Paul Bley before 1970

[Late]

  On 1/19/2022 at 8:47 PM, colinmce said:

Both are excellent. If you're a fan of this music, I don't think you'd want to be without them. The retailer millionsofrecords.com has both for 5.99 and 4.99 respectively. 

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Thank you for bringing attention to these Bley records. I followed your lead and purchased both from millionsofrecords. Their packaging is excellent, and media mail didn't take as long as I thought it would. 

And the playing ... is fantastic. "St. Thomas" never sounded like that.

[felser]

  On 2/3/2022 at 3:39 AM, Late said:

Thank you for bringing attention to these Bley records. I followed your lead and purchased both from millionsofrecords. Their packaging is excellent, and media mail didn't take as long as I thought it would. 

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The guy who runs millionsofrecords used to run ebreggae, who had a good jazz selection.  He always did a good job in keeping cd and shipping prices low, packing well, and shipping promptly.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

only thing i have of him besides the bootleg lp with 2 cuts in montreal with Bird is the GNP west coast jazz lp with dave pike and lenny mcbrowne.  

Edited February 5, 2022 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[JSngry]

  On 2/5/2022 at 4:34 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

only thing i have of him besides the bootleg lp with 2 cuts in montreal with Bird is the GNP west coast jazz lp with dave pike and lenny mcbrowne.  

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Get the record with John Gilmore, connect them Ra dots.

[clifford_thornton]

Yup! 

And that date with Dave Pike is really strong.

[felser]

  On 2/5/2022 at 10:16 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Yup! 

And that date with Dave Pike is really strong.

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+1

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Oops I found more I have a esp sampler with a snippet 

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

It’s only a 30 sec clip but he sounds like Keith Jarrett on this - 

[JSngry]

  On 2/6/2022 at 3:04 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

It’s only a 30 sec clip but he sounds like Keith Jarrett on this - 

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It's the other way around.

[clifford_thornton]

Life Between The Exit Signs is a really good Paul Bley LP.

[Late]

  On 2/6/2022 at 7:34 PM, clifford_thornton said:

Life Between The Exit Signs is a really good Paul Bley LP.

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Just found it used! I didn't know that Bley had a chin beard though. 

[Teasing the Korean]

I have four Paul Bley albums, including Introducing Paul Bley, and also an album from 1970 in which he looks like a real hipster, with his sunglasses and cigarette smoke.  It was my first Paul Bley album, and the photo sealed the deal for me.  

[colinmce]

ezz-thetics has a volume of the Annette Peacock compositions from Ramblin, Blood and Mr. Joy. Makes for a great listen, but another missed opportunity to reissue the painfully rare "short" version of Blood in full. 

 

[mjazzg]

That is a great selection of tunes and performances, interesting idea

[Late]

  On 10/26/2022 at 6:43 PM, colinmce said:

Makes for a great listen, but another missed opportunity to reissue the painfully rare "short" version of Blood in full. 

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The Dutch Fontana Blood?

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Late

[colinmce]

  On 10/27/2022 at 4:12 PM, Late said:

The Dutch Fontana Blood?

 

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Yes, though both LPs called Blood were released on Fontana; technically one is called In Haarlem - Blood. That one has two long tracks and has been reissued extensively and cheaply on Arista-Freedom on both CD and LP. The other one with 10 shorter tracks (which the new ezz-thetics CD draws from) is much, much harder to come by. 

[Late]

  On 10/27/2022 at 6:30 PM, colinmce said:

Yes, though both LPs called Blood were released on Fontana; technically one is called In Haarlem - Blood. That one has two long tracks and has been reissued extensively and cheaply on Arista-Freedom on both CD and LP. The other one with 10 shorter tracks (which the new ezz-thetics CD draws from) is much, much harder to come by. 

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 Gotcha. So, this one:

Weird that it hasn't seen a reissue since 1990. At least the new ezz-thetics disc will have some of the tracks. Still, I agree, it would have been nice to see the whole album see a reissue.

[Late]

  On 10/26/2022 at 6:43 PM, colinmce said:

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Paul Bley Trios Play Annette Peacock

3/6        tracks from Ramblin’         (BYG)
5/10      tracks from Blood             (Fontana)
6/8        tracks from Mr. Joy          (Limelight)

[clifford_thornton]

  On 10/27/2022 at 6:30 PM, colinmce said:

Yes, though both LPs called Blood were released on Fontana; technically one is called In Haarlem - Blood. That one has two long tracks and has been reissued extensively and cheaply on Arista-Freedom on both CD and LP. The other one with 10 shorter tracks (which the new ezz-thetics CD draws from) is much, much harder to come by. 

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In Haarlem -- Blood was issued on International Polydor, while Blood was released on Fontana. Both were produced by Alan Bates.

[Late]

[JSngry]

  On 2/23/2025 at 6:49 PM, Late said:

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That's Savoy stuff, right?

Not sure about the release itself (or the increasing of the probability of rapture LOL), but the music is superb. Always has been, always will be.

[mhatta]

I think there are alternate takes of "King Korn" and "Around Again" from these sessions.  Why didn't they issue it?

[clifford_thornton]

I still don't understand chopping up these albums, which are already kind of a tangle, even further for the purpose of PD comps.

[T.D.]

  On 2/24/2025 at 3:06 AM, mhatta said:

I think there are alternate takes of "King Korn" and "Around Again" from these sessions.  Why didn't they issue it?

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Werner has a history of dropping tracks to make 2 original albums fit on a single ezz-thetics PD reissue. But at 64:41 playing time it looks like there was sufficient space to include the alternates here. Perhaps ezz-thetics didn't have access to the alternates?

[Simon8]

Some of my very favorite music. I'd be curious to hear if that sonic restoration makes a difference (anyone did the comparison with other ezz-thetics reissues?)