mikeweil Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 better start with the Gregorian chants, than. Oh, I have plenty of these already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 5, 2011 Report Share Posted December 5, 2011 Picked this up based on the mention here, and it's a very nice reissue, not unusual for Ace reissues. Really glad the Howlin' Wolf Hip-O Select is out. I hope a second volume is available soon. Bought the Crown lp in high school - got the Ace cd about 6 years ago. This stuff is priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Wood Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Received my set today. Yeah, this is FINE music!!!! I have no problems with the sound (listening thru a tube integrated, if that matters, which in my opinion, doesn't). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 This looks interesting - I have all of this except some of the alternates in one form or another, but that includes the old Syndicate Chapter LP that collected some of the early Chess singles with awful sound and the old Charly 'Legendary Sun Performers' LP. I like the mastering on the Muddy Waters Hip-O so this should be good, much better than the 1980s Chess CDs of the same material. I listen on a 20+ year old stereo setup and the new CDs sound better than the old ones, actually the best sounding Wolf I have is an LP copy of Evil that was actually a 1969 reissue of Moanin at Midnight with a new cover and title (that really confused me when I found this in a used LP store 25 years ago). I do wish they had extended it beyond 1960, some of my favorite Wolf is the singles from 1960-65. The best thing would be a remaster of the old 'Rocking Chair' album - the 2 fer 1 CD with Moanin at Midnight from 1986 has terrible sound and most cuts from Rocking Chaair are not on this Hip-O set. I don't have that Ace CD, but I have the early 90s US CD with most (or all) of the same material, also the really old Kent LP with the jug on the cover that has some of these RPM cuts. I will have to jump on this soon - the Little Walter Hip-O went out of print before I had a chance to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Great set and we can wait for volume 2. The sound is compressed, just like the original singles. Live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) Great set and we can wait for volume 2. The sound is compressed, just like the original singles. Live with it. I'll decide whether or not to live with it, if you don't mind. I don't need orders from you. Edited December 13, 2011 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Great set and we can wait for volume 2. The sound is compressed, just like the original singles. Live with it. I'll decide whether or not to live with it, if you don't mind. I don't need orders from you. I did not send this message to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Great set and we can wait for volume 2. The sound is compressed, just like the original singles. Live with it. I'll decide whether or not to live with it, if you don't mind. I don't need orders from you. I did not send this message to you. Whatever. Say hello to the others on my ignore list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I don't mind compressed sound, I will be happy with no 'reprocessed stereo' or dubs from scratchy 78s/45s. Just the fact that something like this exists is amazing to me, I remember how exciting it was in the mid 1980s when the Chess LP 'His Greatest Sides Volume 1" came out with session info, notes and good clean sound from masters after dealing with the lousy sound of Wolf on 'French Chess', Charly, Syndicate Chapter etc. Unfortunately no volume 2 of that LP ever appeared - I hope we get a volume 2 for this set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 is it compressed or rolled off? Did they use compressors in the '50s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 is it compressed or rolled off? Did they use compressors in the '50s? It can result in the same thing. That's how they mastered 45s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Great set and we can wait for volume 2. The sound is compressed, just like the original singles. Live with it. I'll decide whether or not to live with it, if you don't mind. I don't need orders from you. I did not send this message to you. Whatever. Say hello to the others on my ignore list. You really want to block my posts because of an imagined insult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Great set and we can wait for volume 2. The sound is compressed, just like the original singles. Live with it. I'll decide whether or not to live with it, if you don't mind. I don't need orders from you. I did not send this message to you. Whatever. Say hello to the others on my ignore list. You really want to block my posts because of an imagined insult? No, your "live with it" remark was just the last straw. Anyway, I'm not going to discuss that here. Edited December 14, 2011 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I love the sound of good '50s recordings with real room sound and just a nice group around a few microphones into a nice machine like an Ampex, no noise reduction. Those Chess things (and even the early things Sam Phillips did of Wolf) just sound so 'natural,' whatever that means. The best discovery I made in recent years was that my living room has a sound not unlike whatever they were using at Chess. A little resonance but not too bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I love that sound too. Really helps connect you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'd like to get a copy after the holidays, I've been listening to the Wolf a lot lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeith Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 The title of this set proclaims it is the the complete Chess MASTERS right? My brief perusal of the box shows a lot of alternate takes - those aren't masters are they? Or what am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 The title of this set proclaims it is the the complete Chess MASTERS right? My brief perusal of the box shows a lot of alternate takes - those aren't masters are they? Or what am I missing? The same as their previous set of Little Walter Complete Chess "masters" that included alternate takes. I don't understand their naming concept but many of these Wolf alternates are excellent and worthy of being compiled here. This appears to have all the late 50s alternate takes that appeared on the old Japanese Chess LP 'Walk that Walk', although I haven't done a track by track comparison and I don't know if it includes the chatter and incomplete takes. I'm waiting for this box to be delivered in the mail and I'm already looking forward to volume 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I now have a copy. Film at 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Awesome! I know you will enjoy these discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 This set finally arrived after a long delay. Listened to a few songs from each disc; I like the sound, true to the better sounding LPs I have of this material. Some of the Memphis material is a little 'harsh' sounding, but better than earlier muffled presentations of the same. Nice package -- much better than the Muddy Waters. The Muddy set packaging scratched my discs, I had to take them out and store separately, this one appears safe. Also the photos and notes are nice, although of course a Mosaic style detailed approach to the notes would have been more interesting. I haven't delved into the longer 'session' material, but the single tracks are nicely presented with good sound. Overall well worth the price and I'm happy to get this before it sells out - can't wait for volume 2 with the excellent early 60s Wolf sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffpeterson Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 The lowest price that I have found so far for this set is at amazon.uk. $49.00 and change delivered to the U.S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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