What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Homefromtheforest]

Milt Ward & Virgo Spectrum "s/t" LP ( private, USA)

Henry Franklin "the skipper" LP (black jazz, USA)

[Clunky]

First pressings of that are not easy to find. I like that record.

True, not even in Tokyo. The vinyl is pristine, I think I'll be spinning this for the rest of the week. I have the Sony Master Sound cd set too so I'll be able to check if they tweaked the sound or not.

Just out of interest I checked my copy of Dark Magus it's ; 28AP 2165 6 , can't work out if this is a reissue etc. Discogs no help. Anyone know?

[Leeway]

First pressings of that are not easy to find. I like that record.

True, not even in Tokyo. The vinyl is pristine, I think I'll be spinning this for the rest of the week. I have the Sony Master Sound cd set too so I'll be able to check if they tweaked the sound or not.

Just out of interest I checked my copy of Dark Magus it's ; 28AP 2165 6 , can't work out if this is a reissue etc. Discogs no help. Anyone know?

Looks like a first. The Miles Ahead web site give the same numbers:

http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Disco.aspx?id=Dark-CBS

[Leeway]

CONTINUATION - Sun Ra and The Arkestra - Saturn Research reissue. Happy Inter-Galactic Birthday Sun Ra!

[mjazzg]

London Jazz Composers' Orchestra - Stringer [FMP] compositions by Barry Guy

seems just right after a tremendous evening listening to his New Orchestra yesterday

Edited May 22, 2014 by mjazzg

[mjazzg]

and now, keeping it big and British

SME - Live Big Band and Quartet [Vinyl]

[paul secor]

Coleman Hawkins 1944 Volume 2 - w. Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers, Bill Coleman, Teddy Wilson, Jack Teagarden (Mercury Japan)

[paul secor]

The Ben Webster Quintet: Soulville (Verve Japan)

[jeffcrom]

Bob & Ray - Mary Backstayge Noble Wife. A 1976 album of episodes of the comedy pair's semi-improvised soap opera, recorded from their WOR broadcasts. Although the cover looks like a bootleg, it was put out by the boys' production company, Goulding Elliott Greybar Productions.

[jeffcrom]

Sun Ra - A Fireside Chat With Lucifer (Saturn). This had several different covers; this is what mine looks like. Happy birthday, Sonny.

[jeffcrom]

Sun Ra - Astro Black (Impulse). Hadn't played this for awhile, and I had forgotten how badass it is.

[Homefromtheforest]

Pulled out a few of my "cosmic newspapers" to enjoy tonight in celebration of Sun Ra!

[JohnS]

A strong quintet drowned in over production.

[mikeweil]

The Two Sides of Jack Wilson - Atlantic 1964, 1992 Japanese pressing

[mikeweil]

Now the Discovery reissue of the Jack Wilson Quartet featuring Roy Ayers. Great music.

[Leeway]

That is some heavy duty Ra stuff, Jeffcrom and Homefromtheforest!

[kh1958]

Thelonious Monk, Complete Live at the It Club (Mosaic, LP 1)

[B. Clugston]

A pair from Beaver Harris' 360˚ Music Experience:

From Rag Time to No Time

In:Sanity.

Also, from the great Nessa label:

Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les Stances a Sophie.

[porcy62]

[porcy62]

Classic Records reissue, stereo.

[imeanyou]

First pressings of that are not easy to find. I like that record.

True, not even in Tokyo. The vinyl is pristine, I think I'll be spinning this for the rest of the week. I have the Sony Master Sound cd set too so I'll be able to check if they tweaked the sound or not.

Just out of interest I checked my copy of Dark Magus it's ; 28AP 2165 6 , can't work out if this is a reissue etc. Discogs no help. Anyone know?

Looks like a first. The Miles Ahead web site give the same numbers:

http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/Disco.aspx?id=Dark-CBS

The Miles Ahead website only lists the recording date and not the issue dates. 40 AP 741/2 was issued in 1977 in Japan, 3 years after the performance at Carnegie Hall.

The 28AP series date from around 1980.

28 = price in Yen divided by 100 i.e. ¥2800

A = media format code (analogue)

P = genre and country of origin (foreign pop)

Doing the math I think your release is more likely from around 1980.

Another Miles release from 1984 with a similar coding later in the sequence: Decoy 28AP 2890. Herbie Hancock's 'Monster' has a cat # 28AP 1854 (that's a 1980 release). From my experience Japanese (jazz) vinyl releases tend to be priced more cheaply with each subsequent re-issue; the first pressing sold for ¥4000 (40AP .....), the first reissue sold at ¥3600 (36AP .....) Gatefolds are sometimes re-issued at a cheaper price in a single sleeve with a re-designed obi. I'd guess your copy had an obi that ran horizontally along the top edge. My copy of Kind Of Blue (28AP 2833) came with a top edge obi. The top edge obi's are slimmer and more often discarded as they only rest over the top edge rather than slide across the album cover vertically.

Hope this helps.

Edited May 24, 2014 by Imeanyou

[jeffcrom]

Don Patterson - Why Not... (Muse). I hate the cover - it's supposed to be seductive, but it so... isn't.

[kh1958]

Complete Monk at the It Club (Mosaic)--LP 2.

[imeanyou]

Mal Waldron, Sweet Love, Bitter (soundtrack) original stereo US vinyl. Half-forgotten it seems, but gorgeous.

[Leeway]

SIN GAS - Mats Gustafsson (tenor, bari, and bass sax) Paal Nilssen-Love (drums and--I suppose this is the kicker- congas). Bocian LP.

Bocian is making some cool records lately, like this one.