Mix engineer and producer, Jochem van der Saag, asked Blakemore to master this second volume of previously unreleased music by Barbra Streisand. van der Saag and Blakemore have a history of collaborating on music by major artists and shared a Best Engineered Grammy nomination and a NAMM TEC Award nomination for Diana Krall's album, Wallflower, which was produced by David Foster. This Barbra Streisand album includes her duet collaborations with many artists including Willie Nelson. Mastering for this was a large job because the album was released by Sony Music on numerous formats with different track combinations. Different masters were required for vinyl, CD, retail exclusive CD versions, digital streaming, and even cassette.
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