Ingénue One-Step Vinyl LP

One-Step vinyl is the ultimate vinyl pressing.

Because Sound Matters' meticulous One-Step process creates the definitive sounding audiophile version of k.d. lang's Ingénue. This all-analog release comes from the original first-generation master tapes for the first time. Vinyl guru and trackingangle.com editor Michael Fremer says, “this k.d. One-Step is insane – It’s otherworldly great!”

This One-Step version is strictly limited to 3,000 copies. The album is housed inside a top quality, foil-stamped, uniquely designed numbered slipcase.  The enclosed gatefold jacket will feature an “Old Style” tip-on jacket with the original artwork.

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 to create the best sounding record possible.

The One-Step process is highly regarded among audiophiles and collectors for its unparalleled sound fidelity and represents the pinnacle of vinyl manufacturing craftsmanship.

BSM One-Step Details:

- Audio Source: Original Analog Master Tapes
- Vinyl Compound: Neotech VR900-D2 180g High Performance Vinyl
- Vinyl Mastering: Chris Bellman @Bernie Grundman Mastering
- One-Step Process: Dorin Sauerbier at Record Technology, Inc.
- Pressing: Record Technology, Inc.
- Packaging & Print: Stoughton Printing Company
- One-Step Reissue Producer: Tom “grover” Biery

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 6 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.

k.d. received universal critical acclaim for the album from publications like Mojo, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Uncut and dozens more! Today, Ingénue is a true classic album and considered one of the great audiophile recordings of the modern era. This One-Step version certainly proves that!

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 our 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. The results are stunning.

We used Neotech VR900-D2 180g High-Performance vinyl compound which is the same as what is known as Super Vinyl – the best in the world.

Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers with meticulous care! 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 and is considered the best in the world – he also has done more One-Step processing
than anybody. This is a vital step in the process to ultimately delivering the absolute best sounding version of Ingénue ever.

Record Technology, Inc did the pressing – using the exact pressing machine used for so many other One-Step releases. The QC team is constantly monitoring each copy as it
comes off the press.

Our slipcases, and gatefold “Old Style” tip on original art jackets were printed by world renowned Stoughton Printing Company.

Track Listing:

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