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March 12, 2009 update to "The List"

CD, SACD, and DVD Audio Label Polarity List
Updated March 12, 2009

When a CD is made in normal (absolute) polarity (N), a non-inverting playback system will play the CD such that its compressions and rarefactions are in sync with the live performance. When a CD is made inverted, the compressions and rarefactions of a non-inverting playback system will be exactly out of sync with the live performance.

In my experience the major labels are more likely to have CDs of both polarities but they tend to be predominantly one polarity and the list includes some of the CDs that are not in a label’s usual polarity. When the relative polarity of all the tracks on a label’s CD sampler is the same, it’s usually indicative of the label’s polarity for all its discs, because the sampler is probably representative of many of the label’s offerings. It may appear that the polarity of some labels CDs is random, e.g. Verve is an example of an umbrella label that has sub-labels that may have different relative polarities but each sub-label’s CDs are usually the same relative polarity. Therefore, each sub-label is listed as if it’s a totally separate label.

So far the only reissued CD I’ve heard whose polarity differs from the original is the DAFOS CD recorded in 1984 by Rolling Thunder Productions and issued inverted in 1985 by Reference Recordings and reissued in polarity in 1989 by Ryko – Rykodisc – The World. However, it seems to me that most if not all of Reference Records vinyl records of the same music as their CDs are in polarity. I’ve heard other labels with reissued CDs that have the left and right channels reversed relative to the vinyl record. Some stereo microphone and multi-microphone feed CD reissues have one or more feeds remixed into different channels.

The polarity designations are as stated only if the majority of CD manufactures are making CDs in correct polarity (N), but if the opposite is true, then the polarity designations should be reversed (R) but the relative polarities of the listings won’t change.

The Phil Spector “Wall of Sound” (W/S) recordings are a special case because at both live and recorded performances Phil Spector wanted the lead vocalists and instrumentalists in absolute polarity (N) to spotlighted in bas relief against a 2-dimensional wall of sound he created by having everything else heard in inverted polarity (R).

I’ve discerned the polarity of thousands of CDs but don’t think it’s useful to list them all. I can only determine the polarity of CDs by listening. I want to list specific CDs and CD labels that are of special interest to music-loving audiophiles. Because as the Perfect Polarity Pundit in reality I’m not always perfect, the list is subject to revision, so please feel free to suggest corrections and additions.

I listen to CDs on a player with a volume control and remote control digital domain polarity switch connected directly to a non-inverting power amplifier over a minimum phase speaker system of my own design. I discern polarity by deciding which polarity sounds more like live music. For SACDs, DVDs, internet downloads, and vinyl records I add a preamplifier with a remote control polarity switch. And for vinyl records I use a linear tracking turntable with a strain gauge cartridge.

For information on the sonic effects of polarity you may read A Speculation on Perception of Detail at the following link: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/manufacture/0808/midmonth.htm.

A “The” at the beginning of a label name will be omitted for the purpose of alphabetizing but shown in parenthesis after the label name, e.g. (The).

The List
659 Entries, 595 N and 64 R*, 64/659 = 9.71% R/(N + R)
*R actually includes everything that’s not N, i.e. BP, W/S, S/W, MT, and MP.

N = Normal Polarity, R = Reversed Polarity, BP = Both Polarity CDs, W/S = Wall of Sound, S/W = Reversed polarity Wall of Sound, MT = Mixed polarity tracks, and MP = Mixed polarity on one or more tracks. All W/S and S/Ware MP but not all MP are W/S or S/W.

