September 2007 RVGs

[monkboughtlunch]

Face to Face is a monster. Baby Face and Grant Green go together like bread and butter.

It was issued in 1997 domestically as a part of the Connoisseur series.

However, the 1997 Ron McMaster mastering of Face to Face is not one of his better efforts. Very bright and thin.

An JRVG of Face to Face was issued several years ago in Japan, but Rudy was in his "collapse to mono and hypercompress" remastering phase that marred many early JRVGs (and some domestic U.S. RVGs).

It is therefore with keen interest that I will be picking this up. I hope that this RVG is a brand new Rudy remastering as the overcompressed JRVG of this title is much worse than the thin McMaster crapola from 97. Keeping my fingers crossed that this will receive the sonic upgrade it deserves.

Edited September 1, 2007 by monkboughtlunch

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Face to Face is a monster. Baby Face and Grant Green go together like bread and butter.

It was issued in 1997 domestically as a part of the Connoisseur series.

However, the 1997 Ron McMaster mastering of Face to Face is not one of his better efforts. Very bright and thin.

An JRVG of Face to Face was issued several years ago in Japan, but Rudy was in his "collapse to mono and hypercompress" remastering phase that marred many early JRVGs (and some domestic U.S. RVGs).

It is therefore with keen interest that I will be picking this up. I hope that this RVG is a brand new Rudy remastering as the overcompressed JRVG of this title is much worse than the thin McMaster crapola from 97. Keeping my fingers crossed that this will receive the sonic upgrade it deserves.

I never compared them side by side, and it's ten years since I got it, and since I played the LP, but I'm sure the Conn sounds like my LP, but in stereo.

MG

[michel devos]

Face to Face is a monster. Baby Face and Grant Green go together like bread and butter.

It was issued in 1997 domestically as a part of the Connoisseur series.

However, the 1997 Ron McMaster mastering of Face to Face is not one of his better efforts. Very bright and thin.

An JRVG of Face to Face was issued several years ago in Japan, but Rudy was in his "collapse to mono and hypercompress" remastering phase that marred many early JRVGs (and some domestic U.S. RVGs).

It is therefore with keen interest that I will be picking this up. I hope that this RVG is a brand new Rudy remastering as the overcompressed JRVG of this title is much worse than the thin McMaster crapola from 97. Keeping my fingers crossed that this will receive the sonic upgrade it deserves.

I'm listening now to the japanese RVG issued in 1998 (minisleeve LP facsimile).While the sound stage is not wide, one can't say it is near mono, in my view. The stereo spacing is subtle, but real : that can esasily be checked using the mono /stereo switch.Since I bought this copy from Japan earlier this year, maybe it is still another remastering: it shows on the front cover a red band with white letters 24 bit by RVG-Limited edition in memory of Alfred Lion.

However, I would welcome any sonic improvement in a US RVG, this album really deserves it...By the way, this one let me to the discovery of the fantastic Fred Jackson's Hootin and Tootin'.Great!

[BruceH]

Gravy Train is a cool cd. I'd pick it up.

But just how much gravy is on that train? That is the question.

[Kalo]

Gravy Train is a cool cd. I'd pick it up.

But just how much gravy is on that train? That is the question.

A lot, my friend.

Enough to last a lifetime.

[BruceH]

Gravy Train is a cool cd. I'd pick it up.

But just how much gravy is on that train? That is the question.

A lot, my friend.

Enough to last a lifetime.

Wow. Maybe they should call it Gravy Warehouse.

[NaturalSoul]

So are they coming out the 11th or the 18th?

[Quincy]

So are they coming out the 11th or the 18th?

See the 1st post. Some on the 11th, some on the 25th.

[Teasing the Korean]

I almost always listen to Blue Note stuff in mono, so the narrowing of the spectrum is not an issue with me. All those recordings have a better balance in mono, to my ears at least.

[NaturalSoul]

So are they coming out the 11th or the 18th?

See the 1st post. Some on the 11th, some on the 25th.

From the CDUNIVERSE page - Scheduled to release Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Place your order today and be one of the first to receive this product when it arrives.

It also says the 18th on dustygroove.

[Quincy]

So are they coming out the 11th or the 18th?

See the 1st post. Some on the 11th, some on the 25th.

From the CDUNIVERSE page - Scheduled to release Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Place your order today and be one of the first to receive this product when it arrives.

Oh sorry. When I placed my pre-order at CDU (along with some Jazz Icons dvds) a few days ago it still had the 11th. Sounds like it's been delayed a week then.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Gravy Train is a cool cd. I'd pick it up.

But just how much gravy is on that train? That is the question.

A lot, my friend.

Enough to last a lifetime.

Wow. Maybe they should call it Gravy Warehouse.

It has the one and only Herman Foster on piano. So there's plenty of GREEEAAAASSSSE to go with the gravy.

MG

[NaturalSoul]

So are they coming out the 11th or the 18th?

See the 1st post. Some on the 11th, some on the 25th.

