A.Beat-C.

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Profile:	Italian Eurobeat / Hi-NRG label founded in 1990. Owned by Giancarlo Pasquini and Alberto Contini. Early releases were distributed by Non Stop S.p.A.. Very first releases were released in white and blue labels with a shark image on top. Then it was changed to blueish labels where was a blue image of person. Lastly they jumped multiple hundred catalog numbers forward with ABeat 1999 release and started using a new label layout which was galaxy themed but there was still the same image of person as on earlier labels but this time it was made of stars connected to each others. In January 2021, A.Beat-C. began releasing their catalogue online (through Believe SAS and Avex Inc.) in various digital platforms worldwide. These reissues were sampled directly from the original vinyl records, using only a DAC (from APOGEE) and without any remastering.
Parent Label:	Rodgers & Contini Records
Contact Info:	Mantua, Italy
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e92 Jan 23, 2021
Right before Christmas it became known that A.Beat-C would release its entire catalogue online in 2021. Those are great news, but I was a bit disappointed to learn that the reissues would not be taken from the master tapes, but rather be sampled from vinyl. I must admit that the sound quality is quite good for vinyl, but I cannot ignore the distorted ‘s’ sounds and occasional clicks/pops, as well as the faint crackling sound as the tracks fade out. To be fair I have heard far worse, but I just do not understand why the master tapes were not chosen as the source instead. I sure hope it is not because they have been lost. I must also stress that the cover artworks look fantastic, so this project was probably not done in a hurry.

Whilst I will buy my favourite maxis once they come out, I still hope that new versions taken from the original master tapes (no matter if the tape is analogue or digital) will be released eventually.