Joan Armatrading’s 1976 self-titled classic on 180-gram vinyl

100% analog mastering from real analog tapes! Mastered by Kevin Gray at CoHearent Audio

180-gram ultra-quiet vinyl pressed at RTI Beautifully restored tip-on old style jacket printed by Stoughton Printing

“One of the finest talents I have ever had the good fortune to work with …” — Producer Glyn Johns

Intervention Records is thrilled to introduce another classic record in its (Re)Discover Series, Joan Armatrading. Produced and recorded by legend Glyn Johns, Joan Armatrading is the breakout record that saw Joan assume full command of her extraordinary talents and leap to the forefront of rock’s greatest female stars. A soulful, soaring voice and a powerful and evocative songwriter, her smash hits include “Love and Affection,” “Down To Zero,” and “Somebody Who Loves You.”

Joan Armatrading’s 180-gram LP is 100% analog mastered by Kevin Gray at CoHEARent Audio from the best source available — phenomenal-sounding 1/2″ safety copy of the original stereo master tape. The remastering is amazing! Thanks to Glyn Johns’ recording and production work, Joan’s vocals and guitar playing have never sounded so rich, resonant and dynamic. This is an audiophile demo disc all the way, with depth, realism and a breathing dimensionality.

The album art is beautifully restored by IR’s Tom Vadakan and housed in a film-laminated, Old Style “Tip-On” single-gatefold jacket printed by Stoughton Printing.

“Where are all the voices gone?” A good question in today’s bizarre musical world of video clips and techno where one searches in vain for a tender, sweet-perfumed flower.
But it’s really not so important – as long as we can still find music’s bedrock, so to speak, or are even lucky enough to have it in our audiophile treasure chest. Now that numerous pop groups have finished crossing the dark valley of electronic sensationalism, and “unplugged” sound is accepted as the true ideal in the ‘90s, it is precisely the music from years gone by that has suddenly become “in” once again. Here we find all the ingredients of good, basic song tradition: a great deal of natural singing, refined guitar sound, a little steel guitar, and a pinch of Wurlitzer organ.

This recording from 1976 was Joan Armatrading’s first step on the ladder to a sensational career which has not yet come to an end – perhaps because she has remained to her own original style. The album is just right for teenies and twens wanting to discover the soft, rock-like ballads from the days when their dads had long hair and wore “John-Lennon” glasses. For the older generation it is like re-visiting old times – times when music was really “handmade”.

Recording : 1976 at Olympic Studios, London by Glyn Jones
Production: Glyn Jones