The Stevie Ray Vaughan Archive

Part 14 - Audiophile Releases

1994 - Couldn't Stand the Weather - 24kt Mastersound Collector's Edition

1994 - Couldn’t Stand the Weather - 24kt Mastersound Collector’s Edition - US: EK 64425

Also released in a long box in the USA, with the same CD and case. US: EK 53927

1995 - Couldn't Stand the Weather - Absolute Analogue

Couldn't Stand the Weather (UK) - Format: LP; Label: Absolute Analogue; Cat No: AA 205

UK remaster of the original album, pressed on 180g vinyl and produced by a small UK label called Absolute Analogue.

Tracklisting: As official release.

1999 - Texas Flood - Epic Hybrid SACD

1999 - Couldn't Stand the Weather - Epic Hybrid SACD

2003 - In Session - Stax Hybrid SACD

2003 - In Session- Stax Hybrid SACD - US: SXSA-7501-6

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Releases

1991 - The Sky is Crying (UDCD 723 )

2010 - Texas Flood (UDSACD 2074 )

2011 - Couldn’t Stand the Weather (UDSACD 2075 )

2011 - Soul to Soul (UDSACD 2076 )

2011 - In Step (UDSACD 2077 )

2011 - The Sky is Crying (UDSACD 2078 )

2019 - Texas Flood - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Ultradisc

*** UPDATE 10TH AUGUST 2022 - The Recording below (and many others issued on the Mobile Fidelity label) was not restored and remastered from the original master tapes. It has been disclosed that it has been produced from a digital copy of the album. More information here:
https://www.billboard.com/pro/mofi-wins-settlement-approval-lawsuit-analog-vinyl-scandal/

Texas Flood - Format: 2 x 45rpm 12”; Label: Mobile Fidelity; Cat No: USA: UD1S 2-005; Length: 46:35

Originally thought and advertised to have been mastered from the Original Master Tapes with Mobile Fidelity's One-Step Process, it has now been found to be not the case. It has in fact been mastered from a digital copy of the album.

This “ultra-disc” reissue of the band’s debut album comes with 2 x 12” 45rpm discs pressed on 180g vinyl. The set is limited to 7000 copies.

Release Date: 15th March 2019

US Chart Position: n/a

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:
A1. Love Struck Baby
A2. Pride and Joy
B1. Texas Flood
B2. Tell Me
B3. Testify

Disc 2:
C1. Rude Mood
C2, Mary had a Little Lamb
C3. Dirty Pool
D1. I'm Cryin'
D2. Lenny

2021 - Couldn't Stand the Weather - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Ultradisc

*** UPDATE 10TH AUGUST 2022 - The Recording below (and many others issued on the Mobile Fidelity label) was not restored and remastered from the original master tapes. It has been disclosed that it has been produced from a digital copy of the album. More information here:
https://www.billboard.com/pro/mofi-wins-settlement-approval-lawsuit-analog-vinyl-scandal/

Couldn't Stand the Weather - Format: 2 x 45rpm 12”; Label: Mobile Fidelity; Cat No: USA: UD1S 2-007; Length: 38:08

Originally thought and advertised to have been mastered from the Original Master Tapes with Mobile Fidelity's One-Step Process, it has now been found to be not the case. It has in fact been mastered from a digital copy of the album.

This “ultra-disc” reissue of the band’s second album comes with 2 x 12” 45rpm discs pressed on 180g vinyl. The set is limited to 7000 copies.

Release Date: 8th January 2021

US Chart Position: n/a

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:
A1. Scuttle Buttin'
A2. Couldn't Stand the Weather
A3. The Things (That) I Used to Do
B1. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Disc 2:
C1. Cold Shot
C2, Tin Pan Alley
D1. Honey Bee
D2. Stang's Swang

Analogue Productions Releases

Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Session - Format: 2 x 12” 45rpm; Label: Stax / Analogue Productions; Cat No: US: APB 7501 45

Audiophile version of the “In Session” album originally released in 1999 on CD. The 2003 release was pressed on 180g vinyl and was numbereed with a sticker on the back. It came in a single LP sleeve.

On 12th May 2009 it was reissued without the limited numbered sticker, again on 180g vinyl. Finally in 2015 it was reissued again, this time on 200g vinyl and in a gatefold sleeve, with newly added photos inside.

All 3 issues had the same catalogue number.

2014 - Texas Hurricane

Texas Hurricane - Format: 6CD, 6LP, 12x12”; Label: Analogue Productions/Epic; Cat No: US: 6xSACD: CAPB SRVSA-BOX, 6LP: AAPB SRV33-BOX,12x12 inch: AAPB SRV45-BOX, 6xLP Special Edition: A 833 N; Length: CD1: 38:48, CD2: 38:08, CD3: 39:53 CD4: 40:53, CD5: 40:47, CD6: 38:28

Box set of the 4 studio albums, the Vaughan Brothers “Family Style” album and “The Sky is Crying”. Track listings are the original releases, without bonus tracks. Mastered from the original analog tapes by Sterling Sound. The 12 x 12” set plays at 45rpm.

Release Date: 28th March 2014

US Chart Position: n/a

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The Early Years

Triple Threat Revue

Double Trouble Early Years

Texas Flood Tour

Couldn't Stand the Weather Tour

Soul to Soul Tour

Live Alive Tour

In Step Tour

Miscellaneous Live

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