32 Jazz N
4AD N
70 1905-1975 –Bongiovanni Digital N
9 winds N
91 Ninety-One N
A & M – Records N
A & M Records - Delos N
A & M Records – Americana N
A Bongo Music N
A440 N
AB Sound - Alpha Enterprise Co. Ltd. N
Accord – Plus Time N
Accurate N
ACM N
Acoustic Disc N
Acoustic Music N
Acoustic Music Records USA N
Acoustic Music Resource Solid Air Records N
ACTO Atlantic Recording Corporation R
ACUM N
After 9 Records N
Ahimsa Acoustics N
AI LACOX N
AirCraft Records – Round Sounds Vol. II R
Albion N
Alfa Jazz – evidence N
Alithea Records N
All Art Jazz N
All Star Percussion Ensemble (The) R
Allegiance – Takoma N
Allegretto II N
Allegro N
Aloi Records N
Alshire Stereo N
Amazing Records N
Ambrus Discs & Tapes N
American Music Hall – The Carmen McRae- Betty Carter Duets R
Analog Productions N
Angel N
Antilles – Island (see Island – Antilles) N
Antilles - Patricia Barber, A distortion of Love N
Antones Records N
AR Jazz Arabesque Recordings N
Arabesque N
Archive Production N
Archives – Warner Bros. N
A-Records BIEM/STEMRA Digital Mastering Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust Melody N
Argo N
Arion N
Arista N
ARK R
Arkadia Jazz - In the Beginning – Opening Salvo N
Ars Harmonica - S.G.A.E. N
Art & Electronics – A Soviet American Joint Venture – MCA Classics N
Arts – Audiophile series 24-bit 96 kHz technology – MCPS N
Astree Auvidis N
Astron N
Asylum N
Atlantic – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 way Street N
Atlantic (HDCD) N
Atlantic Jazz N
Atlantic Records Fortieth Anniversary N
Atr. N
AUDIO – A CD Sound Sampler by AUDIO GEMA N
Audiophile Records N
Audiophoric m-phoric recording system N
Audioquest R
Audioquest Music R
Audiostax – Dummy –Head – Recordings N
Aurophon N
Auvidis Astree N
Avenue Jazz – Rhino N
B & O Bang & Olufsen N
B.I.E.M. – STEMRA –JMT Productions N
Bainbridge Records – Colossus Digital Stereo N
Barclay PolyGram distribution N
Basin Street Records N
Bat Records N
BBR – Big Bang Records N
BCC Music Magazine N
Beast Retro N
Bella Nova Music N
Berlin Classics – edel company N
BIEN – Storyville Records N
Bien/ncb FXCD N
Big Chicago Records, Inc. – A Chicago Jazz Tour N
Big Mo Records N
BIS R
Black Lion N
Black-Hawk Records N
Blix Records R
Blix Street Records – Eva Cassidy, Songbird R
Bloodshot N
Blue Live, The Authorized Bootleg N
Blue Note – Capitol Records, Inc. N
Blue Note N
Blue Note – Premonition Records N
Bluemoon N
Bluemoon/Mooâ„¢ N
Bluemoon/MR N
BluePort N
Blujazz N
Bold Hill – Vision Records N
Bowers & Wilkins - Automotive Compilation 2008 R
Bowers & Wilkins Gema –BRC N
BRC-Jam N
Bringing It All Back Home R
Brownstone Recordings N
Brue & Kjaer Pro Audio N
Bruel & Kjaer B & K N
Burmester – Art for the Ear N
Café Records N
Cairney Hill Music N
Caju Music – Milestone World Music N
California Breeze N
CALIG (Digital) N
Candid – Koch International N
Capitol – Bonnie Raitt, Road Tested N
Capitol Compact Disc N
Capitol Compact Disc (Records) –EMI N
Capitol Records (Capitol Compact Disc)– mpL N
Capitol Records, Inc. N
Capprccio Digital N
Capri Records, LTD. N
Capri Wu Records LTD. N
Capricorn Records – N
Carosello Records & Tapes N
Cascavelle N
Cascavelle – SUISA N
CBS – Pink Floyd, The Wall W/S
CBS MKN N
CBS Records Masterworks N
CBS/SONY N
Cedille Records N
CELP – N
CEMA Special Markets – Peggy Lee, Fever & other hits N
Centaur N
Cexton Records N
CGD Music N
Challenge Records N
