Chuck Nessa

No Dan, the band was handing out discs of Christmas tunes (available online) to members of the audience.

The early BN/Manhattan discs were imported from Europe. Bad mastering and bad pressings. Later they changed to NY masterings and pressings from Wakefield Mfg. (my old pressing plant in Phoenix). The NY/Wakefield discs are much better, but not perfect. When I spoke to the folks at Wakefield about this, they complained about not being able to control all aspects of manufacturing. Ah, old vinyl stories of the 60s, '70s and '80's.

I would never record any other way.

Jim, I want to thank you for the mini disc and tell you the recording is terrific! I love the organ sound. I played it at high volume as soon as we got home. Ann took her copy to work and played it on her computer. Thanks again.

We had a great time, tainted by having to leave before the 2nd set was finished. Johnny gathered steam as the evening progressed and sounded dandy. Great crowd too.

Thanks for the offer Boss, but that won't be necessary.

We are planning on coming IF we can get some seats on the left side (so we can see the band - we could not see Randy last week). Any hints?

Last week, thanks to Joe G, I met 2 list members within 20 miles of my place. Uncle Skid and Upright Bill came to our house tonight, and are dandy companions for an evening of music. I had a great time guys. edited for spelling

I understand the black ones sound better. If you have one with an "ear" you are golden.

Background Music sounds like a good tune title to me. B) Currently (for about 20 years) living in a very small town, it is very difficult to explain what I do for a living. Jazz is Kenny G or (at best) Kind of Blue. Try explaining the AEC to this community. I'm a community suspect.

I agree with Chris about this BUT 98% of these were 78 freaks (now they die daily). The lp guys are (by and large) a different breed.

My order arrived today and I also received Underground in place of It's Time, but I also ordered Underground. Now I have two! Between my 2 memberships (jazz and classical) I've ordered about 30 discs in the last month with an average cost under $5, thanks to a bunch of doubles.

Moose, you know I love ya, but you be a friggin' idiot!

Yup, you all dumb.

Thanks to all four of you. This brightened an otherwise bleak day. Thanks again.

Yes, you made your point earlier. Perhaps other people enjoy in trying to determinate the labels and (other) specifics of first pressings. If "first pressings" are not better pressings, then it is about money. Many of the rules "original pressing" fans follow do not have anything to do with quality and make people who actually have experience manufacturing vinyl cringe. Understand a bunch of discs being sold as "first pressings" are really fourteenth pressings made from tired metal parts. On the other hand, a NY Blue Note repressing of a Lexington Ave disc may have been recut by RVG on new and improved equipment. If it ain't money and you can't tell a "better" pressing, you be pissing in the wind. Some classical collectors are a bit more sophisticated and collect stamper numbers, not label designs.

Sounds about right. Why does it matter which printer made the labels. the real question is - did they change pressing plants at the time, and (if so) is one factory's output better. Sorry, but I hate this "collector crap" unless you have real quality reasons for making the differentiations. If you don't - it is just money.

At first glance, most of this is "copped" from other websites or books without even a minimal attribution. I see many of the same errors repeated.

Jeez, if it looks like a duck............

Must be some kind of a slugfest? I think the Fistival is something that happens at pornfests.

Yeah Med, looks like you got better than you deserve - like me.

You should understand that Rhino omitted C Minor Complex, my favorite track from The New Tristano. They included it in a piano anthology issued at the time. I have no idea if this is still in print.

Now that I have the Properbox, I note a couple other missing masters. An alternate of Supersonic from the 10/23/47 Allegro/Royale/Savoy date is missing. Also missing is the rest of the Metronome All Star date. Two songs (Victory Ball and Overtime) were recorded at the time AND they did 10" versions as well as 12" takes. All 4 have been reissued in various packages. Bruynincks lists a third take of Victory Ball I've never knowingly encountered. The box does include the contents of 2 records issued by Jazz (Tristano family label), Live at Birdland 1949 and Live In Toronto 1952. They do not include the other Jazz record (Wow), which falls into the time frame of the set. Ethical issues aside, this is a very useful and intelligent set. The transfers are ok. One discographical note - they repeat the mistake of listing Shorty Rogers as the trumpeter on the 1945 Emmett Carls date. The player was Marky Markowitz.

Ralph Garretson plays brushes (on a phone book or some such) on The Right Combination. Another recommendation for Two's Company.

I really love the group performances on the 2 New World discs. The same band can be heard live on MPS (Live in the Black Forest) and Hat (One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye).