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ECM recently announced the reissue on 180g vinyl of seven adventurous titles from the label's vast catalog. These LPs have been cut using the original analog master tapes, according to ECM.

Rather than reissuing "the usual suspects" ECM has chosen "free jazz" saxophonist Sam Rivers' Contrasts, Miroslav Vitous Group's eponymously titled second ECM release from 1980, Gary Burton's Seven Songs For Quartet and Chamber Orchestra from 1973, Keith Jarrett's Arbor Zena (a 1975 release with Charlie Haden and Jan Garbarek+ strings), Jarrett's Ritual featuring conductor Dennis Russell Davies playing the Keith Jarrett composition on piano, Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie's Five Years later, and Abdullah Ibrahim's African Piano a solo piano set recorded in a noisy Copenhagen club and reissued more for its musical importance than for its sonics.

If this series proves successful who knows what else might be released on ECM vinyl? These titles will also be issued on CD and as high resolution downloads.