What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[sidewinder]

Larry Young 'Contrasts' (BN Liberty blue/white stereo)

[porcy62]

J. J. Johnson Mosaic

[porcy62]

Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel - BN stereo, black and blue label.

[kh1958]

Bobby Timmons in Person at the Village Vanguard (Riverside stereo, black label)

[porcy62]

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony 1/2 - Karajan/Berliner, DG stereo.

[blajay]

Horace Silver Quintet (BN 5058 Toshiba EMI reissue, mono, with OBI)

Horace Silver Quintet (BN 5062 Toshiba EMI reissue, mono, with OBI)

[kh1958]

Herbie Mann Plays the Bossa Nova (Atlantic, mono)

[porcy62]

J. J. Johnson Mosaic

[sidewinder]

Miles Davis 'Agharta' (UK CBS 2LP). Nice, quiet Sunday morning listening. Am I correct in thinking that this was the very first issue of 'Agharta' (along with CBS France perhaps?) and preceded the Japanese issue by some months. Came out in 1975 out here.

[porcy62]

Miles Davis 'Agharta' (UK CBS 2LP). Nice, quiet Sunday morning listening. Am I correct in thinking that this was the very first issue of 'Agharta' (along with CBS France perhaps?) and preceded the Japanese issue by some months. Came out in 1975 out here.

Nice, don't know about issue's dates, I got a U.S. Columbia white label promo, I'll spin it after J. J. Johnson.

[sidewinder]

I don't think 'Agharta' was issued in the US in the 1970s porcy so that white-label promo of yours seems odd . I know that it was also issued in Japan with a glossier (and thicker card) cover back then (as I've got one of those too) but I read somewhere it came out there about 18 months after the recording (ie. mid-'76). Which would make the UK/European issue the first full release. The CD of course only came out in the US around 1990.

The UK issues of 'Agharta', 'Get Up With It', 'Bitches Brew' and 'Big Fun' were some of the earliest LPs I ever bought, around 1975. All sound excellent too.

For some reason they never chose to issue 'Pangaea' over here at time of release. 'Agharta' must have freaked out UK CBS's management too much !

Edited September 14, 2008 by sidewinder

[porcy62]

I don't think 'Agharta' was issued in the US in the 1970s porcy so that white-label promo of yours seems odd . I know that it was also issued in Japan with a glossier (and thicker card) cover back then (as I've got one of those too) but I read somewhere it came out there about 18 months after the recording (ie. mid-'76). Which would make the UK/European issue the first full release. The CD of course only came out in the US around 1990.

The UK issues of 'Agharta', 'Get Up With It', 'Bitches Brew' and 'Big Fun' were some of the earliest LPs I ever bought, around 1975.

My copy is a WLP Columbia PG 33967 C 33968, thick cover, 'made in U.S.' on cover and labels, label design is the common post 1970, a thin Columbia vinyl. Nothing different from the Dylan's of the same period I have.

Goldmine report it as a 1976 issue.

[sidewinder]

Thanks porcy. So it was issued in the US in 1976 - I've just checked the details in Goldmine. Interesting !

Good that Teo was on hand for the recordings, as they characterise much of the vitality/dynamism I associate with Teo's live recordings. 'We Want Miles' must be one of his finest ever in that respect !

By the way, I have a few of those red US CBS's bought over here and they used to put a sticker over the 'Columbia' on the label saying 'CBS' to distinguish it from UK Columbia (EMI/Parlophone). I agree that the vinyl on them could be damn thin.

Edited September 14, 2008 by sidewinder

[porcy62]

Thanks porcy. So it was issued in the US in 1976 - I've just checked the details in Goldmine. Interesting !

Good that Teo was on hand for the recordings, as they characterise much of the vitality/dynamism I associate with Teo's live recordings. 'We Want Miles' must be one of his finest ever in that respect !

By the way, I have a few of those red US CBS's bought over here and they used to put a sticker over the 'Columbia' on the label saying 'CBS' to distinguish it from UK Columbia (EMI/Parlophone). I agree that the vinyl on them could be damn thin.

About thin vinyl, I usually don't think that a thick one is always better. My RCAs of Lou Reed sound great, even if they are on the infamous Dynaflex!

I had the original early U.S. ATCO pressing of 'Layla' (Derek and The Dominos), thicker vinyl then a Polydor U.K. later reissue, but the reissue blows away the ATCO, that I sold.

[sidewinder]

That's true. These Miles UK CBS's from the mid-70s are not exactly on the thick side but they sound pretty good. Especially considering there is 25-30 minutes of music per side.

RCA Dynaflex - I have several Mike Westbrooks on that. They sound fine though.

Edited September 14, 2008 by sidewinder

[kh1958]

Hi Fi Drums (Capitol)

Jan Garbarek--Places (ECM)

[Daniel A]

Victor Feldman 'It's a Wonderful World' (Vee-Jay, mono, Japanese pressing)

Trio recording from 1964 with Monty Budwig and Colin Bailey (plus Bill Perkins on two tracks).

[Chalupa]

This morning before work...

[porcy62]

Randy Weston - LITTLE NILES - UA .......mono.

[porcy62]

McCoy Tyner - Today and Tomorrow - Impulse! mono

McCoy Tyner - Nights of Ballads and Blues - Impulse! mono, WLP

[sidewinder]

Miles Davis 'Agharta' (UK CBS, LP2)

In stereo

[BillF]

Basie at Birdland (Roulette)

[NIS]

[six string]

A friend of mine, in an obvious nod to Nels Cline, has arranged the title track for his instrumental punk rock/skronk trio. Pretty fun, though the key modulations are even more out than Hill's!

I got to see Nels Cline perform his Andrew Hll tribute with the full band that was on the record just before he recorded the album. I guess it was sort of a dress rehearsal. He later opened for Andrew Hill at the San Francisco Jazz Festival doing the same program.

and now for something completely different

Freddie Hubbard's The Hub of Hubbard on MPS (Stereo)

[JohnS]

John Tchicai, Cadentia Nova Danica; UK Polydor