What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[tomatamot]

WoW.........................

[tomatamot]

The Modern Art of Jazz by Mat Mathews ( fresh sound copy )

[Leeway]

Soft Machine 4. This may be my favorite Soft Machine album yet, although I can hardly say I have explored the catalog deeply. A really brilliant fusion of out-jazz and, prog-rock.

[A Lark Ascending]

Third and 4 are the peaks for me. 5 is good too. 6 + 7 are enjoyable too though the minimalism becomes more pronounced at the expense of the jazz.

The BBC discs are well worth acquiring - and there must be more than a dozen live/radio broadcasts out there now, all morphing this music in different combinations of tunes.

These records got into the lower reaches of the UK album charts. Hard to imagine now.

Edited December 16, 2013 by A Lark Ascending

[Leeway]

Third and 4 are the peaks for me. 5 is good too. 6 + 7 are enjoyable too though the minimalism becomes more pronounced at the expense of the jazz.

The BBC discs are well worth acquiring - and there must be more than a dozen live/radio broadcasts out there now, all morphing this music in different combinations of tunes.

These records got into the lower reaches of the UK album charts. Hard to imagine now.

Thanks Bev, useful guidance. I will continue to check out the Soft Machine oeuvre. This little box set seems an inexpensive way to do so. I already have 1 & 2 so don't need them in this box, which includes 3 to 7.

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Soft-Machine/dp/tracks/B003ZBX84G/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_2

[Leeway]

Picked up a couple of Blue Notes recently. Both have the UA blue label with the black "b". Both have "Van Gelder" in the runoff. I know these are not recognized as audiophile pressings, but, my oh my, they sound really good. I seem to recall that if the vinyl has "Van Gelder" in the run-off that it will be a good-sounding LP. Don't know if that generally holds up, but it is true here.

And:

[tomatamot]

I have this "blue" label.

Whats the different with the "red" label?

[paul secor]

Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell: El Corazon (ECM)

[Chuck Nessa]

I have this "blue" label.

Whats the different with the "red" label?

The red label was the first 1000 but the blue label is a 100% better mastering.

[Leeway]

I have this "blue" label.

Whats the different with the "red" label?

The red label was the first 1000 but the blue label is a 100% better mastering.

Chuck, is the blue label LP mastering the same mastering as used on the Nessa CDs, or do the CDs use different mastering?

[clifford_thornton]

Bilal Abdurahman - Sound Rhythm Rhyme & Mime for Children - (Folkways)

[clifford_thornton]

Attila Zoller & Masahiko Sato - A Path Through Haze - (MPS, GER)

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This morning

Willis Jackson plays around with the hits - Trip

Tommy McCook - Instrumental - Justice

Tommy McCook - Hot lava - Third World

MG

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn (with Jimmy Giuffre) (Atlantic). Original black label pressing in OK shape. Unfortunately, the vibes distort every now & then and there are some pretty good pops but listenable. Not my favorite LP, that's for sure. Too polite?

EDIT: I paid way more than $6 for it!

Edited December 17, 2013 by Kevin Bresnahan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow (Fish People). Brand new out of the sleeve, these sides have never played without crackle & pops. The first time I played this, I didn't like it that much. I still don't think it's great, but I it's not Yoko Ono bad.

[tomatamot]

Bud Powell - Bud in Paris

[Leeway]

Spinning some Tapscott and really enjoying it. Would be nice to see his work given the box set treatment.

[Clunky]

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow (Fish People). Brand new out of the sleeve, these sides have never played without crackle & pops. The first time I played this, I didn't like it that much. I still don't think it's great, but I it's not Yoko Ono bad.

As I recall my copy was good as was my impression of the music . I share your frustration as Increasingly I'm wondering if the knowledge to press vinyl properly has been lost. Audiophile companies do ok but most non audiophile vinyls have sounded very average.

[Clunky]

Joseph Jarman----------'Song for'------( Delmark) stereo . Excellent LP all the better for being supervised by Charles Nessa -

[Leeway]

More Tapscott:

[paul secor]

Bud Powell - Bud in Paris

Bud and Griff on "Idaho" is some great wild music.

[B. Clugston]

Too polite, but nice cover though.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn (with Jimmy Giuffre) (Atlantic). Original black label pressing in OK shape. Unfortunately, the vibes distort every now & then and there are some pretty good pops but listenable. Not my favorite LP, that's for sure. Too polite?

EDIT: I paid way more than $6 for it!

[clifford_thornton]

Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds - The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin - (self-released)

[B. Clugston]

More Tapscott:

Me too. Great album.

[Homefromtheforest]

Teruo Nakamura "Rising Sun" (Kitty, Japan)..not nearly as good as the earlier "Unicorn" on TBM, but some really nice tracks still on here featuring Harry Whitaker on a few of these.

Terumasa Hino "Fuji" (Victor, Japan)...this one is yet another strong Hino record...the opening track has some amazing guitar playing too

More Tapscott:

Me too. Great album.

I must get this one day. My Tapscott collection is very incomplete...I only own "The Giant Is Awakened" on Flying Dutchman and that is a killer album. I think I've been outbid on "Dial B for Barbara" about 10 times over the years