What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

Folk Dances of Greece (Colonial mono). This 1959 album has some amazing clarinet playing on it - by Gus Gadinis and Dave Tarras, among others.

Edited February 1, 2013 by jeffcrom

[brownie]

Oliver Nelson 'Blues and the Abstract Truth' (Impulse France)

[six string]

Don Ellis - New Ideas (New Jazz) reissue

[Cactus Bob]

Pat Martino ~ Joyous Lake

Warner Bros.

[Cactus Bob]

George Duke ~ Liberated Fantasies

MPS/BASF, 1976

Edited February 1, 2013 by Cactus Bob

[Cactus Bob]

The Tony Williams Lifetime ~ Ego

Polydor, 1971

[Cactus Bob]

John McLaughlin ~ Devotion

Douglas 4, 1970

[Chuck Nessa]

Trying to salvage a box set of Charles Ives - it is mildewed and problematic. Great music though.

[John Tapscott]

[jeffcrom]

Wardell Gray - Way Out Wardell (Crown). Seemingly a very early pressing - the bsnpubs.com website describes Crown 5004 as a Reissue of Modern 1204 with "Sweet Georgia Brown" deleted, leaving only four songs. Some of the Crown LPs list "Sweet Georgia Brown" on the back of the jacket, however. Modern 1204 had a blue cover with a photo of Wardell, while the Crown reissue has a red cover with a different pose from the same photo shoot.

Here's the cover they're talking about:

My cover is blue like the Modern issue, with the same picture, but it says "Crown" rather than "Modern." And my copy has "Sweet Georgia Brown." It also has a price tag from an unidentified store, revealing that this record was a $3.98 value sold for only $1.49.

[brownie]

Dick Collins 'King Richard the Swing Hearted' (RCA FreshSound)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Elvin Jones - The Ultimate. Dark blue label Van Gelder pressing. I do like this trio. I think "Putting It Together" is a bit better but this is pretty good.

[jeffcrom]

Capt. John Handy - Introducing (RCA Victor mono)

[kh1958]

Baby Face Willette, Mo Rock (Argo)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Pat Metheny - The Pat Metheny Group (ECM) 1978. Sounds like early smooth Jazz. What do you want for a dollar?

Edited February 2, 2013 by Kevin Bresnahan

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Jed Levy - Good People (Reservoir). Van Gelder in the deadwax. I didn't even know that Rudy was cutting masters in 1988 after he'd gone over to digital recording. Even the Muse stuff he recorded at that time came with "Mastered by RVG" in the deadwax, not his eponymous "VAN GELDER" stamp, which I always assumed meant that someone else did the actual cutting.

[niels]

Shelly Manne & his Men - at the Blackhawk Vol.4 (Contemporary Records re-issue, no idea which one)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Turk Mauro - Heavyweight! (Phoenix Jazz). I bought this mainly because it had Van Gelder in the deadwax but it doesn't matter the "why", I'm glad I picked it up. Good stuff.

What a fucking bizarre All Music entry!! http://www.allmusic.com/artist/turk-mauro-mn0000169721

Edited February 2, 2013 by Kevin Bresnahan

[Chuck Nessa]

Jed Levy - Good People (Reservoir). Van Gelder in the deadwax. I didn't even know that Rudy was cutting masters in 1988 after he'd gone over to digital recording. Even the Muse stuff he recorded at that time came with "Mastered by RVG" in the deadwax, not his eponymous "VAN GELDER" stamp, which I always assumed meant that someone else did the actual cutting.

It just meant he used a different tool to mark the lacquer.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

ive never seen a vangelder cut as late as '88. so is the studio not being used much these last few decades? do you think after rudy passes it will become like a major studio again.

Edited February 3, 2013 by chewy

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Bill Hardman - Home (Muse). Another bargain bin Van Gelder pressing. These are turning out to be pretty fun - buy it for "Van Gelder" in the deadwax for a few dollars and take your chances. This one is one of the best ones yet. Never on CD either. Well worth picking up if you trip over it in some store.

ive never seen a vangelder cut as late as '88. so is the studio not being used much these last few decades? do you think after rudy passes it will become like a major studio again.

It's still being used but Rudy pretty much stopped cutting vinyl in the late 80's when most record labels dropped vinyl. I have plenty of CDs that were recorded at Rudy's place in the 90s and 00s.

[Chuck Nessa]

Bill Hardman - Home (Muse). Another bargain bin Van Gelder pressing. These are turning out to be pretty fun - buy it for "Van Gelder" in the deadwax for a few dollars and take your chances. This one is one of the best ones yet. Never on CD either. Well worth picking up if you trip over it in some store.

ive never seen a vangelder cut as late as '88. so is the studio not being used much these last few decades? do you think after rudy passes it will become like a major studio again.

It's still being used but Rudy pretty much stopped cutting vinyl in the late 80's when most record labels dropped vinyl. I have plenty of CDs that were recorded at Rudy's place in the 90s and 00s.

Fine recording but I bought it because of Hardman, Cook, etc back when it was released. The RVG connection was at least secondary.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Bill Hardman - Home (Muse). Another bargain bin Van Gelder pressing. These are turning out to be pretty fun - buy it for "Van Gelder" in the deadwax for a few dollars and take your chances. This one is one of the best ones yet. Never on CD either. Well worth picking up if you trip over it in some store.

ive never seen a vangelder cut as late as '88. so is the studio not being used much these last few decades? do you think after rudy passes it will become like a major studio again.

It's still being used but Rudy pretty much stopped cutting vinyl in the late 80's when most record labels dropped vinyl. I have plenty of CDs that were recorded at Rudy's place in the 90s and 00s.

Fine recording but I bought it because of Hardman, Cook, etc back when it was released. The RVG connection was at least secondary.

While I may have bought it on a whim for "Van Gelder" in the deadwax, the names certainly helped in this case. Turk Mauro & Jed Levy on the other hand...

[Chuck Nessa]

True.

[John Tapscott]