Chameleon / Beachwood Records – Juber Music N
Chandos (Digital) N
Channel Classics Records BV STEMRA N
Charisma –pointblank N
Chesky N
Chesky CD layer SACD 204 N
Chess – MCA - Utradisc II Original Master Recording MFSL N
Chess N
Chrysalis N
Clarity Recordings First Generation Direct Master CD N
Cleo N
Collegium N
Colossus – Digital Stereo – Bainbridge Records N
Colossus – Digital Stereo N
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Blond on Blond R
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home R
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Desire N
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy N
Columbia - James Taylor, Live W/S
Columbia – Legacy N
Columbia – MTV™ Unplugged EP – Mariah Carey N
Columbia – Roger Waters, Amused to Death (gold) N
Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Columbia N
Columbia Miles Davis, Kind of Blue N
Columbia/DMZ/Legacy N
Compass / Productions N
Concert Gold - Intersound (Gold) N
Concord – King Records, Tokyo Japan – Jasrac R
Concord (Records) – jazz moods, Jazz at Love’s End N
Concord Jazz – (LA4 series of CDs) N
Concord Jazz R
Concord Jazz – The Concord Jazz Guitar Collection Vols. 1 & 2 N
Concord Jazz - The L.A. Four, Going Home N
Concord Picante N
Connoisseur Collection Ltd. N
Crystal Records Digital N
CTI – A Division of Creed Taylor, Inc. N
CURB Records – RCA N
Dancing Cat Records N
Dargason Music N
DBK JAZZ N
DCC Compact Classics R
DCC Jazz Counterpoint R
Decca A Universal Music Company - Gladiator N
Dejadice N
Delmark N
Delos – Digital Master Series N
Delos N
Denon N
Deutche Grammophon – Anne Sofie Vonotter Meets Elvis Costello N
Deutsche Grammophon DG R
Deutsche Grammopone DG - The Complete Nocturnes, Daniel Barenbolm R
Deutsche harmonia mundi N
dg A Universal Music Company Miramax enhanced CD N
dg A Universal Musical Company N
DGC –David Geffen Company N
DGQ-20 N
Direct Source Special Productions Inc. N
Discovery N
Disques Pierre Verany N
DMP R
dmp – Telarc Digital – Priority Sample N
Dorian Recordings N
Dreyfus Jazz N
DRG N
DRK-CD N
Ducale - S.I.A.E. N
Dynamic Srl N
East Wind – Jasrac – The L.A. Four, Going Home N
East Wind – Philips – Gold CD Special Limited Edition N
Eastwind –IMC Intercom Music Corp. N
ECM N
Edel Company –Berlin Classics N
Editio Classic – deutsche harmonia mundi N
Electra N
Elektra Nonesuch N
Eloquence – Universal - Philips Classics N
EmArcy Records N
EMI Angel Digital N
EMI Classics N
ENJA Gema Stereo N
Epic N
Epic/Associated N
Epic/Legacy N
EPM Musique N
Erato N
ERC N
Ermitage – RTSI – SIAE N
Estudio Eldorado N
Evening Star Records N
Everest – The Sound of Everest 35 MM Ultra Analog Vanguard Classics N
Evidence N
Excelsior – Jazz Gold N
Fanfare- The Fanfare CD Sampler N
Fantasy, Inc. – Milestone N
Favored Nations Acoustic N
Fidelio – Licensed from Hungaroton N
FIM K2 N
Fingerstyle Guitar N
Firebird – King Records, Tokyo Japan N
First Choice N
Flying Fish N
For the Stars R
Gai Saber N
GALA N
Gazell N
GCD N
Gecko Records N
Geffen N
Geffen – The Eagles, Hells Freezes Over N
GEMA N
GEMA Special Markets N
Gemini Records N
GHA Records N
Gift Horse N
Gimell N
GLCD – June Tabor a Quite Eye N
Global Pacific N
GML Gold Mastafon Labo – [EX-SPIRAL] N
GNP N
Gold Fidelity N
Golden String Audiophile Repertory – Harold Farberman Conducts R
Good Music Record CO. (The) N
Gramavision N
Green Line Records, Inc N
Green Linnet, Inc. R
Greenhays Recordings N
