What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[HutchFan]

Jeremy Steig & Eddie Gomez - Rainforest (CMP, 1980)

 

 

16 hours ago, Dmitry said:

Gary Bartz Ntu Troop - Follow, the Medicine Man

Has it been reissued on cd in the USA? I don't think so.

Dmitry,

It was reissued in 1997 on this two-fer CD:

[Dmitry]

1 minute ago, HutchFan said:

 

Dmitry,

It was reissued in 1997 on this two-fer CD:

 

 

Thank you very much!

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Caiman Super All-Stars - Super All-Star (Caiman, 1984)
on translucent blue vinyl

Edited January 6, 2022 by HutchFan

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Sonny Rollins - Love at First Sight (Milestone, 1980)
with George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Al Foster, and Bill Summers

 

[Brad]

On 1/5/2022 at 9:59 AM, bresna said:

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Just Coolin' (Blue Note/Vinyl Me Please). I bought this for the cool-looking vinyl. The music is just so-so in my book.

I never understood this fascination that VMP, as well as other companies, have for colored vinyl. 

[HutchFan]

James Moody - Comin' on Strong (Argo, 1964)

 

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

Caiman Super All-Stars - Super All-Star (Caiman, 1984)
on translucent blue vinyl

Looking good ....

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

LP sides C & D

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

15 hours ago, Brad said:

I never understood this fascination that VMP, as well as other companies, have for colored vinyl. 

I do agree to a certain point but I thought that this one was particularly cool. As I said, the music isn't all that great to my ears and I wasn't planning to buy it on vinyl at all but this pressing caught my eye, so why not?

Besides, if I ever decide that I don't need this in my collection, I will not lose money on it. No matter the reason, many of these VMP pressings are getting crazy money on the secondary market.

[Dub Modal]

15 hours ago, Brad said:

I never understood this fascination that VMP, as well as other companies, have for colored vinyl. 

Branding and aesthetics. I've seen where scolds on other audiophile forums have reminded others that ordinary vinyl is actually "colored" as it initially processes as clear. Some of these colorful pressings are cool to look at on the TT but other than that it's just marketing. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The funniest thing about colored vinyl is that it makes it almost impossible to grade the record without playing it so the collectors of these things have no idea what they're getting most of the time. I have to admit, I can't see scratches or even dirt/dust when I play them.

I do have to add that today's colored vinyl seems to be made much better than the stuff from old days. Back in the 70's & 80's when I was buying a lot of vinyl, I avoided colored vinyl and especially picture discs, because they almost always sounded terrible and wore out quickly. I remember when someone gave me a picture disc of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the picture had a hazy look to it from being played so often and it played back with rice crispies throughout.

[Larry Kart]

Two-LP sets of Lotte Lehmann and Marilyn Horne -- the former a best of her early work collection (opera and lieder), the latter a tribute to Pauline Viardot and Maria Malabrin.

[soulpope]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Now spinning:

LP sides C & D

This houses on Sides A+B the tracks originally released on "More Smiles" I believe .... superb music nevertheless ....

[HutchFan]

5 minutes ago, soulpope said:

This houses on Sides A+B the tracks originally released on "More Smiles" I believe .... superb music nevertheless ....

Yep!  

And Sides C+D = Sax No End.

 

[soulpope]

24 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Yep!  

And Sides C+D = Sax No End.

👍....

[HutchFan]

Listening to this LP again:

Art Pepper - New York Album (Galaxy, rel. 1985)
with Hank Jones, Ron Carter, and Al Foster

Recorded in 1979, this is "leftover" music from the John Snyder-produced So In Love sessions.  Even though it was released posthumously, it's primo Pepper.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Listening to this LP again:

Art Pepper - New York Album (Galaxy, rel. 1985)
with Hank Jones, Ron Carter, and Al Foster

Recorded in 1979, this is "leftover" music from the John Snyder-produced So In Love sessions.  Even though it was released posthumously, it's primo Pepper.

 

That's the Artist House material that reverted back to Laurie, right? She is selling all of that material digitally on bandcamp: https://blueplatespecials.bandcamp.com/album/artists-house-sessions-complete

[HutchFan]

43 minutes ago, bresna said:

That's the Artist House material that reverted back to Laurie, right? She is selling all of that material digitally on bandcamp: https://blueplatespecials.bandcamp.com/album/artists-house-sessions-complete

Yep. That's correct.

Also, for those who prefer vinyl (and don't have the originals), Omnivore reissued the music in a 4-LP set ... in November on Record Store Day:

https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/promise-kept-lp/

It ain't cheap ($78.98), but the music is transcendent.

BTW: If you've got the Complete Galaxy box, you've already got this stuff.

 

Edited January 7, 2022 by HutchFan

[Dmitry]

The Black and Crazy Blues

 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

 

 

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

Yep. That's correct.

Also, for those who prefer vinyl (and don't have the originals), Omnivore reissued the music in a 4-LP set ... in November on Record Store Day:

https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/promise-kept-lp/

It ain't cheap ($78.98), but the music is transcendent.

BTW: If you've got the Complete Galaxy box, you've already got this stuff.

 

I have nearly all of this material on the 3 Analogue Productions SACDs that they put out in 2003. I think it's missing one track ("Donna Lee") and 4 alternate takes. They also sound very nice.

[HutchFan]

Bud Freeman - Satin Doll (All Life, 1980)

 

23 minutes ago, bresna said:

I have nearly all of this material on the 3 Analogue Productions SACDs that they put out in 2003. I think it's missing one track ("Donna Lee") and 4 alternate takes. They also sound very nice.

Oh. I didn't realize Analogue Productions had reissued those sessions too.

Many routes to the same destination! 

 

[kh1958]

Weather Report, Mysterious Traveler (Columbia)

The Mundell Lowe Album (Riverside)

[Brad]

On 1/7/2022 at 9:26 AM, bresna said:

I do agree to a certain point but I thought that this one was particularly cool. As I said, the music isn't all that great to my ears and I wasn't planning to buy it on vinyl at all but this pressing caught my eye, so why not?

Besides, if I ever decide that I don't need this in my collection, I will not lose money on it. No matter the reason, many of these VMP pressings are getting crazy money on the secondary market.

Some of the colors are not terrible; the Billie Holliday VMP is a pleasing blue but they did a Monk one that was a splatter design that was hideous. 

On 1/7/2022 at 9:34 AM, Dub Modal said:

Branding and aesthetics. I've seen where scolds on other audiophile forums have reminded others that ordinary vinyl is actually "colored" as it initially processes as clear. Some of these colorful pressings are cool to look at on the TT but other than that it's just marketing. 

I think I read somewhere that black vinyl is not really black, as you pointed out. It’s just what we’ve become used to. 

[Dmitry]

This is a masterpiece. One of the most overlooked records of all time, in my opinion. It must have been a big hit when it came out in 1960.

Nice record, by Coltrane's shadow.

 

Edited January 9, 2022 by Dmitry