2xHD DELUXE AUDIOPHILE VINYL - COMPLETE A–Z COLLECTOR’S CATALOGUE 2026
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OpenReelToReel Hub World Collector’s Reference
💿 180g Audiophile Vinyl
🎚 33⅓ & 45 RPM Editions
🎞 Analogue Master-Tape Heritage
🏆 Reference Recordings • Jazz • Classical • Audiophile Music
For serious vinyl recording collectors, analogue enthusiasts and high-end audio lovers, 2xHD occupies a fascinating position between historic master tapes, specialist analogue mastering and modern audiophile vinyl production.
Here is our 2026 A–Z reference guide to the complete current 2xHD Deluxe Vinyl catalogue, including format, catalogue number, provenance and our OpenReelToReel Collector Rating.
RATING GUIDE
★★★★★ — Reference / Essential Collector Edition
★★★★½ — Exceptional Audiophile Release
★★★★☆ — Highly Recommended
★★★½ — Specialist Collector Choice
AAA STATUS GUIDE
✅ AAA / Fully Analogue — explicitly documented
🎞 Analogue source/recording — analogue provenance documented, but full AAA chain not explicitly stated
❓ Not stated — do not assume AAA without further documentation
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2xHD Fusion LP Records catalogue
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🎵 AUDIOPHILE ANALOG COLLECTION — VOL. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-VD1143
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Blues / Classical / World / Audiophile
Provenance: 🎞 Collection of analogue audiophile recordings
Recording/Mastering: Drawn from specialist analogue recordings covering multiple musical styles.
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
A superb system-demonstration collection and an excellent entry point into the 2xHD analogue aesthetic.
🎵 AUDIOPHILE ANALOG COLLECTION — VOL. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-VD1167
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Blues / World / Classical / Audiophile
Provenance: 🎞 Analogue audiophile recordings
Recording/Mastering: Selected for recording quality, musical performance and audiophile demonstration value.
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
Another extremely strong high-end system demonstration album.
🎵 AUDIOPHILE ANALOG COLLECTION — VOL. 3
Artist: Various Artists
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-V1260
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Classical / Funk / Blues / Audiophile
Provenance: 🎞 Material includes celebrated analogue/audiophile recordings
Recording/Mastering: Includes Ben Webster, Jaco Pastorius, Bucky Pizzarelli and recordings associated with 2xHD’s René Laflamme.
Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
The third volume completes one of 2xHD’s most useful audiophile demonstration series.
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🎷 BEN WEBSTER — STARDUST
Catalogue: 2XHDST-V1242
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Tenor Saxophone
Provenance: ✅ Original 15 ips analogue tapes
Mastering: Mastered by René Laflamme from the original 15 ips tapes using all-tube equipment.
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
🔥 OPENREELTOREEL ESSENTIAL
One of the catalogue’s strongest choices for tape enthusiasts because the master-tape provenance is exceptionally clear.
🎹 BILL EVANS — AT THE TOP OF THE GATE VOL. 1
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1240
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio
Recording: Art D’Lugoff’s Village Gate, New York City — 23 October 1968
Personnel: Bill Evans / Eddie Gomez / Marty Morell
Provenance: 🎞 Historic analogue recording; full vinyl AAA chain not explicitly stated on the current listing
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
A historically important Bill Evans document and a particularly desirable 45 RPM audiophile edition.
🎹 BILL EVANS — AT THE TOP OF THE GATE VOL. 2
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1241
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio
Recording: Art D’Lugoff’s Village Gate, NYC — 23 October 1968
Personnel: Bill Evans / Eddie Gomez / Marty Morell
Provenance: 🎞 Historic analogue recording; full AAA chain not explicitly stated
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
The companion volume makes the pair particularly attractive as a serious Bill Evans collector set.
