By:   piano632   (Member) I almost always but my Verita note discs direct from Japan, so SAE's price increase doesn't really affect me in any way, but here's something else I just noticed -- according to Yesasia, in August Verita Note is going to be reissuing a few of their previous releases as HQCDs, which I'm not very familiar with. Here's CDJapan's HQCD description: HQCD (HiQualityCD) format achieves high quality audio through the use of a polycarbonate plastic with improved transparency derived from LCD display manufacturing technologies enabling more accurate reading of the CD data. In addition, a special alloy is used as the material of the reflective layer instead of the standard aluminum. HQCD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. So does anyone out there have any experience with HQCD's, or the similar SHM-CD? I've seen quite a few Japanese releases coming out in these formats lately, and I'm curious to know if there's really that much of a difference in sound quality, or if it's more of a marketing gimmick. I own a few SHM-CD's of pop music and frankly I could not hear much of any difference in sound compared to regular Japanese CD's. If there is a difference it's due to the mastering, not what the disc is made of. This is just the latest gimmick to get people to buy the same music all over again for the 5th time, pay a premium price for it, and a way to keep the CD format alive. HQCD appears to be the same thing as SHM-CD (which stands for Super High Material), just a different manufacturer.     General Discussion: Where, oh where has Verita Note gone?    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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