To mark composer Steve Reich’s 90th birthday on 3 October 2026, DG is releasing a luxurious, hand-numbered and limited-edition ‘Original Source’ edition of his groundbreaking 1974 recording of ‘Drumming’, along with two further early works. The set is presented in the original LP format with authentic packaging and includes Reich’s original liner notes featuring numerous session photos, as well as an extensive article containing Reich’s original correspondence with his DG producer.
For the best possible sound quality, the recordings have been remastered and cut for the first time from the original 4-track tapes.
Issued on 180g vinyl and presented in a deluxe 3-LP box set edition featuring the original covers, this limited and numbered release includes additional photos and facsimiles of the original recording logs and tape boxes.
The audiophile vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings in a whole new sound quality. For this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and cut the original multitrack tapes in 100% analog quality (AAA) using technologies developed specifically to produce the series. The sonic differences to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtleties and improvements in frequen
