What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[paul secor]

Herb Ellis - Nothing But The Blues (Verve). I don't know why, but I really like this date. Great CD, OK LP. Lots of crackle. Am I the only one who can't seem to get decent Verve vinyl?

Have a Japanese Verve version - vinyl and music are both fine.

[clifford_thornton]

I've run into a few early '60s Verve pressings that aren't all that great, keeping in mind that "Thesis" and "Fusion" aren't exactly loud music.

[clifford_thornton]

Milford Graves - Babi - (IPS)

[jeffcrom]

Milford Graves - Babi - (IPS)

Used to have it, hated the saxophone playing, got rid of it. I wish I had kept it, if for no other reason than the incredible prices it fetches these days.

After a very satisfying gig, I'm now playing:

Art Ensemble of Chicago - People in Sorrow (Nessa)

I've had this since back in the day - with the less legible yellow-on-white cover. It has effected me strongly every time I've played it. I don't know if this phrase makes any sense, but this is shockingly beautiful music.

[jeffcrom]

Steve Lacy - Eronel (Horo)

[clifford_thornton]

Milford Graves - Babi - (IPS)

Used to have it, hated the saxophone playing, got rid of it. I wish I had kept it, if for no other reason than the incredible prices it fetches these days.

I guess I almost don't think of it as saxophone playing... Doyle and Glover are sort of accompanists a la Sunny Morgan to Graves' rhythms, sounds, and theater.

I don't remember what I paid for it, but it wasn't obscene and it's an M- copy.

[brownie]

Hal McKusick 'In a Twentieth-Century Drawing Room' (RCA/Fresh Sound)

[paul secor]

Milford Graves - Babi - (IPS)

Used to have it, hated the saxophone playing, got rid of it. I wish I had kept it, if for no other reason than the incredible prices it fetches these days.

After a very satisfying gig, I'm now playing:

Art Ensemble of Chicago - People in Sorrow (Nessa)

I've had this since back in the day - with the less legible yellow-on-white cover. It has effected me strongly every time I've played it. I don't know if this phrase makes any sense, but this is shockingly beautiful music.

Don't worry about how much Babi might be worth today. If you start buying music for what it might be worth down the line, you can lose your love for music.

[jazzbo]

Just packed away the last of my vinyl, so no more listening to vinyl for me for a week or so.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Have a good move (if possible - moving is hell).

now playing

Plas Johnson - Rockin' with the Plas - Capitol (Pathe Marconi France)

MG

[jazzbo]

Thanks Allen, you're right, it's hell.

Maybe by summer my life will be settled again; I really hate this limbo like zone. Move, sell my house, set up new place, in a jumble. ARGH.

I'll be okay once the stereo is set up again!

[kh1958]

The Legendary Buster Smith (Atlantic black label), and

The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster (Norgran). With a price tag from the University of Texas Coop, dated June of 1954, $4.95. The sound of this LP is so real and lifelike. A fantastic record.

Herb Ellis - Nothing But The Blues (Verve). I don't know why, but I really like this date. Great CD, OK LP. Lots of crackle. Am I the only one who can't seem to get decent Verve vinyl?

The Verve LPs that sound great in my experience are the trumpet label pressings, and the Verve T deep groove pressings. The ordinary non-deep groove Verve T pressings from the '60s and '70s (and I generally can't tell the difference) are okay, but nothing special in terms of sound.

[clifford_thornton]

Ut - Early Live Life - (Blast First!)

[paul secor]

Wiilie Nelson: To Lefty from Willie (Columbia)

[John Tapscott]

[clifford_thornton]

Manfred Schoof - European Echoes - (FMP)

[Cactus Bob]

Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet

Prestige

[Chuck Nessa]

[jeffcrom]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

[JohnS]

Much better sound here than on the WEA/Atlantic Here Is Phineas. Not so much extreme technical ability on display so a slightly more relaxed feel.. A tad cocktailish in spots. Still finding Newborn hard enjoy.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

What a lovely photo! Those Japanese gardens and parks are serene!

MG

[brownie]

Zoot Sims 'Quartets' (OJC)

[JohnS]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Bunky Green meets the Marvelettes

MG

[clifford_thornton]

Masahiko Togashi - Spiritual Nature (Inner City)

Great record; I have it on an East Wind Japanese pressing.