Head Man Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 Looks like the Dootone Records catalogue is being re-issued, starting this August. Here's the blurb: In 2013 we are re-launching the label as the home for our small but distinct catalogue of 1950s and 1960s ‘modern jazz’. Each of the releases will strive for the highest quality in sound reproduction, mastered from fresh transfers from first generation mastertapes, and featuring bonus tracks where relevant. Our first selections come from the small but distinctive catalogue of Dootsie William’s Dootone label. All have been remastered from source tapes, have fresh sleeve notes and are packaged in a digipack. The first (only?) four re-issues are: Buddy Collette Quintet - Buddy's Best Carl Perkins Trio - Introducing......... Curtis Counce Quintet - Exploring The Future Dexter Gordon - Blows Hot and Cool The sound on the original re-issues by Boplicity wasn't brilliant, it will be interesting to hear if these sound any better. Quote
romualdo Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 Looks like the Dootone Records catalogue is being re-issued, starting this August. Here's the blurb: In 2013 we are re-launching the label as the home for our small but distinct catalogue of 1950s and 1960s ‘modern jazz’. Each of the releases will strive for the highest quality in sound reproduction, mastered from fresh transfers from first generation mastertapes, and featuring bonus tracks where relevant. Our first selections come from the small but distinctive catalogue of Dootsie William’s Dootone label. All have been remastered from source tapes, have fresh sleeve notes and are packaged in a digipack. The first (only?) four re-issues are: Buddy Collette Quintet - Buddy's Best Carl Perkins Trio - Introducing......... Curtis Counce Quintet - Exploring The Future Dexter Gordon - Blows Hot and Cool The sound on the original re-issues by Boplicity wasn't brilliant, it will be interesting to hear if these sound any better. nice who is doing the reissuing? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 I believe that is the entire jazz portion of the catalog. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 The Fresh Sound reissues of these sounded quite OK to me. But they shouldn't stop halfway. Reissue the RB& stuff, eH? How'about it? Quote
J.A.W. Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) nice who is doing the reissuing?They are being reissued on the Boplicity label, which is owned by Ace (U.K.), who, if I remember correctly, own the rights to Dootone.http://acerecords.co.uk/boplicity-label Edited July 22, 2013 by J.A.W. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 They are being reissued on the Boplicity label, which is owned by Ace (U.K.), who, if I remember correctly, own the rights to Dootone.http://acerecords.co.uk/boplicity-label O.K., that settles it ... the R&B output of the label will be (has been) taken care of very well ... I wasn't too impressed with the cover artwork of the Boplicity LPs in the 80s. Sort of nondescript cheapo and not evocative of the contents. Hope they do a job this time that matches that of the Ace CDs. Quote
jazzbo Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) The cover to the upcoming Dexter looks pretty okay. Edited July 22, 2013 by jazzbo Quote
colinmce Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 This means Counce now has 1 title currently in print. A shame. Quote
Head Man Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Posted July 22, 2013 This means Counce now has 1 title currently in print. A shame. Yes, it IS a shame. This Dootone plus the three/four on Contemporary make a very nice selection of hard, West-Coast jazz. I seem to recall that all the music on these albums was released by one of the Andorran labels a while back..was it Gambit? That's probably why all the "proper" releases have gone OOP Quote
felser Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 This means Counce now has 1 title currently in print. A shame. Yes, it IS a shame. This Dootone plus the three/four on Contemporary make a very nice selection of hard, West-Coast jazz. I seem to recall that all the music on these albums was released by one of the Andorran labels a while back..was it Gambit? That's probably why all the "proper" releases have gone OOP Yes, it wasGambit, but I doubt that would be enough to drive them out of print on Contemporary. More likely the Concord bean counters saw there was insufficient sales history. Quote
paul secor Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 The cover to the upcoming Dexter looks pretty okay. Same as the cover on my Boplicity LP - except for "Boplicity Remastered" on the side. Quote
colinmce Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 This means Counce now has 1 title currently in print. A shame. Yes, it IS a shame. This Dootone plus the three/four on Contemporary make a very nice selection of hard, West-Coast jazz. I seem to recall that all the music on these albums was released by one of the Andorran labels a while back..was it Gambit? That's probably why all the "proper" releases have gone OOP Yes, it wasGambit, but I doubt that would be enough to drive them out of print on Contemporary. More likely the Concord bean counters saw there was insufficient sales history. Yeah, most likely. Mosaic was considering a Select, too bad that never came to pass. As a disappointing addendum, the OOP CDs are very pricy to boot. Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 Same as the cover on my Boplicity LP - except for "Boplicity Remastered" on the side. Good to see they did use repros of the original covers for the Boplicity vinyls of the Dootone series (as they did on Fresh Soudn which must have been more or less contemporary). I remember other Boplicity vinyls left me unimpressed (e.g. the Pepper/Baker "Playboys" 80s pseudo New-Wave-ish cover - nothing compared to the original cheesecake cover on WoPa. ). Quote
John Litweiler Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 Has anyone here heard that Helen Humes album? What is it like? Quote
JSngry Posted July 22, 2013 Report Posted July 22, 2013 It's time for a Redd Foxx Dooto Mosaic now, right? Or even better, a Bear Family Dooto party records set. Who among us will live to see the day? You think gospel's been underlooked... Quote
jlhoots Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 The Penguins - I know, not jazz but what the heck!! Quote
J.A.W. Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 The Penguins - I know, not jazz but what the heck!!Roy Milton Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 Has anyone here heard that Helen Humes album? What is it like? None of it included in Mr R&B's 'Be baba leba' compilation. But it's only an EP. MG Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 Has anyone here heard that Helen Humes album? What is it like? None of it included in Mr R&B's 'Be baba leba' compilation. But it's only an EP. MG You'd need to check out her OTHER Mr R&B album: New Million dollar Secret (on Whiskey WOmen and ... KM-707). Half of the EP is on there: All I Ask is Your Love (after-hours slow blues, as the title suggests) and Woojamacooja (nice danceable mid-tempo) Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 Has anyone here heard that Helen Humes album? What is it like? None of it included in Mr R&B's 'Be baba leba' compilation. But it's only an EP. MG You'd need to check out her OTHER Mr R&B album: New Million dollar Secret (on Whiskey WOmen and ... KM-707). Half of the EP is on there: All I Ask is Your Love (after-hours slow blues, as the title suggests) and Woojamacooja (nice danceable mid-tempo) Oh.... MG Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 23, 2013 Report Posted July 23, 2013 The Dexter cover is a pale reproduction of the original. Bummer. Quote
JSngry Posted July 24, 2013 Report Posted July 24, 2013 I'd like to see a mock-up of the Redd Foxx Mosaic cover. Quote
mjzee Posted July 24, 2013 Report Posted July 24, 2013 Does anyone know the font that Mosaic uses? Quote
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