JUNE PRESTIGE REISSUES - are they RVG's??

[robert h.]

Just noticed some new reissues from Prestige up on CD Universe for June 13 - looks like 6 titles - among them John Coltrane's Soultrane, and since that old warhorse has been done umpteen times, I'm wondering if this is another batch of Prestige RVG's....anybody know?

Hoping it is because Jack McDuff's Honeydripper with the great Jimmy Forrest and Lockjaw Davis' Cookbook Vol.1 are in the group - two killer titles.

[Claude]

This is the info form Jazzmatazz:

NEW John Coltrane - Soultrane (Prestige Records) June 6

— John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor (drums); recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1958; liner notes by Ira Gitler

NEW Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Cookbook, Vol. 1 (Prestige Records) June 6

NEW Miles Davis - Walkin' (Prestige Records) June 6

NEW Etta Jones - Don't Go To Strangers (Prestige Records) June 6

— Etta Jones (vocals); Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Robert Wyands (piano); Skeeter Best (guitar); George Duvivier (bass); Roy Haynes (drums); recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1960

NEW Jack McDuff - Honeydripper (Prestige Records) June 6

— Jack McDuff (organ); Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone); Grant Green (guitar); Ben Dixon (drums); 1961

http://jazzmatazz.home.att.net/upcomingcds.html

And the CD Universe link for Soultrane (not much info yet): http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7065702

As Soultrane has already been released as an OJC, K2 remaster, SACD (on MFSL), it has to be the RVG remaster. Same for "Walkin'". But I'm not so sure about the other titltes, since they are not amongst the most popular Fantasy titles.

Edited April 15, 2006 by Claude

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This is the info form Jazzmatazz:

NEW John Coltrane - Soultrane (Prestige Records) June 6

— John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Red Garland (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor (drums); recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1958; liner notes by Ira Gitler

NEW Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Cookbook, Vol. 1 (Prestige Records) June 6

NEW Miles Davis - Walkin' (Prestige Records) June 6

NEW Etta Jones - Don't Go To Strangers (Prestige Records) June 6

— Etta Jones (vocals); Frank Wess (tenor saxophone, flute); Robert Wyands (piano); Skeeter Best (guitar); George Duvivier (bass); Roy Haynes (drums); recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1960

NEW Jack McDuff - Honeydripper (Prestige Records) June 6

— Jack McDuff (organ); Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone); Grant Green (guitar); Ben Dixon (drums); 1961

http://jazzmatazz.home.att.net/upcomingcds.html

And the CD Universe link for Soultrane (not much info yet): http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7065702

As Soultrane has already been released as an OJC, K2 remaster, SACD (on MFSL), it has to be the RVG remaster. Same for "Walkin'". But I'm not so sure about the other titltes, since they are not amongst the most popular Fantasy titles.

The Davis, Jones and McDuff are amongst the most important Soul Jazz albums ever made. Good grief, is there hope for Concord?

MG

[robert h.]

Not only has Soultrane been released as an OJC, K2 remaster, and SACD (on MFSL) - it has also been released as a DCC gold disc, a JVC XRCD (twice), a mini-lp K2 from Japan and a High Definition super K2 mini-LP from Japan...and those are the ones I know about, there's probably more.

Surely this title has been far overdone, hence my suspicion that it must be an RVG.

Right - the McDuff and Lockjaw I know and both are soul jazz classics.

If these are RVG's there's lots of hope, particularly since they are only a few months removed from the first batch of Prestige RVG's (which were much more plentiful than the over conservative BN would offer).

[Shawn]

Keep 'em comin'!!!!!

[Brad]

I'm not familiar with the McDuff and Jones but will pick them up. Wasn't going to get the Jones but based on Magnificent's comment, count me in.

[CJ Shearn]

I burned the Honeydripper from emusic and made my own twofer with Tough Duff which I also d/l.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I'm not familiar with the McDuff and Jones but will pick them up. Wasn't going to get the Jones but based on Magnificent's comment, count me in.

Enjoy!

MG

[Shawn]

I would really like Concord to let Van Gelder re-master the complete Mintons recordings he did of the Lockjaw/Griffin Quintet. After all, he did the on location recording, so he should know what the tapes should sound like.

Edited April 19, 2006 by Shawn

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I would really like Concord to let Van Gelder re-master the complete Mintons recordings he did of the Lockjaw/Griffin Quintet. After all, he did the on location recording, so he should know what the tapes should sound like.

That would be nice, but I'd like a box of the complete Davis/Griffin recordings - a lot of which were on Jazzland so couldn't be RVGed. Well, I guess they could be, but it wouldn't be the same, would it?

MG