Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef's Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° 180g LP

Gilles Peterson has been given the keys to Warner's impressive jazz back-catalogue and hand-selected Yusef Lateef's legendary Detroit Latitude 42° 30' Longitude 83° for Arc Records' next release. The album is Lateef's nostalgic love-letter to his hometown and one of the rawest works in his catalogue, but the record looks forward as well as back. The compositions are laced with the seeds of '70s jazz-funk that would come to dominate the following decade.

Arc Records have given this overlooked piece in Lateef's oeuvre a bespoke reissue treatment. The audio has been remastered from the original tapes by legendary engineer Bernie Grundman - best known for personally mastering industry landmarks such as Michael Jackson's Thriller, Prince's Purple Rain and Dr. Dre's The Chronic, among many others. The artwork, printed on heavyweight card, is faithful to the original down to the 1960s-style tip-on sleeve and features the original sleeve notes alongside updated liner notes. The record itself is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. The release is physical only and limited to just 2,000 copies.