JSngry Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 The liner notes (by one Al Roberts) have to be seen - and read - to be believed. Here's a sample, verbatim in every regard: Like any sensible woman, she prescribes that the quickest route to a man's heart is through his stomach. "Fungi Mama" cut three side one, the Richard "Blue" Mitchell tasty morsel served selectively, satisfies the most musically discriminating. Basic Blues is the attire for our date with this engaging artist. She travels with the accompaniment of her long time associate tenor advocate Jimmy Anderson taunting and topically Roaring to the Moon, on Bart Howard's opus to the Brazilian countryside - continuing with Joe Henderson's Blue Bossa side two's open and close. Inventively giving all to a "Blues for Youse", side one's closer. Uhuh - YEAH - you'll DIG it! "Sunday, Monday, or Always" side one cut two and "You Better Go Now" side one cut four, shows depth perception for two ballads of long accepted tenure, applauded by millions. All will continue, stylishly rendered with grace and taste. Gloria leaves nothing out. It's IN! The opening selection of any album is one that introduces you to the artist and gives you a general idea of what is to take place. I base this test on my years of listening and professional skill as a Disk Jockey and music aficionado. Upon hearing "Bugaloo for Ernie" I sat back and relaxed for I knew a musical treat for the ears - the critics - would be pleased! There is more (including multiple mentions of "Ernie Wilkens")...but even better than the liner notes is that my copy was once owned by Daddy Boo, who wrote his name, not once, but twice on the inner cover, same panel as on the liner notes. You want to know who bought Gloria Coleman albums back in the day? Daddy Boo bought Gloria Coleman albums back in the day, that's who. Apparently, Daddy Boo liked all but the first two cuts on Side One well enough to put XXX besides each of the titles, except for "Blue Bossa", which only got a XX/. Daddy Boo, I beg to differ. Even better than all this is the music itself. Damn good album. On that, I think that Al Roberts, Daddy Boo, and myself would all agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 A used WB/ECM copy with a few (just a few) clicky-pop audible signs of use-wear, which I suppose is the record-listening equivalent of getting herpes from a wonderfully virtuous chick who had been with only one guy before you, but she wasn't careful, so now you're stuck with it. Oh well, four bucks, and it's still a great record. Anyway, that uber-quiet ECM thing can be unpleasant at times, so in that regard it's not like getting herpes from a chick who had been with only one guy before you. Funny how things balance out if you just let them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Miles Davis - Miles at Fillmore (Columbia). Sides one & two. There's so much amazing stuff here. It goes without saying that I'd love to hear the unedited performances. They'll be issued, I'm sure - I just hope it's within my lifetime. More of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 The liner notes (by one Al Roberts) have to be seen - and read - to be believed. Here's a sample, verbatim in every regard: Like any sensible woman, she prescribes that the quickest route to a man's heart is through his stomach. "Fungi Mama" cut three side one, the Richard "Blue" Mitchell tasty morsel served selectively, satisfies the most musically discriminating. Basic Blues is the attire for our date with this engaging artist. She travels with the accompaniment of her long time associate tenor advocate Jimmy Anderson taunting and topically Roaring to the Moon, on Bart Howard's opus to the Brazilian countryside - continuing with Joe Henderson's Blue Bossa side two's open and close. Inventively giving all to a "Blues for Youse", side one's closer. Uhuh - YEAH - you'll DIG it! "Sunday, Monday, or Always" side one cut two and "You Better Go Now" side one cut four, shows depth perception for two ballads of long accepted tenure, applauded by millions. All will continue, stylishly rendered with grace and taste. Gloria leaves nothing out. It's IN! The opening selection of any album is one that introduces you to the artist and gives you a general idea of what is to take place. I base this test on my years of listening and professional skill as a Disk Jockey and music aficionado. Upon hearing "Bugaloo for Ernie" I sat back and relaxed for I knew a musical treat for the ears - the critics - would be pleased! There is more (including multiple mentions of "Ernie Wilkens")...but even better than the liner notes is that my copy was once owned by Daddy Boo, who wrote his name, not once, but twice on the inner cover, same panel as on the liner notes. You want to know who bought Gloria Coleman albums back in the day? Daddy Boo bought Gloria Coleman albums back in the day, that's who. Apparently, Daddy Boo liked all but the first two cuts on Side One well enough to put XXX besides each of the titles, except for "Blue Bossa", which only got a XX/. Daddy Boo, I beg to differ. Even better than all this is the music itself. Damn good album. On that, I think that Al Roberts, Daddy Boo, and myself would all agree. I wondered if you'd heard this when I read what you wrote about "Sweet Missy" a few years ago. Go back and have another go at that one, Jim. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Sun Ra- Heliocentric Worlds Vol 1 - ESP - recent reissue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Capt. John Handy - All Aboard, Volume 3 (GHB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Harold Land 'Harold In The Land Of Jazz' (Contemporary DG mono) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 (edited) Roland Kirk 'Slightly Latin' (UK Mercury Limelight Series, stereo) Different sleeve design to this one (Kirk in a beret at the mike). Interestingly, the CD audio I have on the Kirk 'Complete Mercury' put together by 'Boxman' Koyama has this session only in mono. The stereo version on this LP sounds significantly clearer. Followed by:- Eric Dolphy/Booker Little 'Memorial Album' (UK Stateside, mono) (Five Spot material) Edited June 2, 2012 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Jimmy Smith, Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, mono, NY USA) Horace Silver, Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note, mono, NY USA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Just got the new turntable set up, thanks to Dave, the plumber. It took even him two hours. I'd have taken two months. So I tested it with John Patton - The way I feel - BN (NYUSA stereo) Bleedin' fantastic. Even Dave was impressed and he's a rock fan. Now on Milt Jackson - Milt Jackson Quartet - Savoy (Oriole Realm) next Lionel Hampton - CHicago jazz concert - Columbia (CBS I heart Jazz) MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 First vinyl played in my living room in a long time: Sounds really good. Cheap Sony turntable right now (Rega RP3 on the way) into a PS Audio GCPH, then tube preamp, tube amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 First vinyl played in my living room in a long time: Sounds really good. Cheap Sony turntable right now (Rega RP3 on the way) into a PS Audio GCPH, then tube preamp, tube amp. Lon, say it isn't so! If you're looking at vinyl again, digital must be dying. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 (edited) No, it's not like that at all. I love digital and will always find use for my more than 15,000 musical discs. But a friend asked me to help him put together a vinyl system again with a nice budget and it was a very successful venture, we started listening to his records, and it sparked something in me. I went through all my remaining lps, about 500, and realized there were many that I hadn't heard in ages and hadn't replaced with cd. I just got the hankering and so I'm putting together a vinyl wing to my system: Rega RP3 with TT PSU and a PS Audio GCPH. Some cables and the table are still on the way. It's going to be fun. I've always felt vinyl sounded wonderful, I was just concentrating on the digital releases that were pouring out and really couldn't afford the quality vinyl set up I'd like to have nor the time til now, in retirement, I at last have the time. In the last few years I've put together an insanely satisfying system, and now it's time to enjoy analog on it. It's fun to have something new to explore. Right now In the early '70s in the Cleveland area I was probably one of the only young men in love with Flora. Edited June 2, 2012 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSngry Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 No, it's not like that at all. I love digital and will always find use for my more than 15,000 musical discs. But a friend asked me to help him put together a vinyl system again with a nice budget and it was a very successful venture, we started listening to his records, and it sparked something in me. I went through all my remaining lps, about 500, and realized there were many that I hadn't heard in ages and hadn't replaced with cd. I just got the hankering and so I'm putting together a vinyl wing to my system: Rega RP3 with TT PSU and a PS Audio GCPH. Some cables and the table are still on the way. It's going to be fun. I've always felt vinyl sounded wonderful, I was just concentrating on the digital releases that were pouring out and really couldn't afford the quality vinyl set up I'd like to have nor the time til