🎹 BILL EVANS TRIO — SOME OTHER TIME: THE LOST SESSION FROM THE BLACK FOREST VOL. 1
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1044
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio
Recording Date: 20 June 1968
Recording: Black Forest, Germany
Engineers/Producers associated with session: Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and Joachim-Ernst Berendt
Provenance: 🎞 Historic analogue session; complete vinyl AAA chain not explicitly stated on current page
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
🏆 A major archival jazz discovery and one of the most desirable Bill Evans recordings in the 2xHD catalogue.
🎹 BILL EVANS TRIO — SOME OTHER TIME: THE LOST SESSION FROM THE BLACK FOREST VOL. 2
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1239
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Piano Trio
Recording Date: 20 June 1968
Provenance: 🎞 Historic analogue Black Forest session
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
The natural companion to Volume 1 and highly desirable as a complete collector pair.
🎸 BUCKY PIZZARELLI — THE EARLY YEARS
Catalogue: 2XHDJA-V1253
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Guitar
Provenance: ❓ Complete AAA chain not explicitly stated on current listing
Recording/Mastering: Archival presentation of Bucky Pizzarelli’s guitar artistry.
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
A particularly attractive release for jazz-guitar collectors and lovers of naturally reproduced acoustic instruments.
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🎤 EMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOW — THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-V1267
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Vocal Jazz / American Songbook
Provenance: ❓ AAA status not explicitly stated
Recording/Mastering: Audiophile vinyl presentation of Barlow’s highly regarded vocal-jazz album.
Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
Elegant vocal jazz with strings and sophisticated arrangements — an excellent late-night listening record.
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🎸 JACO PASTORIUS — TRUTH, LIBERTY & SOUL
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1243
Format: 3×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Fusion / Big Band
Recording Date: 27 June 1982
Location: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Original Recording: 24-track analogue, Record Plant mobile truck
Vinyl Source: ✅ Original pure-analogue 2-track master
Provenance: ✅ Directly mastered from the original 2-track analogue master discovered decades later
Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
🔥 OPENREELTOREEL TOP REFERENCE
For analogue collectors, this is arguably one of the crown jewels of the entire catalogue.
🎷 JAZZ AT THE PAWNSHOP
Artists include: Arne Domnérus / Bengt Hallberg / Lars Erstrand / Georg Riedel / Egil Johansen
Catalogue: 2XHDNS-V1232
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Live Jazz
Provenance: 🎞 Historic analogue audiophile recording
Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
🏆 REFERENCE RECORDING
Few recordings are more closely associated with the international audiophile movement.
This is not simply another jazz record — it is part of high-fidelity history.
🎷 JAZZ AT THE PAWNSHOP — LATE NIGHT
Catalogue: 2XHDNS-V1247
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Live Jazz
Source: Previously unreleased tapes discovered in archival storage decades later
Mastering: Associated with René Laflamme / 2xHD
Provenance: 🎞 Original analogue tape material
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
The musicians stretch out with longer solos during the late-night material, making this much more than simply another edition of Jazz at the Pawnshop.
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🎹 L.A. NETWORK — BRUBECK REDUX
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1249
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz
Recording: ✅ Off-the-floor, direct 2-track recording at 15 ips
Production: Pure audiophile analogue recording techniques
Provenance: ✅ Strong documented analogue pedigree
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
🔥 MASTER-TAPE LOVERS’ CHOICE
The combination of direct two-track recording, 15 ips tape and 45 RPM vinyl makes this particularly interesting to OpenReelToReel enthusiasts.
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🎹 MONTY ALEXANDER — LOVE YOU MADLY
Catalogue: 2XHDRE-V1187
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Live Jazz
Recording: Live at Club Bubba, Fort Lauderdale, 1982
Original Recording: Recorded by Criteria Recording Studios founder Mack Emerman
Provenance: 🎞 Historic recording; complete AAA vinyl chain not explicitly stated on current page
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
Energetic live Monty Alexander with serious audiophile credentials.
