MomsMobley Posted July 21, 2010 Report Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) Although it's not yet re-re-re-re-re-re-re-released on XRCD or as 12" 45 RPM, and while it's unlikely to make your "interconnects" harder, thicker, longer or-- and this is key-- more "transparent," I'm sure there are Organauts who are interested in this set from the Off The Record wing of Archeophone, whom we know and love for their King Oliver set a few years back-- Cabaret Echoes Most of us will have some or even most of these cuts in other forms but not all, I doubt. Seems a very worthy purchase but I'm curious what other think. I don't have this in hand myself yet so can't comment. I can say that EVERYONE reading this should listen to William Albright performing Scott Joplin as often as possible. Thank you. Moms Edited July 21, 2010 by MomsMobley Quote
kenny weir Posted July 21, 2010 Report Posted July 21, 2010 (edited) Addressed here: For mine, the spoken word tracks truly stuff the whole thing up. What were they thinking? If included, they should have been put together - separately. It's all well and good to be ambitious, but in this case little thought seems to have been given to those wanting to play the set on a regular basis. I have found myself already reaching for other sets on which I have the tracks. This one'll be gathering dust before too long ... Edited July 21, 2010 by kenny weir Quote
Harold_Z Posted July 21, 2010 Report Posted July 21, 2010 Yeah...how many times can you listen to a commentary - even a good one. My solution was to burn just the music to a cdr, Quote
MomsMobley Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Posted July 21, 2010 Oh! Thanks for the thoughts, Kenny. And like Harold, I'd probably make a cd-r excluding the interviews, which seem like they'd have been better placed as an appendix at the end of the disc. Maybe I'll hold off on this and get the Archeophone Sophie Tucker set instead. Quote
Harold_Z Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 The sound on the Archeophone Caberet Echoes is noticeably better than other issues I've heard of this material - even JRT Davies issues.It's a great disc to have. Quote
kenny weir Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Could be that the programming and approach taken may be more of a selling point to the average Archeophone fan/customer, rather than hardcore jazz nuts who have some, much or all of the tunes already. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 I can't imagine anyone wanting to repeat that program with commentary. Quote
papsrus Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Had disc 1 on just now. Some tasty stuff. The two Hightowers Nighthawks' tracks that wrap up the disc -- 'Boar Hog Blues' and 'Squeeze Me' -- have such a perfectly relaxed feel. So nice. Johnny De Droit's 'Brown Eyes' with Rudolph Levy's (alto) solo is wonderful as well. The quick little vignettes don't bother me too much. FF on the remote. Quote
Hoppy T. Frog Posted July 25, 2010 Report Posted July 25, 2010 The Kid Ory stuff is so, so good. Also Moms, the Sophie Tucker is fun, but maybe not something I'd listen to for pleasure. I bought it more because my historical interest was piqued by the parts of Allan's Devilin Tune series about the intersection of Broadway and "hot" music. Quote
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