Groove Note – Audiophile CD Stereo N
GRP N
GRP Records N
GSP N
GSP JAZZ N
Guitar Reflections N
Hallmark- Acoustic Evening N
Hannibal Records N
Harlequin Records – Ybarra Music N
Harmonia Mundi France N
Hart Music N
Harvest N
Heart Music Inc. N
High Harmony Records N
High Street Records N
Higher Octave Jazz N
Higher Octave Music N
HighNote Records Inc – Jazz halo – Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown R
Hillbillies IAGME PUBLISHING R
Hit Label (The) N
Honest Linn Records N
Hot Club Records N
Hungaroton Gramophone Company - Artisjus N
Hyperion N
I.R.S. No Speak – International Record Syndicate, Inc. N
IAGME PUBLISHING HILLBILLIES R
IASCA Certified Test Compact Disc N
Imaginary Road N
IMC - Intercom Music Corp. – East wind N
IMI Records N
IMP Classics N
Impulse! N
Innertube Music N
Innova Digital Arhive N
Innovation Records N
Interface N
Interplay Records N
Intuition Music Inc. N
Intuition Records, Inc. N
Inuk MusiCompany N
IRS Records – dada N
Island – Antilles N
Island - Island records Ltd. N
It’s All G N
Ivory Records N
Jasrac – Venus Records, Inc, N
JAZ Records N
Jazz Alliance, Inc. (The) N
Jazz Arena N
Jazz Cat Record N
Jazz Colours GEMA DA Music R
Jazz Focus Records N
Jazz Heritage division of Musical Heritage Society (MHS) N
Jazz Kuro.org N
Jazz Point N
Jazzline (Records) Alex Merck Music Inc. N
Jazzology N
J-Bird Records N
Jeep Grand Cherokee- Infinity Gold Audio System N
Jeton N
Jim Earp – Rosewood N
jmt The Verve Group django bates, summer fruits (and unrest) N
Jukebox Jazz N
Justice Records N
JVC N
JVC 20bit K2 super recording N
JVC xrcd N
Kamei Recordings N
Klavie Records N
KnitClassics – Sampler N
Knitting Factory Works N
Knoh Schwann N
Koch International Classics N
L’oiseau-Lyre N
Label M – Album Classics N
Lake Shore Jazz of Chicago N
Landmark Records N
Laserlight – Carlo Montoya, Flamenco Direct N
LCR LTD N
Legacy International N
Limelight N
Linn Records N
Living Music N
London – Classic Compact Discs (Gold) N
London N
Lovely Communications, Ltd. N
Luthier N
Luz Mudanza Productions N
Lynn Records N
Lyrita N
M * A Recordings – MA on SA [ a hybrid SACD, CD layer only a sampler] R
M * A Recordings R
M *A Music N
Mad Romance Records N
Mad-Kat Records N
Malpaso Records – Warner Brothers N
MAMA –(The MAMA Foundation) Musical Archives Foundation N
Mammoth Recording Company N
Mapleshade Productions N
MAPLESHADE PRODUCTONS – Clifford Jordan Quartet N [see MSH] N
Mary Stallings, Fine and Mellow N
Mastersound – Intersound N
MCA N
MCA Classics N
MCA GRP N
MCA Records N
MCA Records – Zebra Records N
MCA/IMPLUSE! N
Mercury – Jasrac – Alpha Plus Series N
Mercury N
Mercury Living Presence – 35 MM N
Mercury Living Presence – Your Are There! 22 Classic Hits Limited Edition N
Mercury Records – Island Def Jam Recordings Music Group N
Mesa N
MFSL Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – CTI reissue N
Midnight Mood (the CD title by Mark Maxwell with no label name) N
Milestone – Fantasy Inc. N
Milestone N
Milestone World Music - CAJU MUSIC N
Milwaukee 20th Century Ensemble, Inc. N
Miramar N
Misty River – Misty River Rising R
MMG Moss Music Group, Inc. R
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) Ultradisc MPS N
Mode N
Mojo Sounds N
Moss Music Group, Inc. MMG R
Motown N
Movie Music – Virgin Records America Inc. N
MPS N
MTI N
Muse Records N
Music & Arts N
Music Club N
Music Masters Classics N