🎼 MOZART — REQUIEM
Catalogue: 2XHDNS-V1262
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Classical / Choral
Recording: 1979
Performers include: Margareta Hallin / Anne-Marie Mühle / Brian Burrows / Magnus Lindén
Ensembles: Stockholm Conservatory musicians / Choir of St. Jacob
Conductor: Stefan Sköld
Provenance: ❓ Complete AAA provenance not explicitly stated on current listing
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
A major classical recording in an audiophile vinyl presentation.
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🎚 NAGRA 70TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
Artist: Various Artists
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-V1223
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Audiophile Reference
Artists include: Bill Evans / Louis Armstrong / Shirley Horn / Monty Alexander and others
Provenance: ✅ Fully analogue collection from analogue master tapes
Mastering: Produced in collaboration with Nagra, with material mastered using Nagra equipment
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
🔥 ANALOGUE COLLECTOR ESSENTIAL
For reel-to-reel enthusiasts, Nagra owners and tape-machine collectors this is one of the most significant releases in the range.
🎻 NOÉMIE RAYMOND & ZHENNI LI-COHEN — DIALOGUES
Catalogue: 2XHDLI-V1268
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Classical / Cello & Piano
Artists: Noémie Raymond, cello / Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
Repertoire: Rachmaninoff / Rebecca Clarke
Provenance: ❓ AAA status not explicitly stated on current listing
Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
A contemporary 2xHD classical production focused on natural instrumental tone, intimacy and dynamic expression.
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🎹 PILTCH & DAVIS — TAKE ONE
Artists: David Piltch & Aaron Davis
Catalogue: 2XHDAR-V1263
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Acoustic Jazz
Recording: 🎞 Recorded off-the-floor with no overdubs
Provenance: Strong analogue/audiophile recording philosophy; full AAA chain not explicitly stated on the current listing
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
Natural, spontaneous acoustic music with minimal studio intervention — exactly the kind of production audiophiles tend to appreciate.
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🎻 ROBERT LEN & CAROLE MENEGHEL — CROSSROAD
Catalogue: 2XHDRL-V1254
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Classical / Latin / New Age / World
Producer: André Perry
Artists: Robert Len / Carole Meneghel
Provenance: ❓ Full AAA status not explicitly stated
Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
An eclectic audiophile recording combining multiple musical traditions and textures.
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🎷 SAX SAX SAX
Artist: Various legendary saxophonists
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-V1261
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Jazz / Saxophone
Artists include: Stan Getz / Sonny Rollins / Sidney Bechet / Johnny Hodges / Ben Webster / Lee Konitz / Zoot Sims / Buddy Tate / Harry Edison and others
Provenance: ✅ AAA — all-analogue remaster
Source: Performances selected from 2xHD analogue masters
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
🔥 ONE OF THE SAFEST AUDIOPHILE BUYS IN THE CATALOGUE
A remarkable concentration of legendary saxophone tone on a documented AAA double album.
🎼 SAINT-SAËNS — SYMPHONY NO. 3 “ORGAN”
Artist: Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Catalogue: 2XHDAT-V1279
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Classical / Orchestral / Organ
Recording Location: Saint-Joseph’s Oratory, Montréal
Provenance: ❓ Presented by 2xHD in its Fusion format; AAA status not explicitly stated on current vinyl page
Collector Rating: ★★★★½
A spectacular system-testing orchestral work with huge scale, deep organ fundamentals and demanding dynamics.
🎤 SHIRLEY HORN — SOFTLY
Catalogue: 2XHDJA-V1140
Format: 2×LP
Speed: 45 RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Provenance: 🎞 Also exists in 2xHD’s 15 ips analogue-tape programme
Recording Character: Intimate, late-night studio presentation
Collector Rating: ★★★★★
A superb choice for evaluating vocal realism, piano timbre, space and low-level musical information.
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🎻 TRIO DE CURDA — LIBER TANGO
Catalogue: 2XHDFT-V1182
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Tango / Latin / Chamber / Audiophile
Recording: ✅ Live analogue, off-the-floor, no overdubs and no editing
Microphone Technique: Blumlein
Microphone: Neumann SM69 stereo tube microphone
Recorder: Nagra IV-S reel-to-reel tape recorder
Provenance: ✅ Exceptional documented analogue recording chain
Collector Rating: ★★★★★+
🔥 OPENREELTOREEL REFERENCE CHOICE
This is precisely the sort of minimalist analogue recording that demonstrates why reel-to-reel tape remains such a compelling recording medium.
