CTI reissues: box-set, 1971 concert, single titles

[Peter Johnson]

CJ--I meant for the cases, not the CD's. Thanks!

The link won't load for me Peter, but I just try to pull the discs out very carefully with minimal damage

[CJ Shearn]

Oh!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about that! I would think mini LP size sleeves that fit gatefolds would work.

[ShowsOn]

New listings! CDImports has them all listed at $7.89 each for release on August 9th:

Airto - Fingers:

http://www.ctimasterworks.com/music/fingers

Clips here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/fingers-r134350

Joe Farrell - Outback

http://www.ctimasterworks.com/music/outback

Clips here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/outback-r138582

Randy Weston - Blue Moses

http://www.ctimasterworks.com/music/blue-moses

Clips here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-moses-r150066

Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - A Wilder Alias

http://www.ctimasterworks.com/music/wilder-alias

Clips here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-wilder-alias-r68675

Edited July 11, 2011 by ShowsOn

[jazzbo]

Now they're talking. I'm down for the Farrell and Weston; I have the Airto in Japanese form.

[ShowsOn]

Now they're talking. I'm down for the Farrell and Weston; I have the Airto in Japanese form.

If it is an album you really like it may be worth getting the Masterworks version because it will be from the master tapes, whereas those Japanese versions are from copy tapes.

[jazzbo]

The Japanese version sounds great, is a beautiful gatefold lp facsimile (hard cardboard) and I don't play this that often.

I have the Weston in Japanese form as well, but it's an earlier version in jewel case, I figure this new one will be an upgrade.

Edited July 12, 2011 by jazzbo

[felser]

Now they're talking. I'm down for the Farrell and Weston; I have the Airto in Japanese form.

With you on the Farrell and Weston. That's my favorite Farrell album by a long stretch. Quite a rhythm section (Chick Corea, Buster Williams, Elvin Jones, Airto).

Edited July 13, 2011 by felser

[Big Al]

{{{sigh}}} This just gets better and better!!! And I still have yet to pick up the last batch of reissues!

[Teasing the Korean]

Glad to hear that they've given in to my incessant demand for Jackie and Roy's "A Wilder Alias." This album is unbelievable, unlike any other Jackie and Roy album, and a must have for anyone who is into insane 70s grooves.

[ShowsOn]

My copies of Outback, Fingers and Blue Moses shipped form ImportCDs over night.

[Peter]

Has Joe Farrell's Quartet been reissued by CTI?

[Head Man]

Has Joe Farrell's Quartet been reissued by CTI?

No, not yet.

[ShowsOn]

Has Joe Farrell's Quartet been reissued by CTI?

No, not yet.

I hope it is in the mix! Follow Your Heart is one of my favourite tracks on the entire Cool Revolution compilation.

I have bought the Joe Farrell reissues on Wounded Bird, Canned Funk, Penny Arcade and Upon this Rock. Some of the tracks are good, but the sound quality is crappy. They sound like from copy tapes and they have been compressed to hell in the mastering.

[ShowsOn]

I promised I'd upload some comparisons of different CTI CDs with the same parts of the same songs taken from different sources. Here they are:

Here are some comparisons of the same sections of songs taken from different CTI CDs:

Airto - The Best of Epic / Legacy CD V CTI The Cool Revolution Masterworks Compilation:

Tombo in 7/4:

http://www.mediafire.com/?844h1ll4yqc80yp

George Benson - Body Talk Epic / Legacy CD V CTI Masterworks CD:

Body Talk:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4ht49rt18th5t41

Jim Hall - Concerto Epic / Legacy CD V The Cool Revolution Masterworks Compilation:

Concierto de Aranjuez

http://www.mediafire.com/?cg2arj2dzhsnz4j

George Benson - Body Talk Epic / Legacy CD V CTI Masterworks CD

Dance:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jcezxpdrt5s9baz

Milt Jackson - Sunflower Epic / Legacy CD V CTI Masterworks CD

For Someone I Love:

http://www.mediafire.com/?cwavbnfesfdmqw2

Johnny Hammond - Breakout Epic / Legacy CD V The Cool Revolution Masterworks Compilation:

It's Too Late:

http://www.mediafire.com/?6kd2ty6avric0d2

Freddie Hubbard - The Best of Epic / Legacy CD V Red Clay Epic / Legacy V Red Clay CTI Masterworks CD:

Red Clay:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ppi53729oncc46g

Stanley Turrentine - Salt Song Epic / Legacy CD V The Cool Revolution CTI Masterworks Compilation.

