What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[JSngry]

go cat go

[JSngry]

[HutchFan]

Spinnin' this Satch platter again:

[HutchFan]

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Hilarious cover art .... 

[Pim]

[HutchFan]

11 hours ago, soulpope said:

Hilarious cover art .... 

Scathing satire, for sure.

 

NP:

 

[HutchFan]

13 hours ago, Pim said:

Pim, I've never seen that LP before. 

What do you think of the music?

[Larry Kart]

Have liked this one for 54 years now; it hasn't dated a bit. Don Friedman, Attila Zoller, Richard Davis, Joe Chambers. A pricey CD, but If you see this one used on vinyl, don't hesitate. Friedman and Zoller were a great team, as were Davis and Chambers. Too bad that Friedman and Zoller are gone.

[Chuck Nessa]

My copy has an orange "stereo" sticker on a mono jacket.

[duaneiac]

On 1/11/2020 at 0:52 PM, JSngry said:

whoa, wasn't expecting this...LieberStoller songs, Johnny Mandel arrangements, the whole thing sounds like an "updated" Lotte Lenya/Kurt Weil collaboration, without any of the myriad things that could go wrong with that going wrong.

I love that album.  As I get older, this song in particular certainly has a fuller meaning for me.

 

[Larry Kart]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

My copy has an orange "stereo" sticker on a mono jacket.

A perfect day in the studio.

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, Larry Kart said:

A perfect day in the studio.

A wonderful day in the neighborhood - 445 Route 9W, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.

[Pim]

11 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Pim, I've never seen that LP before. 

What do you think of the music?

It is pretty damn good  Sonny Grey is in prime form and this is of course Mal’s great period although he doesn’t get to much space. Definitely interesting and worth hearing.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 1/12/2020 at 6:05 AM, Pim said:

Not a great title for an LP.

[erwbol]

13 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

My copy has an orange "stereo" sticker on a mono jacket.

All CD versions I heard of The Soul Man! had way too much compression (2 recent Japanese, and also I believe 1996 Germany, except the 1992 Japanese Victor VICJ-23726 which I'm spinning now, mastered at Fantasy Studios 1991. These are the only 4 CD versions Discogs lists. Was there an early 90s US release on CD?

Edited January 13, 2020 by erwbol

[Chuck Nessa]

2 minutes ago, erwbol said:

All CD versions I heard of The Soul Man had way too much compression (2 recent Japanese, and also I believe 1996 Germany, except the 1992 Japanese Victor VICJ-23726 which I'm spinning now, mastered at Fantasy Studios 1991. These are the only 4 CD versions Discogs lists. Was there an early 90s US release on CD?

It is included in this Prestige cd from 1994.

[erwbol]

2 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

It is included in this Prestige cd from 1994.

That explains why I couldn't find it. The German CD was an early effort by ZYX to do the mastering in-house according to Discogs. A few years later this lead to the disastrous black border 20bit digipacks.

[clifford_thornton]

3 hours ago, Pim said:

It is pretty damn good  Sonny Grey is in prime form and this is of course Mal’s great period although he doesn’t get to much space. Definitely interesting and worth hearing.

I have the original French pressing on Numera (which was apparently distributed by Futura, as it's got a big Futura logo sticker on the verso -- different cover art). It's a really nice record. Grey, Waldron, and Clarke are certainly the reasons to pick it up, as all are indeed in top form. It's a moody, somewhat avant-garde leaning post-bop date.

[Pim]

41 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

I have the original French pressing on Numera (which was apparently distributed by Futura, as it's got a big Futura logo sticker on the verso -- different cover art). It's a really nice record. Grey, Waldron, and Clarke are certainly the reasons to pick it up, as all are indeed in top form. It's a moody, somewhat avant-garde leaning post-bop date.

Very accurate description! The version you have is quite rare and goes for quite a lot of money. But I do believe it is not the only rare thing in your collection

The Japanese version on mercury is a little easier to get. Sound quality is very good.

[mjazzg]

Francois Tusques & Sunny Murray - Intercommunal Dialogue 1+2 [Ni Vu Ni Connu]

 

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

I have the original French pressing on Numera (which was apparently distributed by Futura, as it's got a big Futura logo sticker on the verso -- different cover art). It's a really nice record. Grey, Waldron, and Clarke are certainly the reasons to pick it up, as all are indeed in top form. It's a moody, somewhat avant-garde leaning post-bop date.

 

1 hour ago, Pim said:

Very accurate description! The version you have is quite rare and goes for quite a lot of money. But I do believe it is not the only rare thing in your collection

The Japanese version on mercury is a little easier to get. Sound quality is very good.

Thanks for the additional info, gents.  

 

[sidewinder]

10 years after it came out I finally got this great Pure Pleasure release. Sonics are superb, you could almost be in the club. Didn’t catch this particular Ronnie Scott engagement but I did catch Art as part of George Wein’s London Fest that same Summer season, so it all has great personal meaning. Better late than never. 

It blows the Mole Jazz LPs out of the water !

Edited January 13, 2020 by sidewinder

[clifford_thornton]

2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

Francois Tusques & Sunny Murray - Intercommunal Dialogue 1+2 [Ni Vu Ni Connu]

 

oh damn, need to pick this up!

[mjazzg]

You do! It's as good as you think it is.

Note the "45 tours" which I didn't spot before ordering.