Thelonious Monk - Palo Alto (Impulse) --> fresh new monk!

[medjuck]

No shipping notice but supposed to arrive Tuesday.  According to the ad for it, I could get the Lp by Sunday. 

And I just discovered it's now on Spotify. 

Edited September 18, 2020 by medjuck

[ejp626]

4 hours ago, medjuck said:

No shipping notice but supposed to arrive Tuesday.  According to the ad for it, I could get the Lp by Sunday. 

And I just discovered it's now on Spotify. 

And iTunes! 

I'm glad they ironed out all these contractual wrinkles.

[BrianB]

Finally!!!!!!! 

[jlhoots]

On 9/17/2020 at 1:31 PM, jlhoots said:

My delivery date is this Saturday. Let's see if it happens.

Arrived!!

[sidewinder]

Nice to see a happy ending for once. 

[BrianB]

Mine is 45 mins away at UPS  and they don’t do Saturday delivery in my area. Hopefully tomorrow! 

[bertrand]

Apparently there will be more Monk releases on Impulse.

[ejp626]

1 hour ago, bertrand said:

Apparently there will be more Monk releases on Impulse.

Let's hope they are a bit smarter next time on the contractual side of things...

[gvopedz]

3 hours ago, bertrand said:

Apparently there will be more Monk releases on Impulse.

Let's hope more people discover (or discover) Monk and that there is an increase in the sales of Monk CDs.

[BrianB]

31 minutes ago, gvopedz said:

Let's hope more people discover (or discover) Monk and that there is an increase in the sales of Monk CDs.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
 

also, are there any more “lost” recordings rumored to be out there? 

[Dan Gould]

On 9/17/2020 at 0:43 PM, JSngry said:

This is a damn good record. 1 Palo Alto > all the Columbias by this band.

Agreed. And loving Ben Riley's frisky drums. 

[bertrand]

6 hours ago, BrianB said:

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
 

also, are there any more “lost” recordings rumored to be out there? 

I was hoping someone would suggest what the article in the Figaro that was posted on Facebook was alluding to

[JSngry]

4 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

And loving Ben Riley's frisky drums. 

Indeed. This is like Jaws/Griff Ben Riley, which is not usually what you get with Monk Ben Riley,

[Dan Gould]

11 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Indeed. This is like Jaws/Griff Ben Riley, which is not usually what you get with Monk Ben Riley,

Except that I do believe its supposed to be

 

FRISKY. 

 

[JSngry]

like a mo!

[BrianB]

FINALLY! Here it is! 🎉 The graphic design is killer. Even the record sleeve itself is really cool. It included a reproduction of the poster from the original performance and the program with all of the notes in it and advertisers also from the original concert. Excellent work. Sounds fantastic  too. Very happy 

Edited September 22, 2020 by BrianB

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Weird question but I have to ask... have any of you who received the EU version noticed a strange chemical odor when you opened this CD? I only ask because I have had this open for a few weeks now and it still reeks.

[sidewinder]

3 hours ago, bresna said:

Weird question but I have to ask... have any of you who received the EU version noticed a strange chemical odor when you opened this CD? I only ask because I have had this open for a few weeks now and it still reeks.

There’s a mild whiff of what reminds me of wallpaper paste on the inside cover of mine. Hardly noticeable, I have to say.

[mjazzg]

5 hours ago, bresna said:

Weird question but I have to ask... have any of you who received the EU version noticed a strange chemical odor when you opened this CD? I only ask because I have had this open for a few weeks now and it still reeks.

No strange odour on mine.  That might be the first time I've deliberately, or accidentally, sniffed a CD cover 

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

No strange odour on mine.  That might be the first time I've deliberately, or accidentally, sniffed a CD cover 

One of the CDs I bought from an ex-BNBB member (who shall remain nameless) smelt of stale joints. In contrast, the Monk smells like an elixir. 

[Dan Gould]

6 hours ago, bresna said:

Weird question but I have to ask... have any of you who received the EU version noticed a strange chemical odor when you opened this CD? I only ask because I have had this open for a few weeks now and it still reeks.

Seal it up in a box with a bar of ivory soap or any soap without scents and shit added. Give it a couple of days, might take a week though. I was advised to do this when I bought some vintage Christmas ornaments on eBay from a "smoke free" house. Completely reeked of cigarette smoke it was awful. But the soap bar in the box did the trick perfectly.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

7 hours ago, sidewinder said:

There’s a mild whiff of what reminds me of wallpaper paste on the inside cover of mine. Hardly noticeable, I have to say.

Wallpaper paste! That's it! It's still very strong on the booklet and poster but it's finally fading on the cover material. When I first opened it, i got a headache.

[Clunky]

14 hours ago, mjazzg said:

No strange odour on mine.  That might be the first time I've deliberately, or accidentally, sniffed a CD cover 

You need to check out Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor. I recall that it had a scratch and sniff sticker that had very distinctive aroma of the non legal variety...

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, Clunky said:

You need to check out Peter Tosh - Bush Doctor. I recall that it had a scratch and sniff sticker that had very distinctive aroma of the non legal variety...

Yes, of course! I remember that vaguely. I was at school and I'm not sure whether anyone actually bought the album or whether we just talked about it a lot.

 

[Brad]

Not sure if this was posted before.