What music did you buy today?

[mjazzg]

All by 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning, impressive! Nice selection.  'Black Palladins' is such a great album. Honest Jons? 

Yesterday...all online

Elvin Jones - Live At The Lighthouse. LP,  been meaning to buy this for ages. Yesterday was the day.

Emma Jane Thackeray - Um Yang. 12" EP, enjoyed her previous releases and this sounded great on the radio

Hozan Yamamoto - Ginkai.  One of my favourite albums ever. CD to back up my LP and to hear if it works any better as one 'suite'

[Rabshakeh]

Well... in the last 24 hours. 

HJs Coal Drop, again, yes. They have a really impressive amount of stock for such a tiny shop.hya

Black Paladins is one of my all time favourites of this era. I was pleased to find it in the wild, even in a slightly rough copy.

i love that Elvin. One of the best covers of any jazz LP too. The late Steve Grossman tearing it up. 

The Yamamoto sounds interesting. I’ll nose that one out.

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Elvin Jones - Live At The Lighthouse. LP,  been meaning to buy this for ages. Yesterday was the day.

Good as that double LP is, this is one where the two separate CDs (and the Mosaic)  have a strong edge with the excellent additional tracks. Maybe a Tone Poet issue on 3LPs is in order?

[mjazzg]

16 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Good as that double LP is, this is one where the two separate CDs (and the Mosaic)  have a strong edge with the excellent additional tracks. Maybe a Tone Poet issue on 3LPs is in order?

Not until my 2LPs have at least arrived! Would love the Elvin Mosaic

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Well... in the last 24 hours. 

HJs Coal Drop, again, yes. They have a really impressive amount of stock for such a tiny shop.

Looks like they have restocked too. Don't remember LRG being there on my last visit

[sidewinder]

Worth picking up the 2 CDs if you can find them around. Those were two of the earliest Blue Note CDs I ever bought - at the huge Sam The Record Man Store in Toronto in the longbox format. On the day I picked those up I thought all my Xmases had come at once as they were $Cdn for £ (, nothing changes) and I also picked up a couple of Andrew Hills and Mobley’s ‘No Room For Squares’. Still have them.

My only regret with the Elvin Mosaic is that it didn’t also come out in LP format.

Edited September 13, 2020 by sidewinder

[duaneiac]

Pre-ordered this set due for a 10/23 release --

CROOKED PIECE OF TIME: THE ATLANTIC & ASYLUM ALBUMS is a limited edition, 7-CD boxed set that includes every studio album John Prine recorded between his debut in 1971 and 1980, presented in mini-LP sleeves: John Prine (1971), Diamonds In The Rough (1972), Sweet Revenge (1973), Common Sense (1975), Bruised Orange (1978), Pink Cadillac (1979) and Storm Windows (1980). The clamshell box also contains poster inserts and a 20-page booklet with new liner notes written by acclaimed music journalist David Fricke. The cover painting, commissioned especially for the set, is by artist Joshua Petker and is based on a photo of Prine taken by Jim Shea.

Taking its name from a song on Bruised Orange, CROOKED PIECE OF TIME represents an essential and timeless American songbook and includes tracks that have become modern-day folk and country standards like: “Hello In There,” “Sam Stone,” “Illegal Smile,” “Angel From Montgomery,” “Paradise” and “That’s The Way The World Goes Round.” The expansive collection also contains favorites like: “Far From Me,” “Dear Abby,” “Christmas In Prison,” “Fish and Whistle” and “Automobile.”

[Pim]

On vinyl:

On cd:

[HutchFan]

Fantastic haul, Pim!

 

[Pim]

9 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Fantastic haul, Pim!

 

Thanks!

[mjazzg]

[HutchFan]

Adding a couple Mal Waldron records to my collection:

Solid Japan CD reissue of an Enja LP

 

and

Enja vinyl

[Chuck Nessa]

[Rabshakeh]

7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I love this one, and love the artwork too. 

