Huey Lewis And The News (UHQCD)

The band was formed in 1979 when members of the group “Clover,” which included Huey Lewis (vocals) and Sean Hopper (keyboards), joined forces with “Sound Hole”, which included Johnny Colla (saxophone, guitar), Mario Cipollina (bass) and Bill Gibson (percussion). A year later, Chris Hayes (guitar) joined the band, which was then named “Huey Lewis And The American Express.” Bob Brown, the band’s manager, secured a record deal with Chrysalis, who insisted on a name change: “Huey Lewis And The News” immediately set to work producing their first album. On June 25, 1980, their debut album, produced by Bill Schnee (Boz Scaggs, Pablo Cruise), was finally released.

Although sales of the debut album fell short of the label’s and the musicians’ expectations, “Huey Lewis And The News” is now considered a groundbreaking album containing many songs that are still part of the US band’s live repertoire, including “Trouble In Paradise,” which was covered by the charity project “USA For Africa” and became world famous as “We Are The World.”

As part of the “High Resolution Masterpiece Series” Universal Music Japan presents Doug Sax’s sonically impressive reworking of this pop-rock classic. The limited edition MQA-UHQCD features the 2023 DSD master (352.8 kHz/24 bit) converted from the digital files (44,1 kHz/16 bit) made of the original analog tapes. The exclusive Japan edition comes in mini LP format (cardboard sleeve with OBI stripe), based on the cover of the original US LP release. The booklet contains liner notes and lyrics from the album. The original album is complemented by 3 rare bonus tracks, making “Huey Lewis And The News” a must-have for collectors!

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

While Universal Music Japan’s first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, with increasing popularity, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now appearing. Typically, the Universal Archive master tapes are re-converted to DSD for this purpose. UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not own an SACD player.

Lista pieselor

1.    Some Of My Lies Are True (Sooner Or Later)
2.    Don’t Make Me Do It
3.    Stop Trying
4.    Now Here’s You
5.    I Want You
6.    Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me
7.    Hearts
8.    Trouble In Paradise
9.    Who Cares?
10.    If You Really Love Me You’ll Let Me

Bonus Tracks

11.    Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me (Remix)
12.    Some Of My Lies Are True (Sooner Or Later) – Remix
13.    Trouble In Paradise (Live In San Francisco 21.2.1985)