AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) Dial Soap has just announced that they are reissuing the Charlie Parker California recordings in both original mono and remastered stereo. Apparently Ross Russell did some early experimentation, and panned the band to once side and Bird to the other, revealing many hitherto unknown personal details about the alto genius: one can hear him coughing in several places; in others he is making phone calls to his drug connection, and in still others he is arranging dates with hip white Chicks. the recordings will be housed in a box shaped like a laundry soap container, with a narrow spout shaped like a syringe. There will be separate boxes for scented and unscented. Edited September 14, 2009 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Dial Soap has just announced that they are reissuing the Charlie Parker California recordings in both original mono and remastered stereo. Apparently Ross Russell did some early experimentation, and panned the band to once side and Bird on the other, revealing many hitherto unknown personal details about the alto genius: one can hear him coughing in several places; in others he is making phone calls to his drug connection, and in still others he is arranging dates with hip white Chicks. the recordings will be housed in a box shaped like a laundry soap container, with a narrow spout shaped like a syringe. There will be separate boxes for scented and unscented. Where do I go to get it? Back of the store? The front of the store is filled with Beatles mono boxes blocking my way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 You missed the endcap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Allen had me going for a second there and it's not April fools day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 it's actually in housewares - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 it's actually in housewares - Why didn't they cross-license his Savoy Truffle recordings for a complete set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 mmmmm.....truffles................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Dial Soap has just announced that they are reissuing the Charlie Parker California recordings in both original mono and remastered stereo. Apparently Ross Russell did some early experimentation, and panned the band to once side and Bird to the other, revealing many hitherto unknown personal details about the alto genius: one can hear him coughing in several places; in others he is making phone calls to his drug connection, and in still others he is arranging dates with hip white Chicks. the recordings will be housed in a box shaped like a laundry soap container, with a narrow spout shaped like a syringe. There will be separate boxes for scented and unscented. I pre-ordered it, and also ordered it, and it should be arriving this afternoon, and I'm also going to buy it during my lunch break today (I'm having a tuna sandwich and some Doritos (sour cream and onion) on the way over, and I'll probably stop and get a diet Pepsi if I have time... I also have to make a separate stop to pick up some unwaxed dental floss and a new flyswatter). I have a coupon, and a store credit that I've had since 2006 when I traded in some JRVG's that I had upgraded to JRVG's (see my previous posts), and I have some extra cash that I got from selling some obi strips with imperfections on them. Anyway, I heard a preview copy at my sister's ex-boyfriend's (long story, I'll explain later) accountant's brother's house, and the mono versions sounded STUPENDOUS. The stereo versions also sounded STUPENDOUS. I'm not even sure which versions I prefer, but I don't think I'll ever need to buy this material again.... will I? When do you guys think this stuff might get remastered again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 even better, the first 100 sold will be signed by Bird himself - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Will the mono recordings be based on the 2003 mix or the 1983 (to my mind definitive) mix? And will there be a computer game where you can join in playing across the barline and simulate eating three chicken dinners whilst drinking gallons of alcohol and imbibing other substances? If so...awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 actually, these will the ALTERNATE alternate takes, takes so obscure that not even Phil Schaap knows about them - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of the stereo box. I have to say that the mix is stunning - very clean and fresh, with a lovely fragrance. And no soapy film on my speakers, like previous issues have left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 actually, these will the ALTERNATE alternate takes, takes so obscure that not even Phil Schaap knows about them - and i've been told schaap actually discovered them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) they had somehow ended up in his rectum - and were discovered during a recent colonoscopy - he was quite relieved, as he'd thought he had polyps - until he remembered finding them at a yard sale and ingesting them to keep them from other collectors- Edited September 14, 2009 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedR Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I disagree about the comments about the mix. I've always found Dial to be rather harsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 than you should definitely pick up the unscented version of this - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 I guess this means that I can stop dreaming about the Analogue Productions 45-rpm re-issues. :angry: :angry: DAMN!!! I mean, was a 5.1 mix too much to ask??? And then people wonder why the recording industry is in the crapper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 quite literally - see my post prior to my last post - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Charlie Parker ruined jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 they had somehow ended up in his rectum - and were discovered during a recent colonoscopy - he was quite relieved, as he'd thought he had polyps - until he remembered finding them at a yard sale and ingesting them to keep them from other collectors- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 But the SACD version of this will save jazz, even though no one will buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 See Allen's prior post prior to his prior prior post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 no, I think it's the one prior to that - recent quote from Phil Schaap about these discoveries: "Thank god they weren't transcription discs or I'd be dead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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