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Amir ElSaffar / Hafez Modirzadeh - Radif Suite (Pi Recordings,2010)

My deepest sympathy. May they rest in peace.

Completely forgot about this one! I used to go there as well when I lived in London from 2003-04. But mostly went to HMV on Oxford St.

Having lived all my life in Europe and Australia, I never bought directly from them. However, my 1999 Toshiba reissues of the two Monk Genius albums were originally sold by Tower Records, as shown below. I later bought them 2nd hand from a shop in Boston.

Thanks for the link. I found this interesting: "Numbers One and Two introduced the use of a single overhead microphone, which Nessa felt would "get a blend of what the group sounded like." Denon did this 30 years later with many of their classical music recordings (they called it one-point recordings). I have many (all?) of them and like them a lot. Did not know that this technique was used for jazz recordings as well.

Very nice!

Never saw that cover before. My records are reissues from Analogue Production’s “Riverside Tenor” 7LP box set.

Thelonious Sphere Monk tonight

Ordered today, looking forward to it.

Sounds a bit like inner groove distortion, which usually can be mitigated with correct cartridge alignment (overhang).

How about the Horace Tapscott versions of "Tell God All Of My Troubles" and (in particular) "Motherless Child" on this CD: https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Dark-Tree-Jazz-And-The-Community-Arts-In-Los-Angeles/release/7414184

By buying his records (plenty of them), I go against the artist? Didn't know that.

Same here.

I don't understand this classification into "audiophile" and "standard consumer". Certainly not when it comes to Project. This is a mass producer of turntables. The only difference to the other brands you mentioned is that Project basically only produces turntables (yes, I know, they also have some electronic components). You can get $$$$$ turntables from Technics (= Panasonic) and $$$ turntables from Project. Why are the former "standard consumer" products and the latter "audiophile"? I don't get it. If I were looking for an entry level (we all have different ideas of what that actually is) turntable, I would be looking at this: https://www.analogplanet.com/content/sl-1500c-technics-cuts-price-not-sound-quality.

Man, I live in the wrong city. Awesome.

Now streaming the Hank Mobley Mosaic 50s and 60s box sets from my mobile phone in the car. Even the family likes these 14 CDs.

Wow. That's a stunning album.

Yes! But what did they do with the cover photograph? Way too much contrast. Looks like a white double bass. Martin Davidson at Emanem did a better job.