From the CDUNIVERSE page - Scheduled to release Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Place your order today and be one of the first to receive this product when it arrives.

Oh sorry. When I placed my pre-order at CDU (along with some Jazz Icons dvds) a few days ago it still had the 11th. Sounds like it's been delayed a week then.

hmmm..well let us know if you get it on the 11th or the 18th!

[Unk]

September RVGs are $6.99 at J&R.

[mgraham333]

September RVGs are $6.99 at J&R.

I only see 2 from the 9/25 batch.

[Unk]

September RVGs are $6.99 at J&R.

I only see 2 from the 9/25 batch.

Selfishly, I only checked the ones I wanted. Looks like they're better fixed for the 9/18s. Jimmy Smith from 9/25 batch.

http://www.jr.com/JRSectionView.process?di...6706&Ne=500

[mgraham333]

Thad Jones - The Magnificent Thad Jones is showing up on the Blue Note site as being part of the 9/18 batch.

CD Universe and J&R.com still show this as an import. Amazon.com appears to have it right.

[ASNL77]

Now that Fopp has disappeared, where do British board members get their RVGs from? Where is the best deal?

[BruceH]

Gravy Train is a cool cd. I'd pick it up.

But just how much gravy is on that train? That is the question.

A lot, my friend.

Enough to last a lifetime.

Wow. Maybe they should call it Gravy Warehouse.

It has the one and only Herman Foster on piano. So there's plenty of GREEEAAAASSSSE to go with the gravy.

MG

Sounds unhealthy.

[sidewinder]

Now that Fopp has disappeared, where do British board members get their RVGs from? Where is the best deal?

Check out the super-duper Jazz CD shop in Bath. Around £6 a shot !

[ASNL77]

Now that Fopp has disappeared, where do British board members get their RVGs from? Where is the best deal?

Check out the super-duper Jazz CD shop in Bath. Around £6 a shot !

Do you mean the Music matters shop in a tiny alley? I haven't been there for ages but £6 is a good deal.

[sidewinder]

Now that Fopp has disappeared, where do British board members get their RVGs from? Where is the best deal?

Check out the super-duper Jazz CD shop in Bath. Around £6 a shot !

Do you mean the Music matters shop in a tiny alley? I haven't been there for ages but £6 is a good deal.

Yes, Yves - Jonathan (who took over after Mike, the previous owner) has quite a few of the recent ones on display at £6. Great shop - we are lucky to have it on the 'doorstep'.

[A slice of the top]

I went through hell and back here in Chi-city to get some of this new batch this afternoon, release day. Without Tower and Virgin, the city is in sore need of a jazz oasis. Borders on State is horrible, FYE (let's not even go there) and even Jazz Record Mart didn't have the Willette. JRM had nothing! At the Borders on State I scored with KD's "Afro Cuban", "Gravy Train" and "Takin' Off" but they didn't have Baby Face! The guy working the floor says they are usually only shipped one copy! And according to the floor guys at JRM, EMI releases "always" arrive a day late. Maybe so, but if I were a jazz record shop, I'd get on the horn to EMI and find out why Borders has the RVGs on the Tuesday they are supposed to come out while I don't. I finally got my Willette at the Borders in Oak Park, but this was way more effort and schlepping around the city than I wanted to do after work on a Tuesday. Nevertheless, I am pleased as punch, especially with the Willette (at both Borders there was also an apparently newly re-released version of "Behind the Eight Ball" and "Mo Rock" on a single disc from Groove Hut Records). Still next time I will order through CD universe or Amazon. The effort wasn't worth having it 24 hours before the rest of my boys have their copies from online orders.

Bottom line though this stuff is great. It is great to finally have "Afro-Cuban" on CD and I'm enjoying "Takin' Off" for the first time. And I finally have some Fred Jackson in the collection! He is truly hootin' and tootin' on this Willette.

[MoGreensPlease]

Still next time I will order through CD universe or Amazon. The effort wasn't worth having it 24 hours before the rest of my boys have their copies from online orders.

Arrived from CDU this morning and all is well in the jazz world. I should think about scoring Takin' Off, but it'll be a long while before I take Magnificent Thad out of the CD player!

JRM has been more miss than hit over the last year. They're pretty bad about keeping new releases in stock... but they have a ton of $30+ imports that no one will buy.

[six string]

Still next time I will order through CD universe or Amazon. The effort wasn't worth having it 24 hours before the rest of my boys have their copies from online orders.

Arrived from CDU this morning and all is well in the jazz world. I should think about scoring Takin' Off, but it'll be a long while before I take Magnificent Thad out of the CD player!

JRM has been more miss than hit over the last year. They're pretty bad about keeping new releases in stock... but they have a ton of $30+ imports that no one will buy.

I picked up the Magnificent Thad yesterday and put it on while cooking dinner. It finished while we were eating and I just went over and pushed play again! With all my anticiaption of this release (I had never heard it), it still blew me away.