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Releases, artists, recording craft and highlights from Poland’s independent audiophile label. Reported dates refer to the original announcements, except where a release month is expressly stated.
A hidden audiophile treasure: Tyner, Charnett Moffett and Al Foster live at Gdynia Summer Jazz Days in July 2000, revisited in an AC Records master-tape edition.
A deeply expressive late-career quintet performance on two AC Records master-quality reels. Explore the music, mastering provenance and independent listening assessments.
Friends — Music of Jarek Śmietana arrives as a 3LP Deluxe Box
AC Records presents a deluxe three-record edition of Adam Czerwiński’s tribute to guitarist and composer Jarek Śmietana. This October 2026 release revisits the music through a collector-focused presentation and a newly mastered analogue edition.
Marcin Wądołowski brings a blues-rock edge to That’s My Game
Recorded at Custom 34 Studio in Gdańsk in January 2026, That’s My Game features guitarist Marcin Wądołowski with vocalist Joanna Knitter, keyboardist Artur Jurek, bassist Paul Rutschka and drummer Adam Czerwiński. The project extends the label’s jazz foundations into guitar-led blues and rock.
Song for My Mother receives High Fidelity’s 2025 recognition
The specialist publication High Fidelity recognised Song for My Mother with its Big Red Button and Best Recording 2025 distinctions. Its acclaim highlights the label’s attention to performance, mastering and the physical listening experience. The English archive displays this story with a 6 December date; the Polish original is dated 2 December.
Art Farmer — In Wrocław: a rediscovered 1997 jazz session on 45 RPM double vinyl
AC Records revisits Art Farmer’s expressive live-studio performance, recorded in May 1997 at Radio Wrocław. Newly remastered in 2024 and presented on two 180g LPs, the edition is offered in numbered black and crystal-clear vinyl pressings.
Following a season that included a bold interpretation of music by J. S. Bach, the label announced the fifth edition of its Vinyl Club. The programme continues AC Records’ emphasis on limited editions, curated repertoire and close connections with collectors.
Pianist Adam Makowicz’s Blue Sapphires was recorded at Custom 34 using an entirely analogue signal path directly to mastering tape. The recording is an expression of the label’s commitment to unmediated musical dynamics and intimate piano reproduction.
AC Records announced a new album by guitarist Marcin Wądołowski, timed for 29 March, the birthday of the late Jarek Śmietana. The release reflects the close creative relationships at the heart of the label’s catalogue.
The label announced a release documenting Wojciech Karolak’s 80th-birthday concert. The project preserves an important late performance by the Polish jazz pianist and Hammond organ virtuoso.
Four Faces brought a distinctive ensemble into the recording studio, ranging across musical idioms while retaining an emphasis on detailed performance and fully analogue sound.
Following demand for the original pressing, AC Records announced 500 more black-vinyl copies of the Wojciech Karolak and Adam Czerwiński album, numbered 501–1000.
A concert by pianist McCoy Tyner, recorded at Gdynia Summer Jazz Days on 11 July 2000, was prepared for a special AC Records vinyl edition, giving the historic performance a new physical release.
The label introduced Mozart Rocks & Swings, a contemporary reinterpretation of Mozart led in part by guitarist Marcin Wądołowski, as part of its second publishing season.
Grooveoberek unites jazz and Polish musical traditions
The collaboration between the MAP musicians and Krzesimir Dębski introduced an unusually broad stylistic blend, linking jazz expression with elements of Polish musical heritage.
Piano Sketches captures six pianists in a shared analogue setting
Recorded over two days with one piano, a consistent microphone arrangement and a single tape machine, Piano Sketches offers an unusual listening comparison between six individual pianistic voices.
A fully analogue 2002 studio recording by Larry Goldings, Darek Oleszkiewicz and Adam Czerwiński was prepared for release following analogue mastering at Abbey Road Studios in January 2019.
The Vinyl Club launched as a platform for collectors seeking carefully produced, limited-edition records and an ongoing relationship with the music and artists behind the releases.
These summaries have been editorially rewritten from AC Records’ English and Polish published announcements. They are not an official live news feed. For newly announced releases and confirmed updates, visit AC Records News and the Polish news archive.
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