SteepleChase new releases

[Pim]

4 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I wonder how much of the jazz reissue crowd would buy Steeplechase on vinyl. It doesn't seem to play well on Instagram. 

I wasn’t aware of that. They did some vinyl reissues in the past decade I believe. Never heard one. I do know that some of them miss essential tracks that the cd does have. Like Johnny Dyani’s Somg for Biko: that one misses the amazing track Lonely Flower at the Village. 

[soulpope]

9 minutes ago, Pim said:

I wasn’t aware of that. They did some vinyl reissues in the past decade I believe. Never heard one. I do know that some of them miss essential tracks that the cd does have. Like Johnny Dyani’s Somg for Biko: that one misses the amazing track Lonely Flower at the Village. 

Actually part of the StepleChase catalogue which saw release on vinyl first and the later CD releases included bonus tracks ... so a potential vinyl reissue would mirror the original release .... that`s a huge difference to labels like Transversales Disques, who edit heavilyl/not use the complete material available just for the sake squeezing the release into the vinyl format ....

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, Pim said:

I wasn’t aware of that. They did some vinyl reissues in the past decade I believe. Never heard one. I do know that some of them miss essential tracks that the cd does have. Like Johnny Dyani’s Somg for Biko: that one misses the amazing track Lonely Flower at the Village. 

In the early days of CD, just like they did with some cassette tape releases, labels often had bonus tracks that were only available on CD to encourage people buy that instead of the vinyl. Steeplechase could list those tracks the same way.

The craziest "bonus track" move was when some labels added bonus tracks to the CD version that was only released in Japan. Japan's CD prices were higher than the rest of the world so they added bonus tracks to some Japanese CDs to encourage Japanese buyers to buy their version instead of the cheaper import. The last CD I bought from Japan for the extra track was Gerald Clayton's "Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard".

Edited Saturday at 12:56 PM by Kevin Bresnahan

[soulpope]

49 minutes ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

The craziest "bonus track" move was when some labels added bonus tracks to the CD version that was only released in Japan. Japan's CD prices were higher than the rest of the world so they added bonus tracks to some Japanese CDs to encourage Japanese buyers to buy their version instead of the cheaper import ....

Indeed ....

[Rabshakeh]

8 hours ago, Pim said:

I wasn’t aware of that. They did some vinyl reissues in the past decade I believe. Never heard one. I do know that some of them miss essential tracks that the cd does have. Like Johnny Dyani’s Somg for Biko: that one misses the amazing track Lonely Flower at the Village. 

I don't mean "play" in any technical sense. Just that hipster jazz fans do not care about Steeplechase. Unlike the likes of Black Jazz, Blue Note, Strata East or Palm, I don't think people would buy them. We might, but very few others.

Edited Saturday at 07:57 PM by Rabshakeh

[soulpope]

11 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I don't mean "play" in any technical sense. Just that hipster jazz fans do not care about Steeplechase. Unlike the likes of Black Jazz, Blue Note, Strata East or Palm, I don't think people would buy them. We might, but very few others.

They did an "Audiphile Edition" aiming on buyers interested in vinyl/sound quality .... :

https://www.discogs.com/de/label/259634-Audiophile-Edition

[JSngry]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I don't mean "play" in any technical sense. Just that hipster jazz fans do not care about Steeplechase. Unlike the likes of Black Jazz, Blue Note, Strata East or Palm, I don't think people would buy them. We might, but very few others.

The real meat of the catalog game early on, with people like Jackie (and friends), Dexter, Andrew Hill, etc. The expats and visitors. In the US, they were on Inner City, which was not always the best pressing quality. I'd think that hipsters would want modern vinyl of those records. Today's offerings, no, not so much overall 

[Rabshakeh]

I reckon you would be going for the audiophile and pure jazz fan market though. When it comes to the hipsters posting on Instagram, Steeplechase is about as hip as Pablo. Not enough sunglasses.

[mjazzg]

The Monette Sudler reissue did well I think and also popped up on Instagram a fair bit, that's how I came across it. I suspect Ken McIntyre's Steeplechases might cross over too. But generally I agree the catalogue isn't necessarily for the kids.

[jlhoots]

I like their (CD) Kirk Knuffke releases, both leader & sideman.