What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[clifford_thornton]

Raymond Boni - Rêve en Couleurs - (Palm, FR)

thanks to homefromtheforest for the hookup on this one; had the Futura and a couple others but never this title. Very strong.

[Homefromtheforest]

Glad it showed up ok!  I think side two was particularly cool; never heard the futura album unfortunately.

[BillF]

8 hours ago, paul secor said:

Howard McGee Quintet: That Bop Thing (Bethlehem/Affinity)

Some of the hippest (in the best sense of that word) trumpeting this side of heaven.

Yes, that's a very good one!

[Clunky]

 

Two Tranes this morning. Both in mono but don't sound any the worse for that. HMV pressings ultra reliable and quiet.

 

A love supreme---(HMV) mono

Crescent------(HMV) mono

[paul secor]

Jimmy Forrest: Out of the Forrest (Prestige/OJC)

[Royal Oak]

Jimmy Forrest is ace. It took me a while to "discover" him.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

11 hours ago, Clunky said:

 

Two Tranes this morning. Both in mono but don't sound any the worse for that. HMV pressings ultra reliable and quiet.

 

A love supreme---(HMV) mono

Crescent------(HMV) mono

very impressive....i bet they sound sooooooooooo much better than the US impluses......are they the same stampers (RVG) even if not, i bet they still sound sooooooo much better

On 4/16/2016 at 11:40 AM, clifford_thornton said:

It's really good. I could easily get you a copy as it seems to float around NYC bins a lot.

 

ithats ok, thank u though, but that is intereting- i didnt know nyc had many jazz record options now,---so u can still in NYC have jazz record "finds"??

[clifford_thornton]

Indeed, I find and buy things often! Some of them are even good and affordable... 

I have a crisp HMV mono of "Coltrane" that sounds amazing. I do not believe that they used RVG stampers but I'll re-check mine.

[Clunky]

None of my HMV Impulses have RVG stamped on them. Second generation tapes were used. As I recall it the deluxe 2CD of A Love Supreme issued a few years ago was sourced from the UK copy tapes of the stereo master, used orginally for the HMV release.  

[Chuck Nessa]

Early copies of the HMV Kulu Se Mama contained Om, which had not been released yet! ABC sent the wrong master.

[aparxa]

[Homefromtheforest]

5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Early copies of the HMV Kulu Se Mama contained Om, which had not been released yet! ABC sent the wrong master.

That is crazy!!

This discussion of HMV pressings vs Impulse pressings is making me feel like I'm reading a Steve Hoffmann forum!  All I can say is that the few clean original Impulse pressings I have all sound fantastic.

Right now:

Gerd Dudek & Takehira Honda "flying to the sky" (Trio, Japan) great session with some impressive support by Gunter Lenz and Motohiko Hino.

[sidewinder]

I've got copies of both of those Coltrane HMVs that Clunky mentions. They sound very good but not necessarily to my mind superior to the original Impulses. Maybe condition has something to do with it, as old Impulses over here can sometimes be pretty beat up.

The worst Impulses are those Canadian Spartans - garbage ! Original orange and red/black (including later pressings) usually sound pretty good to me. The red/blacks can often be really good value.

Edited April 20, 2016 by sidewinder

[Homefromtheforest]

Ugh - Spartons...yuck!  

[sidewinder]

35 minutes ago, Homefromtheforest said:

Ugh - Spartons...yuck!  

Yeah - shame really as the sleeves look like the orig. apart from the 'Made In Canada' in the gatefold. I wonder if the came pressing plant (Toronto?) did the Canadian Pacific Jazz/World Pacifics?

[JohnS]

8 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Early copies of the HMV Kulu Se Mama contained Om, which had not been released yet! ABC sent the wrong master.

I snapped one of these up before it was withdrawn.  

[sidewinder]

2 hours ago, Homefromtheforest said:

Ugh - Spartons...yuck!  

Of course, 'Sparton' not 'Spartans'. Pressed in Sparta would have been appropriate though..

[Kevin Bresnahan]

9 hours ago, sidewinder said:

I've got copies of both of those Coltrane HMVs that Clunky mentions. They sound very good but not necessarily to my mind superior to the original Impulses. Maybe condition has something to do with it, as old Impulses over here can sometimes be pretty beat up.

The worst Impulses are those Canadian Spartans - garbage ! Original orange and red/black (including later pressings) usually sound pretty good to me. The red/blacks can often be really good value.

I got a Sparton pressing of Coleman Hawkins "Wrapped Tight" that was pressed with RVG stampers and it sounded OK to me.

[jeffcrom]

    

Last night and this morning:

Reggie Workman Ensemble - Synthesis (Leo)

Earl Hines - Quintessential Recording Session (Chiaroscuro)

Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti - Stringing the Blues (CBS)

[paul secor]

1 hour ago, jeffcrom said:

    

Last night and this morning:

 

Earl Hines - Quintessential Recording Session (Chiaroscuro)

Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti - Stringing the Blues (CBS)

Have the Lang/Venuti in other forms - wonderful music.

Wish the Hines were readily available, but I guess I already have enough Hines to listen to.

Edited April 20, 2016 by paul secor

[sidewinder]

4 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I got a Sparton pressing of Coleman Hawkins "Wrapped Tight" that was pressed with RVG stampers and it sounded OK to me.

Interesting - maybe I just got a bad one...

 

[paul secor]

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic.4 Men with Beards)

I listened once and then compared the 4 Men with Beards LP to the Rhino CD. (I should know better by now than to drive myself crazy doing this sort of thing.) The CD version jacks up the sound and gives more presence to the bass. The LP sounds more relaxed, but the bass is recessed - perhaps that's how the bass sounded in the original issue. In the end, I'll keep both - the CD primarily for the additional tracks.

Note to myself - listen for enjoyment - not to make comparisons.

[BillF]

20 hours ago, paul secor said:

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (Atlantic.4 Men with Beards)

I listened once and then compared the 4 Men with Beards LP to the Rhino CD. (I should know better by now than to drive myself crazy doing this sort of thing.) The CD version jacks up the sound and gives more presence to the bass. The LP sounds more relaxed, but the bass is recessed - perhaps that's how the bass sounded in the original issue. In the end, I'll keep both - the CD primarily for the additional tracks.

Note to myself - listen for enjoyment - not to make comparisons.

First owned it c.1960 on vinyl, later on CD. Agree Art and Spanky sounded less together than on recordings like Hard Drive. Thanks for alerting me to the extra tracks. Will give it a listen on Spotify.

 

Edited April 21, 2016 by BillF

[clifford_thornton]

Atlantic recording and, possibly, bad mixing surely can't have helped the band sound "fiery."

[paul secor]

The Complete Erskine Hawkins Volumes 1/2 1938-1939 (RCA France)