What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[clifford_thornton]

I've always liked the original cover image but never gave the LP a listen - I think because I'd heard it wasn't that good of a record. Only Phineas I own/have spent time with is either on Contemporary or New Jazz.

One of the problems with the German WEA issue is the sound.The rhythm section is barely audible in spots. But I've not heard any other version to compare. I've not listened to the Contemporaries lately but my recollection is that they are preferable.

How are the RCAs?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

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?

[clifford_thornton]

Michael Cosmic - Peace in the World - (Cosmic/Intex)

[jeffcrom]

Gene Ammons/Sonny Stitt - You Talk That Talk! (Prestige)

[clifford_thornton]

Allan Braufman - Valley of Search - (India Navigation)

[Chuck Nessa]

[clifford_thornton]

Dave Burrell - After Love - (America)

[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]