Nice opportunity to hear some more of Earl Cross as well. His name pops up a lot in the book As Serious as Your Life by Val Wilmer but he hasn’t recorded very much.
Well I still have hope everything will turn out okay and will wait for one more month but can’t say I like the whole process. Matt was very responsive in the beginning but I did not get any response on my last email as well.
Yeah I could imagine that. I’ve seen how the average customer treats books in libraries…. I was surprised by the condition of this one. It’s not even NM, it’s M. As you say Tyler probably wasn’t very popular and not rented out a lot.
Well there we go. Of course there is a little decolorization and residue visible but it looks pretty damn good. And most importantly: the vinyl itself is in absolute mint condition! So I conclude: for 35 euros, I made a pretty sweet deal. (That doesn’t happen to me too often…)
That was the first Tone Poet I bought and yes it sounds amazing. It was for me also the album that made me decide I had to own every Hutch on Blue Note.
Well soon I've got a nice copy to test this method. I just ordered a copy of Charles Tylers 'Saga of the Outlaws'. In great condition but the sleeve is full of ugly library stickers. That's why I only paid 35 euros where EU based copies on Discogs go for 100 euro plus. But now of course the question is: will those stickers come off smoothly? If so I made a pretty sweet deal. If not i've probably paid for what it's actually worth....
so happy I finally found a copy of this on this side of the ocean. This is such a great record.
Dwight James - Drums Byard Lancaster - Alto Saxophone Middie Middleton - Tenor Saxophone Clarence Bradley - Trumpet Khan Jamal - Vibes Howard Cooper - Bass