sidewinder Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) 6 minutes ago, mjazzg said: But those Pathés were water in a desert back then, to me at least Another fan of Tone Poets here. Yes, indeed they were. I remember seeing the first batch at the RFH around 84/85 after a Miles Davis concert and buying 'Inner Urge' on the spot. These titles were literally mythical in the UK at that point unless you could snag scarce UA imports some years earlier. Heck, I was even desperate enough to buy 'Sixth Sense' as a Liberty deletion cassette (still have it). The current vinyl reissue situation on Blue Note (plus related UA and Pacific Jazz releases) is literally a plethora of riches. Edited August 29 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) The famous DMMs! It was like the tide breaking, back then. Edit: come to think of it, the DMMs were a couple of years later, after the first more ‘normal’ issues. All very welcome. Edited August 29 by David Ayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 I finally ended up getting promo copies of two Tone Poet LPs. While the pressings are better than most new 180 gram LPs, i don’t hear a warmer sound than the CD versions I have owned for years. I don’t have any interest in spending $35* per LP for music that I already have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 4 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said: I finally ended up getting promo copies of two Tone Poet LPs. While the pressings are better than most new 180 gram LPs, i don’t hear a warmer sound than the CD versions I have owned for years. I don’t have any interest in spending $35* per LP for music that I already have. It's because they are promos. If you had paid full price they would sound really much better... 😉 Thanks, everyone, for your tips on these. Very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 (edited) 9 hours ago, David Ayers said: It's because they are promos. If you had paid full price they would sound really much better... 😉 Thanks, everyone, for your tips on these. Very much appreciated. LOL! At least the Tone Poet LPs are a better value than the dreadful RSD 2024 Gearbox LP that was supposedly Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Instead, it sounded like a pickup group centered around Andy Bey and the pressing was pure shit, with lots of loud pops and a few skips due to the extremely poor quality of manufacturing, likely due to not allow the LP to cool sufficiently. Edited September 4 by Ken Dryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Yeah, I've had some Gearbox albums that sounded great and some that were pretty rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Me too. My impression is they were on top of the game at the beginning but lost quality control as they got bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Basically this, yeah. The Tubby box is strong sounding at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 Gearbox did a good job on the Tubby Hayes Fontana box. I have pretty well all of the original LPs and think that the sonics of the box holds up fairly nicely in comparison. I'll have to give that Blakey LP another listen. From memory the recording quality is not great and yes, it was a bit of an informal live session and lacking that usual 'Jazz Messengers' discipline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted September 4 Report Share Posted September 4 5 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: Basically this, yeah. The Tubby box is strong sounding at least Yes, forgot about how you got yours ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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