Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 (edited) I just got the planned RVG titles for this summer. I know a lot of people have wanted "Here To Stay" and there it sits! FWIW, I am so glad to see Mobley's "Another Workout" coming back into print and Lee Morgan's "The Cooker" has some killer Pepper Adams. The titles are... drum roll please... AUGUST Donald Byrd – Royal Flush Kenny Dorham – Trompeta Toccata Johnny Griffin – The Congregation (includes bonus track) Lee Morgan – The Cooker (bonus track) Hank Mobley – Another Workout Ike Quebec – It Might As Well Be Spring SEPTEMBER Donald Byrd – Off To The Races Freddie Hubbard – Here To Stay Bobby Hutcherson – Happenings Jackie McLean – Demon’s Dance Lee Morgan – City Lights Horace Silver – Doin’ The Thing At The Village Gate (includes bonus tracks) I have "Trompeta Toccata", "The Congregation", "The Cooker" and "Doin' The Thing At The Village Gate" (I think) on Japanese RVGs. All of them sound very good. I once owned the Japanese RVG of "Demon's Dance" and I thought it sounded like AM radio. We'll see if this new version gets it right. Kevin Edited March 17, 2006 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote
scottb Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 What!!! No FREEP? If the next batch of RVGs doesn't include the FREEP, I'm going to set myself on FIRE!! Quote
Hank Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Thanks for the info, Kevin. I'm glad to see the Silver/Village Gate coming around. Quote
scottb Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 I only have a couple of these titles so I'm looking forward to a lot of new music! Quote
Joe Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Donald Byrd – Royal Flush Its about time. IMO, Byrd's finest recording as a leader. Quote
Clunky Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Donald Byrd – Royal Flush Its about time. IMO, Byrd's finest recording as a leader. I forget is this one on the Byrd/Adams Mosaic Quote
BeBop Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Silver at the Village Gate. Great stuff. Fortunately, I've got just about everything else covered. My wallet heaves a sigh of relief. Quote
robviti Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Donald Byrd – Royal Flush Its about time. IMO, Byrd's finest recording as a leader. I forget is this one on the Byrd/Adams Mosaic yes Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 What, no Jimmy Smith?? Phew! I'm definitely in for the Mobley, Hubbard, Morgan (City Lights) & Silver!!!!!! Quote
BruceH Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 (edited) Ooo! I've been waiting for them to RVG Royal Flush. Nice! I've already got most of these, but may buy a lot just on general principals. If they can manage not to screw up the covers, that is. Edited March 17, 2006 by BruceH Quote
ep1str0phy Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 DEMON'S DANCE! It's about time... (psyched about the Griffin getting RVG'd, too). Quote
HolyStitt Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Nice to have some of these available again. I haven't heard most of these titles for years. I will need to buy Happenings, Trompeta Toccata, and Another Workout on the first day. Quote
Quincy Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Because of the way the folks at Penguin do things not a one has a review in the latest book. (No, I don't feel that dependent on their reviews, especially given how great Tomcat is compared to their 2 1/2 stars, just pointing it out that's all. Hee hee hee.) It's starting to be a habit now to say "Well, thanks to the Mosaic I won't be getting..." But I'm looking forward to a quite a few of these. And it's great that It Might As Well Be Spring is back in print again! Quote
Kari S Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Mobley's Another Workout sounds exactly like that, just a *yawn* another blowing session. If I may so bold to say, one of the dullest sessions I've heard. Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Looking good. Massive opening of the wallet is ahead. Quote
marcoliv Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Trompeta Toccata, Here To Stay, Another Workout & Demon's Dance Marcus Quote
Evonce Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 I'll be getting the Dorham and Hutch for sure. Probably the Jackie as well. I get giddy whenever these RVG batches are announced. www.jazzshelf.org Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 I've already got all of the sessions either on domestic or Japanese versions. Probably won't upgrade many, but I do believe the domestic recording of "Here to Stay" could do a makover. Here we go again with an RVGs of Conn titles: Congregation and "It Might as Well be Spring." I've got a JRVG of the latter, so won't buy the RVG; but "Congregation" definitely needed some RVG treatment. I'll upgrade that one. Happy enough with all the others, though I might buy the "Demon Dance" to compare it with my JRVG. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Posted March 18, 2006 Mobley's Another Workout sounds exactly like that, just a *yawn* another blowing session. If I may so bold to say, one of the dullest sessions I've heard. Couldn't disagree with you more on this one. There are days when I prefer "Another Workout" over "Workout". The 1960-63 era Mobley Blue Notes are my favorite and this one fits in perfectly. He was still blowing that hard bop but he was getting funky. I prefer it over the Mosaic material. Mobley's Savoy and Prestige sessions sound like blowing sessions to me. Kevin Quote
