What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[kh1958]

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Down Home Blues (Prestige/Bluesville)

[clifford_thornton]

A lot of early ECMs sound totally different - maybe Eicher hadn't perfected the reverb quotient, or maybe it was because he didn't record all of them at that point. They are often a lot rawer than stuff from the mid-80s onward. Also the US pressings/masterings are rolled off, or seem to be - the German issues are not.

As I mentioned in the Listening thread the other day, Conference of the Birds sounds like shit. But I suppose that was in the air at the time. Really? How so?

I have a mint German vinyl issue and it sounds excellent to me...

I admit I only have the CD, but the bass is the typical 70s sound: clear, thin, and rubbery. The drums are distant and tinny. Generally no depth with kind of an odd balance. Maybe I'd be happier with a German LP. But like I said, it comes off as typically terrible 70s production to me. I'd rather it were ECM'd!

I have a US pressing that doesn't sound too great - fairly "dull" although the music is awesome - would prefer the German to compare the sound.

[jeffcrom]

Paul Bley/Bill Connors/Jimmy Giuffre - Quiet Song (Improvising Artists). A source of wonder to me for many years.

[Clunky]

Cecil Payne-----The Connection ---- (Charlie Parker Records) UK stereo

Strong session. Very good pressing in excellent condition, sounding great despite being a "budget" 1962 release.

[mjazzg]

Kenny Wheeler - Around 6 [ECM]

my favourite Kenny ECM. Couldn't resist a vinyl copy in Oxfam this weekend.

[mjazzg]

Luther Thomas - 11th Street Fire Suite [Creative Consciousness]

[kh1958]

Budd Johnson, Off the Wall (Argo)

[paul secor]

LP 5

[paul secor]

LP 5

LP 6

[sidewinder]

Cecil Payne-----The Connection ---- (Charlie Parker Records) UK stereo

Strong session. Very good pressing in excellent condition, sounding great despite being a "budget" 1962 release.

Weren't those pressed somewhere in Lancashire? I have the feeling that it was something to do with that budget label Everest.

Edited December 14, 2014 by sidewinder

[jeffcrom]

Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (Fantasy), with basically the same cover as the America issue shown here.

[B. Clugston]

Warne Marsh, All Music (Nessa)

Steve Lacy, Lapis (Saravah, Japan)

Steve Lacy, The Forest and The Zoo (Base reissue)

[Homefromtheforest]

Kenny Wheeler - Around 6 [ECM]

my favourite Kenny ECM. Couldn't resist a vinyl copy in Oxfam this weekend.

That's certainly a great one and in my top few Wheelers as well. Love the opening track and Vesala shines throughout. Started with a USA pressing and now own a Japanese pressing. May one day try a German pressing just for comparisons sake as it is a gem...

[Homefromtheforest]

Tonight's spins:

Art Blakey "the big beat" (blue note, 47 w 63rd DG stereo)

Hank Mobley "s/t" (blue note 1568, mono Japan King)

Embryo "we keep on" (BASF, Germany)

Spontaneous Music Ensemble "oliv" (marmalade, UK)

[jeffcrom]

Earl Hines - My Tribute to Louis (Audiophile). A Chuck Nessa recommendation.

[paul secor]

Chico Freeman: Spirit Sensitive

[colinmce]

Earl Hines - My Tribute to Louis (Audiophile). A Chuck Nessa recommendation.

Never seen that one. Looks great.

Edited December 15, 2014 by colinmce

[sidewinder]

Kenny Wheeler - Around 6 [ECM]

my favourite Kenny ECM. Couldn't resist a vinyl copy in Oxfam this weekend.

That's certainly a great one and in my top few Wheelers as well. Love the opening track and Vesala shines throughout. Started with a USA pressing and now own a Japanese pressing. May one day try a German pressing just for comparisons sake as it is a gem...

The German pressing of that one sounds predictably nice !

[Homefromtheforest]

Yeah I've never done a A/B comparison between German and Japanese ECM Lps but I must say those 70s Japanese ECM issues on Trio sound quite beautiful as well...

[mjazzg]

Chico Freeman: Spirit Sensitive

I've often wondered about that one. Is it as restrained as I've heard tell? effectively a ballad album?

[soulpope]

Chico Freeman: Spirit Sensitive

a beloved record to me.....

[jeffcrom]

Earl Hines - My Tribute to Louis (Audiophile). A Chuck Nessa recommendation.

Never seen that one. Looks great.

Reissued on Jazzology as part of Four Jazz Greats.

[king ubu]

Noah Howard Quartetto - Live at the Swing Club Torino Italy (Altsax Records, SNIR 25055)

Is this really the 1974 original? weird to use "SNIR" for a label that's called "Altsax" ... but that's the info I could gather from the back cover and from discogs and other similar sites ... wasn't exactly cheap, but still a pretty nice find, I think!

[clifford_thornton]

Ricordi International (SNIR) did custom pressings for a lot of very small Italian labels/artists. The first Altsax Record, Patterns (recorded in Holland) was AMC (Altsax Music Company) 1000.

What you have is the original/only issue until the recent grey-market Serie.WOC reissue.

Edited December 15, 2014 by clifford_thornton

[king ubu]

Not really sure, after some more rounds of checking website listings ... it might in fact be the seriEWOC one after all - I'd need to see a backcover of the original to say for sure. Anyway, sound is reasonably good and the music better than that!