Aug 5th RVGs

[Soul Stream]

Grantstand for me. One of the all-time great organ sessions.

[Jazzmoose]

Indestructible for me; I already have Grandstand, and I'm cheap. I mean frugal!

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Indestructible for me;

Yes sir ....we're lovin' that Blakey like a mackerel!

[Brad]

Both Grantstand and Horace Silver Trio. Have the others although I might upgrade sonically on the Blakey. Have JRVGs of the others.

[connoisseur series500]

I'm not enthusiastic about any of them, but my vote goes to "Indestructible." Mine has a bunch of surface scratches which don't affect play but affect my sense of self-satisfaction whenever I look at them!

I will probably buy only three: "Indestructible," "our Man in Paris," and either the Silver or the Grant Green. I'm not upgrading just to have everything new. I'm keeping some of the older copies. I'm sick of spending money on remasterings.

[J Larsen]

I have all of these, so, as my cd budget is pretty tight these days, it will be a while before I pick up any of them. If I didn't have any of these, it would be a tossup between Grantstand and Indestructable, the later of which is one of my favortite Blakey albums.

[mgraham333]

I've been hoping, waiting for more Dex. That's the one I'm most looking forward to. But they're all on their way from CD Universe.

[Rooster_Ties]

I voted for "Grantstand", but like Conn500 - I'm not laying awake at night thinking of any of 'em.

And of the next batch of RVG's, "Mode For Joe" is the winner for me.

[wulfman]

Had to go with the Rollins, as I've never heard anything from this and I'm on a Rollins kick these days.

Any word on alternates/extra tracks for these sessions? I think there is one on Indestructible! if memory serves me

[reg]

Indestructible and Grantstand are the two i've not got. Indestructible gets my vote. nice set of rvgs. One Man in Paris is very good, worth it just for Dexter's solo on A Night in Tunisia

[Ed S]

I'll be picking up the Rollins and Blakey titles as I don't have either of them yet. I'm generally not an "upgrader" - too much other stuff to pick up.

[Gary]

Nothing on this list seems to stand out to me compared to the other RVG /Conn list - I voted for the Horace Silver .

You can never go wrong with a bit of Horace

[JohnS]

The Silver Trio for me. My vinyl isn't that good. Maybe "Indestructible", I'll have to check out my lp. I have the others on cd. Upgrading isn't that important to me unless additional tracks have been added.

[jazzbo]

I voted for the Silver, a very important title I have been waiting to be R V G'd. I have all the others, the Blakey has never been a favorite, I guess the second I would pick up might be the Trane or the Dex.

[king ubu]

went with the Blakey as it is the single one I don't have yet.

ubu

[brownie]

The Horace Silver Trio sides.

My BN Liberty LP (electronic stereo) needs a replacement.

I won't get the others in their reincarnations.

How many times and in how many different formats are they going to release Blue Train?

I bought the Ultimate Blue Train CD already because it had alternates. I still prefer

the original LP version. Those W63rd Street mono pressings were not bettered and the Blue

Note vinyls were magic. I must have played that LP thousands of times. My ears will

probably give up before that LP gets a better sound.

Don't want to sound like a sour grape. All those BN dates are great and should be

in everybody's collections.

[Shrdlu]

My Grantstand could use a sonic upgrade. Can't have too much Grant Green.

There is some audible tape deterioration on the JRVG of "Horace Silver Trio" which is not present on the old U.S. CD. (This damage had occurred in the 10 years or so between the issue of the two CDs.) This will obviously show up on the new RVG, so the TOCJ is the way to go if you want the best sound without tape problems, for the tracks that are on it. The RVG will, of course, have several tracks that weren't on the Japanese CDs or the LP.

[pryan]

I'll be picking up the Rollins and Blakey titles as I don't have either of them yet.  I'm generally not an "upgrader" - too much other stuff to pick up.

I'm not really into the upgrading thing either; I'd rather hear stuff that I've never heard before instead of "re-buying". BUT, I'll probably still pick up BLUE TRAIN, because I have the mid-eighties version that doesn't have any alternates. Hopefully the upgrade will be worth it sonically as well.

I didn't vote because I only have the last two (from the list) on cd, but I guess I'm most intrigued by the Horace Silver trio set.

BTW, I didn't think these were coming out so soon; it seems odd that BN would have two RVG "batches" in back-to-back months, followed by the October Conns. But, hey, I don't think any of us are complaining.

Edited July 22, 2003 by pryan

[jlhoots]

I have all of these on CD.

So - I'll save my money for some other items.

[scottb]

INDESTRUCTIBLE

I love the Blakey sessions with Curtis Fuller!

[marcoliv]

i voted for Horace Silver but Indestructible comes very close on my priority list.

i will get them all of course just to maintain my collection complete

peace

Marcus Oliveira

[Parkertown]

There is some audible tape deterioration on the JRVG of "Horace Silver Trio" which is not present on the old U.S. CD. (This damage had occurred in the 10 years or so between the issue of the two CDs.) This will obviously show up on the new RVG, so the TOCJ is the way to go if you want the best sound without tape problems, for the tracks that are on it. The RVG will, of course, have several tracks that weren't on the Japanese CDs or the LP.

How bad, or how long are these defects? What songs are affected? Because I was sure looking forward to this one.

Thanks for the tips!

[catesta]

Silver.

[jazzbo]

Parker, it's not that bad really as I remember! Won't spoil your ultimate enjoyment!

[skeith]

Calling Miss Khadija!!

Now that's one great blues head.