What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Kevin Bresnahan]

4 hours ago, kh1958 said:

I haven't pulled out the CDs to compare. The two Tone Poets have "you are there at the VV" sound.

I just don't see how a full digital recording can sound better on vinyl than CD, which is why i haven't bought these Tone Poet LPs. The CDs certainly have a "you are there" quality to them.

[mjazzg]

19 minutes ago, bresna said:

I just don't see how a full digital recording can sound better on vinyl than CD, which is why i haven't bought these Tone Poet LPs. The CDs certainly have a "you are there" quality to them.

in which case both of you are happy with what you have. A good outcome all round. Let the format wars cease here 

I find it quite odd that increasingly on this board someone says how pleased they are with the format they are listening to, and have just invested in, only for someone to poor cold water on their enjoyment by questioning how could they be hearing what they say the are hearing because of the format they have chosen to listen to. Let's just respect eachother's different choices for accessing great music without having to always question, shall we?. Just a suggestion.

Edited August 29, 2020 by mjazzg

[sidewinder]

2LP version. Nice sound, very nice performance (although the drummer does have a tendency to speed up).

Edited August 29, 2020 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

9 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

one of my favourite Jackie McLean albums.

Once I saw Jackie McLean with Bobby Hutcherson and Billy Higgins live. Herbie Lewis was on bass......

Oh man, am I ever JEALOUS!   

 

 

NP:

Buddy Tate playing "These Foolish Things" will tear your stinkin' heart out!  

And where's Claude Hopkins on the cover!?!?  He's handling the piano, and he's a mofo!  (in a deliciously stride-y and understated way.)

... They forgot about Pops' man Arvell Shaw on bass too.   

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

NP:

The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Upendo Ni Pamoja (Columbia, 1972)

So soulful and groovy.

 

[Chuck Nessa]

A fine date by my old friend:

Edited August 30, 2020 by Chuck Nessa

[HutchFan]

[sidewinder]

Very nicely remastered by Dave Sikula, richer sound than the original CD. Love it !

Additional unreleased track ‘Labyrinth’ downloadable.

Edited August 30, 2020 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Another good’n.

[sidewinder]

First copy I’ve had of this Herbie/Tootie/Heath Family/Cherry opus. A UK issue - hmm.

[sidewinder]

Sonic standout - I’ll bet it far improves on the original. Gearbox/Optimal production - lovely stuff. As usual, Davy throws some jazz in too.

[HutchFan]

with Steve Giordano (g) and Roger Humphries (d)

[kh1958]

Hugh Masekela, The Americanization of Ooga Booga (MGM)

Ralph Towner Solstice, Sound and Shadows (ECM)

Davie Brubeck, Gone with the Wind (Columbia)

Don Ellis, Autumn (Columbia)

[porcy62]

4 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Sonic standout - I’ll bet it far improves on the original. Gearbox/Optimal production - lovely stuff. As usual, Davy throws some jazz in too.

I have an original first pressing and a 2007 audiophile reissue of Folk, Blues & Beyond, yes the reissue is quieter, but those guys at Decca knew how do a record.

Edited August 30, 2020 by porcy62

[Chuck Nessa]

[sidewinder]

49 minutes ago, porcy62 said:

I have an original first pressing and a 2007 audiophile reissue of Folk, Blues & Beyond, yes the reissue is quieter, but those guys at Decca knew how do a record.

At the cost of probably about a 20th of the cost of a decent original, I’m a happy camper. 

They have also reissued ‘The Holly Kaleidoscope’ as well for the RSD, on kaleidoscopic swirl vinyl.   Again, this one sounds great though.

I suspect these are being put out in tandem with a HD tracks streaming release, which seems to have been the case with the ‘Kawaida’ too. Same model that was used on the Rendell/Carr reissues.

Edited August 30, 2020 by sidewinder

[porcy62]

1 minute ago, sidewinder said:

At the cost of probably about a 20th of the cost of a decent original, I’m a happy camper. 

They have also reissued ‘The Holly Kaleidoscope’ as well for the RSD, on kaleidoscopic swirl vinyl.   Again, this one sounds great though.

I suspect these are being put out in tandem with a HD tracks streaming release, which seems to have been the case with the ‘Kawaida’ too.

I m happy I forgot how much I payed the that one , never heard The Holly Kaleidoscope.

[sidewinder]

4 minutes ago, porcy62 said:

I m happy I forgot how much I payed the that one , never heard The Holly Kaleidoscope.

Recorded with his then wife as vocalist - not as renowned as the Shirley Collins album but there’s plenty of fine playing.

Both of the albums were produced by Ray Horricks of Decca. It’s sort of nice because I have some of Ray’s old records in my collection, sadly not any of the Davy Grahams.

Edited August 30, 2020 by sidewinder

[clifford_thornton]

I'd be fine with a hq reissue; never seen the Deccas at anything close to an affordable price, at least for clean copies...

[sidewinder]

Just now, clifford_thornton said:

I'd be fine with a hq reissue; never seen the Deccas at anything close to an affordable price, at least for clean copies...

These reissues are really good - well worth it. I too have never come across really good original copies of the key titles, not that I was particularly looking. Wish they would do the same treatment for the titles with Harold McNair and Danny Thompson on them.

By the way, Ray Horricks personal copies looked to be in great nick and were auctioned off for nice $ by (alas, long gone) jazzinvinyl.com.

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, true, I tend to spend less on non-jazz records anyway. Jazzinvinyl were great, miss that place.

[sidewinder]

The bank balance is less stressed out though. 

The approach used for these Decca Davy Graham’s is interesting. Mastered from original analogue sources by Caspar at Gearbox, pressed by Optimal. I will put money on it that they will use exactly the same approach for the (supposedly forthcoming) British Jazz reissues coming up from Decca/Universal. Bodes well - plus we might actually get a decent pressing of NJO ‘Western Reunion’.

Edited August 31, 2020 by sidewinder

[HutchFan]

Two LPs that I picked up on Saturday:

Count Basie - Standing Ovation (Dot)
Surprisingly forceful Basie from 1969.

 

and

Ramsey Lewis - Dancing in the Street (Cadet, 1967)
Herb Wong's liner notes tell me that this was Ramsey Lewis' first LP with Cleveland Eaton & Maurice White.  Didn't know that.

R.I.P. Cleveland Eaton, who died last month.

 

[jazzcorner]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Two LPs that I picked up on Saturday:

Count Basie - Standing Ovation (Dot)
Surprisingly forceful Basie from 1969.

 

A real good one I have for years

[HutchFan]

 

and