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🎼 VALÉRIE MILOT — NEBULAE
Catalogue: 2XHDVM-V1284
Format: 1×LP
Speed: 33⅓ RPM
Vinyl: 180g
Genre: Classical / Contemporary / Harp
Artist: Valérie Milot
Provenance: ❓ AAA status not explicitly stated on current vinyl listing
Collector Rating: ★★★★☆
A modern audiophile release centred around the extraordinary colours, transients and resonance of the harp.
🏆 OPENREELTOREEL — TOP 10 COLLECTOR PICKS
For collectors specifically interested in analogue master tapes, recording history and ultimate sound quality, our priority list would be:
🥇 Jaco Pastorius — Truth, Liberty & Soul ★★★★★+
🥈 Nagra 70th Anniversary Collection ★★★★★+
🥉 Trio de Curda — Liber Tango ★★★★★+
4️⃣ Ben Webster — Stardust ★★★★★
5️⃣ L.A. Network — Brubeck Redux ★★★★★
6️⃣ Jazz at the Pawnshop ★★★★★+
7️⃣ Jazz at the Pawnshop — Late Night ★★★★★
8️⃣ SAX SAX SAX ★★★★★
9️⃣ Bill Evans — Some Other Time Vol. 1 ★★★★★
🔟 Bill Evans — Some Other Time Vol. 2 ★★★★★
🎞 BEST DOCUMENTED ANALOGUE / TAPE PROVENANCE
For readers who specifically ask:
“Which records should I buy because of the analogue recording chain?”
Start here:
✅ Jaco Pastorius — Truth, Liberty & Soul
Original pure-analogue 2-track master.
✅ Ben Webster — Stardust
Original 15 ips tapes → all-tube mastering.
✅ L.A. Network — Brubeck Redux
Off-the-floor → 2-track → 15 ips analogue recording.
✅ Trio de Curda — Liber Tango
Neumann SM69 tube stereo microphone → Nagra IV-S → analogue tape.
✅ Nagra 70th Anniversary Collection
Fully analogue collection from analogue master tapes.
✅ SAX SAX SAX
Explicitly remastered all analogue — AAA.
💎 WHY 2xHD MATTERS
What makes this catalogue particularly interesting is not simply heavy vinyl.
It is the philosophy behind many of the recordings:
🎙 Minimal microphone techniques
🎞 Original analogue master tapes
🎚 15 ips reel-to-reel recording
🔥 Tube playback/mastering
🎵 Live off-the-floor performances
🚫 Minimal intervention
💿 45 RPM audiophile cutting
⚖️ 180g pressings
🎧 Recording quality treated as part of the musical experience
The best releases provide something far more important than spectacular hi-fi effects:
the sensation that the recording space, musicians and instruments have appeared in your listening room.
⚠️ COLLECTOR’S NOTE ON AAA
“Analogue recording” and “AAA vinyl” are not automatically the same thing.
Where 2xHD explicitly documents an all-analogue chain, this guide identifies it as AAA / Fully Analogue.
Where only the original analogue recording, analogue master tape or recording method is documented, we identify it as Analogue Source rather than claiming an undocumented AAA chain.
That distinction matters to serious collectors.
🎼 2xHD DELUXE VINYL — OPENREELTOREEL WORLD COLLECTOR’S REFERENCE 2026
Which three would YOU choose?
💬 What is the best-sounding 2xHD vinyl release you have heard?
💬 Do you prefer 45 RPM audiophile vinyl or 15 ips reel-to-reel tape?
💬 Should every audiophile label clearly publish the complete recording, mastering and cutting chain?
💬 Which 2xHD title should receive the deluxe master-tape treatment next?
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