Blue Note Tone Poet Series to continue in 2020...

[JSngry]

How many tracks was Rudy using?

[Kevin Bresnahan]

25 minutes ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

do multitraks even exist for this one cause its was unreleased at the original time period  and never finished

The master tape (or tapes?) for "Passing Ships" was done using an 8 track recorder. I've read that it was one Van Gelder's first attempts at multi-track recording. There was an incomplete stereo master tape in the vault and originally, Michael Cuscuna thought the multi-track tapes were lost. When he found them, he had Malcolm Addey digitally mix them down to stereo for the 2003 CD. I believe that Andrew Hill approved that final CD mix.

Addey re-mixed these 8 track masters in the analog domain to create a new analog stereo master tape specifically for this new Tone Poet LP.

[JSngry]

That could be interesting....so it's a true AAA chain?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

4 hours ago, bresna said:

The master tape (or tapes?) for "Passing Ships" was done using an 8 track recorder. I've read that it was one Van Gelder's first attempts at multi-track recording. There was an incomplete stereo master tape in the vault and originally, Michael Cuscuna thought the multi-track tapes were lost. When he found them, he had Malcolm Addey digitally mix them down to stereo for the 2003 CD. I believe that Andrew Hill approved that final CD mix.

Addey re-mixed these 8 track masters in the analog domain to create a new analog stereo master tape specifically for this new Tone Poet LP.

very very interesting- thank you

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I ordered that Hill LP. Not my favorite Hill session but I don't have the CD and I'd like to hear what Addey did here so...

[JSngry]

It's a good record, I was very pleasantly surprised, and the AAA chain intrigues me more than a little, but....$40 for a double lp? For a NEW lp, not, like a Mint OG Horo... I can let that go. Had to think about it first, though 

For $20, though, yeah. In a minute. Let an LP be a LP.

[Mark Stryker]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

It's a good record, I was very pleasantly surprised, and the AAA chain intrigues me more than a little, but....$40 for a double lp? For a NEW lp, not, like a Mint OG Horo... I can let that go. Had to think about it first, though 

For $20, though, yeah. In a minute. Let an LP be a LP.

If you amortize that additional $20 over the rest of your life, it's not that much. Let's say you've got 30 more years, that's 66 cents a year for Passing Ships in (perhaps) breathtaking analog.Of course, I'm not saying this is necessarily THE record on which to break the bank, and I certainly understand the slippery slope issue. But having said that, if you're really feeling it ... you're the one who always says Carpe Diem!

[JSngry]

I"m gonna carpe that 29 on some other diem and wait for a friendly burn of that new lp. Besides, my record player might have an old blunt needle.

 

 

[Brad]

Compared to the prices for audiophile records nowadays, that doesn’t seem overly expensive. 

[RiRiIII]

Distortions on Passing Ships new TP double vinyl set reported at Discogs and SHF. 

https://www.discogs.com/Andrew-Hill-Passing-Ships/release/18629965

 

Edited May 11, 2021 by RiRiIII

[Brad]

4 hours ago, RiRiIII said:

Distortions on Passing Ships new TP double vinyl set reported at Discogs and SHF. 

https://www.discogs.com/Andrew-Hill-Passing-Ships/release/18629965

 

Guess I will stick with the cd. 

[JSngry]

9 hours ago, Brad said:

Compared to the prices for audiophile records nowadays, that doesn’t seem overly expensive. 

Expense is not a concern. I got 40 bucks. What the issue is, is that $40 for a new record (a 2-LP set but only 3 sides of music) of a CD that I already have, JUST to get it in AAA...Not seeing the value there for me.

[Dub Modal]

$40 for a 3 sided 2-LP set makes no sense to me. The reports of clipping/distortion being reported don't impress either. 

[Brad]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Expense is not a concern. I got 40 bucks. What the issue is, is that $40 for a new record (a 2-LP set but only 3 sides of music) of a CD that I already have, JUST to get it in AAA...Not seeing the value there for me.

Can’t disagree with that. 

[mjazzg]

£50 in the UK!

[RiRiIII]

To non US residents: Amz Us offers currently a lot of Tone Poets for 26US$. By adding shipping and import customs, and due to the weak dollar, the final price comes to approx 28 Eur if one orders 4 or more records.