margolbe Posted November 17, 2004 Report Posted November 17, 2004 Hi, We all know what is coming in March. Any news of releases beyond March. Here are my candidates: Bobby Hutcherson: Oblique, Patterns, Happenings Jackie McLean: 'Bout Soul Lee Morgan: The Gigolo Hank Mobley: A Slice of the Top Grant Green: Sunday Mornin' Johnny Griffin: The Congregation Andrew Hill: Judgment, Smokestack Quote
Evonce Posted November 17, 2004 Report Posted November 17, 2004 A friend of mine recently emailed Blue Note, inquiring about future Andrew Hill RVGs, and their reply was that Smokestack (and Judgement, I think) were being considered for summer 2005. Can't wait, even tho I've still got the old connoisseur editions. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted November 17, 2004 Report Posted November 17, 2004 how about Jimmy Smith at the Club Baby Grand vols 1 &2. ? Quote
sidewinder Posted November 17, 2004 Report Posted November 17, 2004 'Oblique' and 'Happenings' are long overdue for reissue. Both gems. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 So what's the obligatory Horace Silver offering going to be this time? Quote
BruceH Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 So what's the obligatory Horace Silver offering going to be this time? I nominate Horace-scope!!! (Or Tokyo Blues; either one.) Quote
Guy Berger Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 More out of print Jackie Mac, Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson would be very welcome. Guy Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Seems like 'Oblique' should be a very high priority for being released, and available to the masses. It's my favorite of all of Hutch's BN dates, by some margin. How it sat in the vaults until the mid-70's is beyond me. Quote
davef Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Oblique is great too.. why not Back at The Chicken Shack and/or Midnight Special? Quote
Indestructible! Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 ... why not Back at The Chicken Shack and/or Midnight Special? Damn Straight! Would love to hear both of these in RVG! Cheers, Shane Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I agree! Either or both would be quite welcome here! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I must admit that margolbe's choice of A Slice of the Top would be a selfish choice for me as I sold mine not too long ago in a fit of insanity... Quote
Brandon Burke Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I have to imagine that they'd sell more copies of Jimmy Smith Open House/Plain Talk if it were remastered and, more importantly, didn't have that terrible artwork. For years I thought it was a session from the 80's... Quote
couw Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I must admit that margolbe's choice of A Slice of the Top would be a selfish choice for me as I sold mine not too long ago in a fit of insanity... I thought the sanity came in fits with you Quote
king ubu Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Huh? What's that ugly cover? Mine looks like this, and I think the cover is alright: Quote
sidewinder Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Looks like the 'Applause' reissue vinyl artwork. Typical 1970s taste low point.. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 If Jimmy Smith is up for reissue, how about some stuff that hasn't been out on US BN CD before - Plays Pretty, Plays Fats Waller, how about Lonesome Road, or the Trio with Lou Donaldson, where Smith plays piano on one track? Agree with Baby Grand, too, particularly if some additional stuff could be put on it. Mike Quote
jazzbo Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Personally I feel it's high time for more late forties early fifties stuff . . . Art Hodes would be fantastic! Quote
Stefan Wood Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Rollin with Leo And yes, another vote for Back at the Chicken Shack or even, Crazy Baby! Quote
Brandon Burke Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 If Jimmy Smith is up for reissue, how about some stuff that hasn't been out on US BN CD before - Plays Pretty, Plays Fats Waller, how about Lonesome Road, or the Trio with Lou Donaldson, where Smith plays piano on one track? Agree with Baby Grand, too, particularly if some additional stuff could be put on it. Mike I love the Plays Fats Waller record. So you won't hear a complaint from me. A high point in Rudy's engineering career in my opinion. As for King Ubu's comment: As I remember, the compact disc available in the States combines both sessions and has the cover I included earlier not the one used on the Open House LP. I have that and agree it's perfectly reasonable. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 As for King Ubu's comment: As I remember, the compact disc available in the States combines both sessions and has the cover I included earlier not the one used on the Open House LP. I have that and agree it's perfectly reasonable. Ubu's cover is correct. This is the BN cd for the combined lps. The cover you posted is the dreaded Applause item. Quote
bertrand Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 If Jimmy Smith is on the list, I would like the stuff with Mobley. The Mosaic box came and went too fast for me to react. Bertrand. Quote
Late Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Personally, I feel it's high time for more late forties - early fifties stuff ... Art Hodes would be fantastic! Agreed. I'd like to see some emphasis on this part of the Blue Note catalog as well ... but, unfortunately, I don't really see it happening in the RVG series. But if some of these earlier sessions were in the RVG series, they'd get a lot more attention! Cuscuna, now some time ago, let me know in a letter that The Big Beat and Here to Stay were likely RVG candidates for future reissue. When I suggested the "complete" Elmo Hope Blue Note sessions, he also responded positively (if not definitively). To my ears, the latest batch of RVG's were sonically very subpar, enough so that I've cooled on this series a fair bit. With the new 24-bit TOCJ's at 1500¥, my attention is overseas ... That, and I'm finally getting over a four-year bout with upgrade-itis. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 Rollin with Leo Not very likely. Aren't sales figures for the two Leo Parkers among the worst in the catalog?? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 18, 2004 Report Posted November 18, 2004 I must admit that margolbe's choice of A Slice of the Top would be a selfish choice for me as I sold mine not too long ago in a fit of insanity... I thought the sanity came in fits with you Bloop loop honk blatt tweet!!! Quote
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