Musical Heritage Society (MHS)- Jazz Heritage N [see Jazz Heritage] N
Musical Reflections N
Musician - Ivy Hill – Musician Magazine’s New Music Sampler N
Musicraft Records N
N 2 K Encoded Music R
Nabel - GEMA N
Naim N
Narada Equinox N
Narada Lotus – Guitar fingerstyle, A Narada Collection N
Narada Real World - N
Narada World N
Nature Recordings – Reference Series N
NatureQuest - An Adventure in Nature and Music N
Nautilus Recordings N
Naxos – Hybrid Multichannel SACD - CD layer only tested N
Naxos Jazz N
New Edge Music – Russell Donnellon, URSA MINOR N
New World Records – George Crumb N
New World Symphony new world jazz N
Nimbus R
Nonesuch N
North Star Records N
Northeastern N
Nouveau N
Nova Records, Inc. N
Novus – Bluebird RCA N
Novus – RCA BMG Music TMK(s) Nß
Novus – RCA Victor BMG N
Odin Records – Sampler N
Odyssey – Sony Music Entertainment Inc N
Okeh/epic Epic Records Group N
On The Spot N
Ondine N
ood Muuzic Entertainment Publishing N
Open Air Records – Attic Records Ltd. N
Opti.Me.S. – Made in Italy by Opti.Me.S. – SIAE N
Opus 3 N
Orange Blue (Productions) N
Owl N
Pablo R
Pablo Original Jazz Classics N
Pair Records N
Palmetto – Frank Christian, from my hands R
Pamlico Sound – Sugar Hill N
Parlophone N
Passage Records N
Pat Possum Records N
Pathfinder Records N
Personal Choice Records N
PGM – Pro Gloria Musicae - 24 Bit N
Philips N
Philo N
Pierre Verany N
PILZ – Golden Classics (Gold) N
Pipeline Music N
Planet Bluegrass N
Platero N
Playboy Jazz N
Plladium (Records) Latin Jazz & Dance Records N
Plus Records Group (+) N
Point Classics – mcps N
Point Music N
Polydor PolyGram Label Group N
Portrait N
Posi – Force Records N
Postcard, Inc. N
Premium Music Collection N
Premonition Records N
Prestige Jazz – Jay Leonhart, A Jazz Journey N
Private Music N
Proarte Digital – Fanfare N
Productions Sunset House N
Projazz N
Projekt N
Prompt N
Proprius – AudioSource N
Proprius N
Proprius Prophone N
PS Classics N
PSM – Polygram – Pasta Classics N
Quality Warlock N
Ranwood N
Rave On (Rave-On) RaveOn Productions N
RCA – Songs From Ragtime the Musical N
RCA Victor – Living Stereo N
RCA Victor BMG N
RCA Victrola N
RCAVictor BMG - The Chieftains Tears of Stone R
RcaVictor Red Seal – Michael Tilson Thomas N
RCM – Rubedo Canis Musica N
RealTime Records N
Realworld N
Realworld – Narada N
Rearword N
Rebel Records N
Red Bridge Records Blue Thumb N
Red Hen Records N
Red House Records, Inc. – Martin Simpson, righteousness & Humility N
Red Rose Music Hybrid SACD the CD layer N
Red Seal Digital – RCA N
Redhot Records N
Redwood Records N
Reference Recordings – A Prof. Johnson Recording Dafos [1985] [see Ryko - The World N] R
Reference Recordings R
Relativity/MMC N
Repertoire (see Universal… below) R
Repretoire (see Starbucks Coffee above) R
Reprise Records – Blue Joni Mitchell N
Reservoir N
Resurgent Music N
Rhino - Acoustic Edge R
Rhino – Blue Man Group, How to Be a Megastar Live R
Rhino – Contemporary Folk, The Best of Folk Music N
RHR CD – Legends of Folk N
Ricercar – WDR SABAM N
Rising Sleeves N
River North Records – A Cappella Gershwin as Performed by GLAD R
Riverside - Original Jazz Classics – Prestige Records N
Riverside N
Rodolphe Productions N
Roland –V-Guitar system VG-8 – Demo CD N
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House N
Roulette Jazz N
Rounder Records R
Royal Opera House – Covent Garden Records N
RPM Records/Columbia N
RSO – Gema N
