tomatamot Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Sonny Rollins – Newk's Time / Blue Note – DBLP-013 Series: Blue Note Premium Vinyl Reissue – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono Country: Japan Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Music Japan Inc Manufactured By – EMI Music Japan Inc Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings Released: 29 Feb 2012 IMHO : the best sounding Blue Note ever on vinyl !! Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Sonny Rollins – Newk's Time / Blue Note – DBLP-013 Series: Blue Note Premium Vinyl Reissue – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono Country: Japan Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Music Japan Inc Manufactured By – EMI Music Japan Inc Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings Released: 29 Feb 2012 IMHO : the best sounding Blue Note ever on vinyl !! Isn't that LP from the series of LPs that were almost $80 each list price? Quote
colinmce Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 If so, that might be the BN I'd select above all to hear in the best sound, or to hear the master tape of. Quote
paul secor Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Nobody Knows My Name - Blues from South Carolina and Georgie (Heritage) Recordings done by Lawrence Gellert in the mid1920s to early 1930s. All of the musicians are unnamed and there's a wonderful guitarist on a number of the cuts which were recorded in Atlanta. As the liner notes state, he owes a debt to Lonnie Johnson, but where Lonnie Johnson tended toward perfection, this musician incorporates jazz chords and runs into his playing and sometimes seems as if he's barely holding it together. Somehow, he does and it's fun to listen to him do so. My friend Doug Price has been doing a blues radio show for the past 29 years. I used to sit in with him at the station and I remember we used to play tracks off this record and enjoy listening to the guitarist. As I recall, since he was anonymous, we used to refer to him as "that guitarist". I still think of him that way. Quote
tomatamot Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Sonny Rollins – Newk's Time / Blue Note – DBLP-013 Series: Blue Note Premium Vinyl Reissue – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono Country: Japan Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Music Japan Inc Manufactured By – EMI Music Japan Inc Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings Released: 29 Feb 2012 IMHO : the best sounding Blue Note ever on vinyl !! Isn't that LP from the series of LPs that were almost $80 each list price? Yes, it is. Not cheap, but original mono BN albums are very scarce and highly priced. ( Holland ) I buy these albums on Ebay for about $ 40/60 a piece. Quote
Leeway Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 LIGHTNING OVER WATER - Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love - Laurence Family. LP2 of 2 plus 7". If you like either of these guys, you should like this set. No great surprises, but very well-played. Quote
paul secor Posted July 15, 2014 Report Posted July 15, 2014 Machito and his Salsa Big Band 1982 (Timeless) Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Dennis Budimir - A Second Coming - (Revelation) Quote
JohnS Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Fancied some JG yesterday European Fontana mono pressing Quote
sidewinder Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Fancied some JG yesterday European Fontana mono pressing I have the same pressing John. Sounds extremely good ! Quote
Clunky Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Fancied some JG yesterday European Fontana mono pressing I have the same pressing John. Sounds extremely good ! Same, very lively sounding pressing. Quote
paul secor Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz: Sweet Mother (Rounder) Quote
paul secor Posted July 16, 2014 Report Posted July 16, 2014 Elmore James and his Broomdusters: The Original Meteor and Flair Sides (Ace) Quote
paul secor Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Otis Spann: Walking the Blues (Candid/Barnaby) Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Pete Brown/Jonah Jones - Jazz Kaleidoscope (Bethlehem). Each of the leaders get one side of this excellent album. Joe Wilder is really great on the Pete Brown side. Quote
mjazzg Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Ted Curson Quartet - Tears for Dolphy [Fontana]to celebrate ordering a copy of 'Urge' Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Sonny Rollins – Newk's Time / Blue Note – DBLP-013 Series: Blue Note Premium Vinyl Reissue – Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Remastered, Mono Country: Japan Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Music Japan Inc Manufactured By – EMI Music Japan Inc Pressed By – Quality Record Pressings Released: 29 Feb 2012 IMHO : the best sounding Blue Note ever on vinyl !! Isn't that LP from the series of LPs that were almost $80 each list price? Yes, it is. Not cheap, but original mono BN albums are very scarce and highly priced. ( Holland ) I buy these albums on Ebay for about $ 40/60 a piece. Does this reissue use the sound "fix" that Kevin Gray & Steve Hoffman originally created for the 45 rpm LP release? Supposedly, the mater tape has "Do not use - dropouts" on the box but they figured out that it wasn't dropouts but Sonny walking around the mic during the recording so they somehow managed to level it out. According to Hoffman, it was a tough tape to master. Since Kevin Gray cut these Japanese mono LPs, did he use the same technique over again or does this have those "dropout" sounds? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Ted Curson Quartet - Tears for Dolphy [Fontana] to celebrate ordering a copy of 'Urge' Both are very fine LPs. Tears for Dolphy might be one of my all time favorite jazz records. Quote
jeffcrom Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Art Hodes - Mostly Blues (Audiophile). There's lots of discussion here about the sonic merits of various pressings, but Ewing Nunn's Audiophile label consistently issued some of the best-sounding records of the time. Audiophile's 1971 album by the Olympia Brass Band is still the best-recorded New Orleans brass band performance on record. But Nunn recorded traditional jazz almost exclusively, and I guess that limits the appeal for a lot of folks. This Hodes album was recorded in Chicago in 1957; it's an enjoyable performance, and sounds great, of course. Quote
mjazzg Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Charlie Haden - Closeness [Horizon/A&M] Quote
John Tapscott Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Not listed on the front cover, but Bill Harris is prominent on Side 3. Quote
Clunky Posted July 17, 2014 Report Posted July 17, 2014 Marshall Allen and Kash Killon - Two stars in The Universe [Little Rocket Records]beautifully recorded, very intimate Yes, this really is a sublime record. Amazing sound but considering the circumstances pretty incredible. It's calming experience but exciting at the same time. A gem. Quote
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