J.A.W. Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Mobley's Another Workout sounds exactly like that, just a *yawn* another blowing session. If I may so bold to say, one of the dullest sessions I've heard. Couldn't disagree with you more on this one. There are days when I prefer "Another Workout" over "Workout". The 1960-63 era Mobley Blue Notes are my favorite and this one fits in perfectly. He was still blowing that hard bop but he was getting funky. I prefer it over the Mosaic material. Mobley's Savoy and Prestige sessions sound like blowing sessions to me. Kevin And I couldn't agree more with you, Kevin. I still have those Prestiges, in the separate Japanese K2 versions, but I might be tempted to sell them Quote
Big Al Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Donald Byrd – Royal Flush - from the Mosaic. Probably my favorite Byrd session! Lee Morgan – The Cooker (bonus track) - nice to see some 50's Mogie getting the RVG treatment. Hell, for that matter it's nice to see ANY 50's material getting the RVG upgrade. Hank Mobley – Another Workout - does anyone have the track listing for this? Wasn't it just four songs, plus "Three Coins in the Fountain?" I mean, I'm still gonna get it eventually, but it seems like it would've been nicer just to put these songs on "Workout!" Donald Byrd – Off To The Races - another from the Mosaic, another great one! Jackie Mac KILLS on this one! Freddie Hubbard – Here To Stay - this oughta be worth hearing! Bobby Hutcherson – Happenings - another one I'm looking forward to hearing, especially since Oblique came out! Jackie McLean – Demon’s Dance - in COMPLETE agreement with Kevin on this one! Lee Morgan – City Lights - see above comments on The Cooker Horace Silver – Doin’ The Thing At The Village Gate (includes bonus tracks) - another one I was hoping would be released! This is my favorite Silver group! Wow, SEVEN from these batches. This'll break me AGAIN! (Not gonna buy the Byrd titles, but just wanted to encourage those who missed the Mosaic to pick these up!) Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 18, 2006 Author Report Posted March 18, 2006 Hank Mobley – Another Workout - does anyone have the track listing for this? Wasn't it just four songs, plus "Three Coins in the Fountain?" I mean, I'm still gonna get it eventually, but it seems like it would've been nicer just to put these songs on "Workout!" The CD has 6 tracks, totalling 42:50. They are: Out of Joe's Bag (Mobley) 5:07 I Should Care (Cohn-Stardahl-Weston) 7:44 Gettin' And Jettin' (Mobley) 7:46 Hank's Other Soul (Mobley) 8:44 Hello Young Lovers (Rogers-Hammerstein) 8:06 Three Coins In A Fountain (Styne-Cahn) 5:21 Three Mobley originals with Hank, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe? The Kelly/Chambers rhythm section was on "Peckin' Time", Soul Station". "Roll Call" and "Workout". The three of them were Miles' backing band at the time. I don't see how this could be considered an off-the-cuff blowing session. Jackie McLean – Demon’s Dance - in COMPLETE agreement with Kevin on this one! Well, I didn't rave about this one, if that's what you mean. I merely commented that the Japanese RVG CD sounded weird to my ears. As for the music, it's not one of my favorite McLean dates but I wouldn't dump it. Kevin Quote
ejp626 Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 I have many of these, but not the Silver Doin' the Thing or the Hubbard and Another Workout only on LP. Still am looking forward to them. It does seem like almost everything in the vaults comes back around some time or other. Maybe if I had known that I wouldn't have gotten some of these at outrageous import prices. Oh well ... Quote
Guy Berger Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Jeez, I am so behind on RVGs. Hutch and Jackie are easily at the top of the want-list, but there are at least 4 or 5 other ones that I will have to pick up at some point. Guy Quote
BruceH Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Mobley's Another Workout sounds exactly like that, just a *yawn* another blowing session. If I may so bold to say, one of the dullest sessions I've heard. I like it, though. But that's just me being dull. Quote
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