Ruby Records N
Ruf Records GmbH N
Runaway N
Ryko - The World - 360 N
Ryko N
Ryko – The World - Rykodisc– 360 Productions - Dafos [1989] [see Reference Recordings R] N
Saber Records N
Salabert N
Sandstone Music N
Savoy Jazz N
Selva (Gold) N
Seraphim Classics – Angel Records N
Shanachie Entertainment Corp. N
Sheffield lab N
Shiloh Records N
SHO–BUD Music N
SIAE – Made in Italy by Opti.Me.S. N
Siam Records N
Silver Wave Records R
Simple Strings Records N
Sine Qua Non N
Sire/Warner Bros. N
SMG Records N
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings – Luiz Bonfa, Solo in Rio 1959 N
Solid Air N
Solid Air Records N
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar N
Song Images N
Sony N
Sony (Philips) Hybrid Multi-channel SACD CD layer GRV 1013 N
Sony Classical – Essential Classics N
Sony Classical N
Sony Music Special Products – Prentice Hall N
Sony Music Special Products Columbia Records N
Soundwings/Duke Street N
SPA N
Special Music Company (The) N
St.Clair Entertainment Group Inc. N
Star Sounds N
Starbucks Coffee – Universal Music Special Markets R
StarZone Records N
SteepleChase – Shirley Horn Trio, All Night Long N
Stemra N
Step – 1 N
Stet Records N
Stomp Off Records N
Stony Plain Records N
Stunt Records N
Sugar Hill N
Sugo Recording Company N
Sundown Records N
Sunnyside N
Supraphon N
Synnara Music N
TAA Usher N
Takoma – Allegiance N
Taylor-Made Recordings N
Telarc N
Teldec –Elektra International Classics – Warner Bros. N
Three Blind Mice N
Thunderbird Records N
Ti Timeless St. Clair N
Timberline Music N
Tomato N
Tomorrow International Digi-Rom, Inc. R
Triloka Records – The Living Proof Series N
TRT – Maude Maggart N
TSCC K2 Laser Cutting N
Turner Classic Movies Music TCM Rhino Movie Music R
TUTU Pasparamas Music (GEMA) N
Ubi Soft - Entertainment N
Ubiquity Jazz Records N
UMIP France N
Universal Music Special Market – Starbucks Entertainment N
Universal Music Special Markets – Starbucks Coffee R
Universal Records N
Uptown Records N
Urainia N
USA Music Group – Record Division N
Vanguard Clasics – Omega Record Group, Inc. N
Vanguard Classics – The Sound of Everest 33 MM Utra Analog 20 bit digital N
Vanguard Classics USA N
Varese Sarabonde Digital N
Varrick CD N Verve 50th Anniversary N
Venus Records, Inc. N
Verve – Compact Jazz N
Verve – Diana Krall, Live In Paris R
Verve – Giants of Jazz Productions R
Verve R
Verve Digital – Shirley Horn, You Won’t Forget Me R
Verve Group jmt N
Verve Records - Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfa, Jazz Samba Encore N
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation N
Virgin N
Virgin Classics sampler 1990 N
Vision Records - Gold Hlll N
Vital N
Vivi N
Voss Records N
Vox Allegretto – R
Vox Cameo Classics N
Vox Cameo Classics ESX Entertainment Inc. N
VoxBox3 N
Warner Brothers N
Warner-Pioneer-Corporation Japan -Elektra - Jasrac N
Water Lily Acoustics N
Water Lily Acoustics, Inc. N
Watt – Gema N
Weasel Disc N
Who’s Who In Jazz N
Wichita N
Wienerworld Records R
Willdam Hill Jazz – Turtle Island String Quartet R
Wilson Audiophile Definitive Recording N
WIN Whats Name Records N
Windam Hill R
Windam Hill Collection R
Windam Hill Jazz BP
World (The) – Ryko 360 N
World Pacific N
Yamaha – Digital Aujdio a Demonstration - Jasrac– Angel Eyes R
Yinjazz Records N
Zebra Acoustic N
Zebra Records – MCA Records N
ZOE N




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