now, in retirement, I at last have the time. In the last few years I've put together an insanely satisfying system, and now it's time to enjoy analog on it. I hear ya' on the fun part. I've started working from home over the last year or so, and now have time to play music all day. I find myself more and more going to the LP sleeves, just because it's fun. I've got a relatively shit system (more than relatively, most likely), and a lot of my LPs are less than pristine. But it's ok, it's is the music as I grew up with it, and as much as I like hearing an ultra-cleaned up CD with full frequency response, etc, sometimes I just as much like hearing a funky LP mastering with surface noise and other weirdness. Both are enjoyable in their own way, although for entirely personal/subjective reasons. I'm also finding that in today's hipster-driven marketplace, you can find older LPs in pretty good shape selling for a really nice price just because the cover's been written on or stickerized or gotten a cutout hole/cut corner some such. Like I can listen to the cover... $4.95 for a great LP just because Daddy Boo or somebody liked to write on the cover? Hell. I'll do that deal any day of the week! Tell you what, though - if you ever get tempted to play vintage 45s on your system - don't do it. I mean - do not do it. Those things were mastered for maximum visceral punch, and believe me, they still pack it. You'll be rurnt for good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Yes, I'll stay away from 45s, don't have many anyway. Those sound great on cd, such as the Rolling Stones collection and the killer ABC Ray Charles set. You're right about fun, and the noise doesn't matter. Just listened to an Ohio Players lp that was beat to all get out but it put that fun right into the living room. And now I'm playing one that is close to my heart, and I have the cd and SACD but this lp is just spinning real memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 First vinyl played in my living room in a long time: Sounds really good. Cheap Sony turntable right now (Rega RP3 on the way) into a PS Audio GCPH, then tube preamp, tube amp. Lon, say it isn't so! If you're looking at vinyl again, digital must be dying. :lol: He's just run out of things to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Noah Howard - The Black Ark (Bo' Weavil). A wonderfully produced limited edition LP reissue. I loves me some Earl Cross on trumpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Don Pullen - Tomorrow's Promises (Atlantic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Tony Williams - Life Time (BN). What a wonderful album. Mine is a UA pressing, but with Van Gelder's stamps in the dead wax - it sounds pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) Sounds really good. Cheap Sony turntable right now (Rega RP3 on the way) into a PS Audio GCPH, then tube preamp, tube amp. Slippery slope, Jazzbo. You'll be down at the vinyl emporiums pouring over the crates before you know it. Nathan Davis 'London By Night' (Hot House) - short lived 80s off-shoot of Mole Jazz. Edited June 3, 2012 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 First vinyl played in my living room in a long time: Sounds really good. Cheap Sony turntable right now (Rega RP3 on the way) into a PS Audio GCPH, then tube preamp, tube amp. Lon, say it isn't so! If you're looking at vinyl again, digital must be dying. :lol: He's just run out of things to buy. That is somewhat my reason for getting back into vinyl. I found that I hadn't bought any CDs for months and one day I was in Stereo Jacks and saw some Van Gelder Blue Note vinyl in the LP bin so I figured I'd give it a try. Yes, it is fun. However, all the reasons I left vinyl in the old days are still there. The mint LPs that play like shit. The crappy sound on some pressings (unrelated to the vinyl itself). The scratched "new" records. The having to get up every 20 minutes to flip the record. Having to figure out which pressing is the best (and then finding a clean copy). I am having fun, but this feeling may not last forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Joe Sullivan, New Solos By an Old Master (Riverside, blue label) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Tony Williams - Life Time (BN). What a wonderful album. Mine is a UA pressing, but with Van Gelder's stamps in the dead wax - it sounds pretty damn good. One of the best albums of the 60s IMO. Absolutely incredible. I treasure this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Buddy Collette - Modern Interpretations: Porgy & Bess - (Imperial Interlude) Nice find; a $5 clean mono copy. Odd little record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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