Salt Song:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ey4s39w1x31qr9m

George Benson - Beyond the Blue Horizon Epic / Legacy CD V CTI Masterworks CD:

So What

http://www.mediafire.com/?cgscpb85buz577r

Stanley Turrentine - The Best of Epic / Legacy CD V The Cool Revolution CTI Masterworks compilation:

Speedball:

http://www.mediafire.com/?cvwrc5dc7qcrbpw

Stanley Turrentine - Sugar Epic / Legacy CD V The Cool Revolution CTI Masterworks CD:

Sugar:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3vodjanvuhp9mba

Freddie Hubbard - First Light Epic / Legacy CD V CTI Masterworks CD:

First Light:

http://www.mediafire.com/?skoc4zyxcs5n975

My over all impression is that the CTI Masterworks releases are over all the best sounding CTI CDs I own.

If you really like an album it IS worth upgrading to the CTI Masterworks version.

[crisp]

Amazon US is listing the next batch for October 4:

Wild Horses Rock Steady by Johnny Hammond Smith

Don't You Worry Bout a Thing by Hank Crawford

Mama Wailer by Lonnie Smith

Performance by Esther Phillips

[ShowsOn]

Amazon US is listing the next batch for October 4:

Wild Horses Rock Steady by Johnny Hammond Smith

Don't You Worry Bout a Thing by Hank Crawford

Mama Wailer by Lonnie Smith

Performance by Esther Phillips

Meh, don't know if I will bother getting any of these.

[felser]

Amazon US is listing the next batch for October 4:

Wild Horses Rock Steady by Johnny Hammond Smith

Don't You Worry Bout a Thing by Hank Crawford

Mama Wailer by Lonnie Smith

Performance by Esther Phillips

Meh, don't know if I will bother getting any of these.

While I'm not particularly excited about these specific titles, I'm glad to see that they are reaching beyond "the usual suspects" for the titles they reissue. Would like to see JHS's 'Higher Ground' and Hubbard's 'Keep Your Soul Together' make it out.

[JSngry]

Mama Wailer by Lonnie Smith

Marvin Cabell alert!

[ShowsOn]

Received Fingers, Outback and Blue Moses today. As with all these Masterworks releases, the sound quality is very good (no idiotic compression, and only a tiny bit of limiting on a few tracks).

The music is great too. Elvin Jones is brilliant on Outback! Blue Moses is quite a surprise, it is almost like orchestral jazz.

[Chicago Expat]

Amazon US is listing the next batch for October 4:

Wild Horses Rock Steady by Johnny Hammond Smith

Don't You Worry Bout a Thing by Hank Crawford

Mama Wailer by Lonnie Smith

Performance by Esther Phillips

Meh, don't know if I will bother getting any of these.

While I'm not particularly excited about these specific titles, I'm glad to see that they are reaching beyond "the usual suspects" for the titles they reissue. Would like to see JHS's 'Higher Ground' and Hubbard's 'Keep Your Soul Together' make it out.

+1 on that. I definitely understand a label wanting to reissue albums that made them money and/or prestige in the first place, but I definitely appreciate when they go further back into the closet when they're looking for titles to select.

Edited August 31, 2011 by Chicago Expat

[ShowsOn]

Joe Farrell Outback is first rate. It really shows how crappy the sound quality is on the Farrell albums Wounded Bird put out.

Pretty sad that Wounded Bird got them, cos now CTI Masterworks probably won't bother with them. I hope they at least put the first one, Quartet out.

[Big Al]

Amazon US is listing the next batch for October 4:

Wild Horses Rock Steady by Johnny Hammond Smith

Don't You Worry Bout a Thing by Hank Crawford

Mama Wailer by Lonnie Smith

Performance by Esther Phillips

Meh, don't know if I will bother getting any of these.

While I'm not particularly excited about these specific titles, I'm glad to see that they are reaching beyond "the usual suspects" for the titles they reissue. Would like to see JHS's 'Higher Ground' and Hubbard's 'Keep Your Soul Together' make it out.

+1 on that. I definitely understand a label wanting to reissue albums that made them money and/or prestige in the first place, but I definitely appreciate when they go further back into the closet when they're looking for titles to select.

Not sure I'll get any of these, but you never know. I too am glad SMW is reaching beyond the usual titles.

[Teasing the Korean]

Anyone pick up "A Wilder Alias" yet? That is an under-the-radar gem.

[Big Al]

Not yet, but I'm going to hopefully sooner than later!

[ShowsOn]

I think the pick out of this bunch is Blue Moses. The only weird thing is the astonishingly compressed sound of the horn section (in the left channel). It sounds like the horn section in The Beatles' song Got To Get You Into My Life!

But this is in complete contrast the amazing wide open sound of Hubbard's solos. Hell, maybe that's why RVG recorded it like that to set the soloist off from the other horns? Grover Washington Jr gets some great solos too.

More great music. This week I also found an second hand CBS CTI CD of Stanley Turrentine's album Cherry for $5 which is nice, but of course nowhere as essential as Sugar.