[duaneiac]

 

This was Dave Brubeck's final recording project.  I was concerned that it was forgotten about already and was never going to see the light of day.  Glad it will finally be released next month;

I indulged in a 15% off sale at Deep Discount and bought the following.

[soulpope]

On 9.10.2020 at 0:46 AM, HutchFan said:

Adding a couple Mal Waldron records to my collection:

Solid Japan CD reissue of an Enja LP

👍 .... unfortunately a version of unedited/complete tracks never surfaced ....

[Justin V]

I meant to pick this up years ago.

[HutchFan]

I ordered another Mal Waldron disc, a collaboration with Steve Lacy recorded at Sweet Basil:

Found a good deal on this CD.  I couldn't resist.

 

Plus this LP:

I've been streaming and enjoying this.  Figured it was time to get the real deal.

 

[Rabshakeh]

I spent yesterday on a final trip round North London record shops before further lockdown restrictions are reintroduced in London.

I picked up Live At Mintons by Eddie Lockjaw Davis / Jimmy Griffin and Raw Materials and Residuals by Julius Hemphill at one, and a copy of Creative Music Orchestra by Anthony Braxton at the other. 

Edited October 17, 2020 by Rabshakeh

[sidewinder]

Blimey - is Tier 2 affecting London shops that much?

Just bought a copy of the CD version of the Larry Young Mosaic. I have 1 CD of this from Mosaic and it sounds very good on my system and also the full LP version and thought it would be good to, as well as having the LPs, also to have a full digital Mosaic for CD and steaming convenience. One of my very favourite Mosaics so it deserves this 5-star multi-format treatment !

Never been over-happy with the compressed sound of those Conns. Superficially they can sound impressive but I find the coherence, timing and panning can be off at times. Mosaic’s treatment is straight-ahead and true.

Edited October 17, 2020 by sidewinder

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I spent yesterday on a final trip round North London record shops before further lockdown restrictions are reintroduced in London.

I picked up Live At Mintons by Eddie Lockjaw Davis / Jimmy Griffin and Raw Materials and Residuals by Julius Hemphill at one, and a copy of Creative Mutrip sic Orchestra by A at the other

Where did you go? I'm wondering if I should do similar soon. Yo Yo have tweeted some nice stock but their prices hurt

'Raw Materials...' is a fave and the Braxton is a blast in more than one meaning

16 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Blimey - is Tier 2 affecting London shops that much?

It will be tier 3 soon, I suspect. Shop now!

Edited October 17, 2020 by mjazzg

[sidewinder]

50 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

 Yo Yo have tweeted some nice stock but their prices hurt

No kidding - I have just checked their site (new to me) and just picking myself off of the floor with the shock of it all. £100 for a bog standard UA press of ‘The Congregation’. Totally ridiculous.

 

Edited October 17, 2020 by sidewinder

[mjazzg]

Yeah, they're jokers really. Take the top Discogs price and add %%. Website is a very small fraction of their stock. Successfully riding the 'vinyls' wave and fleecing the Hackney hipsters 😃

[sidewinder]

Thought so..... a fool and his/her money etc. etc. 

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

Where did you go? I'm wondering if I should do similar soon. Yo Yo have tweeted some nice stock but their prices hurt

Alan's in East Finchley and then The Little Record Shop in Hornsey. Definitely a different experience to the Hackney Hypsters. The difference in price is pretty remarkable.

The Hornsey one, which is where I got the Braxton, I'd recommend at the moment. Alan's has a lot of new jazz in, mostly in the Soul Jazz or smoother end of the market. Lots of Jack McDuff etc. Only about a quarter had made it to the shelves though so perhaps worth checking in. 

I find Yo Yo a bit of a mix. I think that they overprice what they think they'll sell. The stuff that doesn't make it to the website is sometumes more moderate. 

[sidewinder]

Noticed that Yo-Yo/Hackney Hypsters have a Michael Garrick ‘Heart is a Lotus’ on their site but at £400 it is stratospheric, even for this rare LP and condition is far from perfect.