T.H.E. Show Newport 2012

Do I even have to tell you what album this is? Okay, I guess I do. It's Dave Brubeck's "time travel" masterpiece Time Out of course, about to be reissued by Acoustic Sounds as a double 45rpm edition that includes deluxe gatefold packaging

. Acoustic Sounds' Chad Kassem showed me the jacket and it's a beauty! The colorful iconic cover art has never looked so vibrant and inside are fantastic black and white images shot during the recording session at Columbia's famous 30th Street Studios

. No doubt some will whine about yet another reissue of a reissue, but the Classic Records edition is long out of print and a new generation of vinyl fanatics deserve to hear this album in all of its analog glories cut from the original 3 track master tape.

Kassem also announced an ambitious new program of Prestige reissues, 25 in mono and 25 in stereo. The 25 mono titles will be pressed as "flat profile" 200 gram records with no lips and the "deep groove" record label just as on the original collectible pressings, packed in the highest quality jackets.