Jim R Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 (edited) Hmmm.... I wouldn't want to go as far as to say that I think brownie is necessarily wrong, but I myself have never seen a Japanese BN with an LT-like (big white border) cover. As for all Japanese issues having Reid Milesish artwork, no, definitely not. There was variety- from actual Reid Miles/Francis Wolff recycled covers to the aforementioned Andy Warhol-like artwork on SOLID and the rest of those Grant Green albums. Rooster, try to get ahold of that Blue Note 2 book. Seeing all those Grant Green covers together (5 are shown on pages 100 and 101) is pretty cool. Brad, My pleasure. Sometimes you discover the coolest sites when Googlin'. B) Edited May 7, 2004 by Jim R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Here's another dumb question, unrelated, but how the heck do you animate covers and what software would I need? it was shortly discussed in the animated album covers thread. Both Africa_Jeff and I use Adobe Photoshop w/ Image Ready (comes with the package). As for how: you need an idea first and then a lot of patience to work it out. That can be a real hassle sometimes. Some PShop skills are welcome of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 John, thanks. I do remember now the discussion. I'll go back and look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Once again, I piss in the wind and rise to sing the praises of the LT-series covers. I think that by and large, they were quite effective at evoking a mood, and they did so under what were obviously extreme budgetary constaints. Did not the original BN covers accomplish the same thing under similar circumstances? I think these covers are for the most part pretty cool on their own terms. Granted, they in no way resmble the style of the sacred Lion-Wolff-Miles era, but there are enough other instances of God shitting on us to prove that he hates us and wants us all to suffer unspeakably vile miseries that I don't let it ruin my day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 quite nice in evoking a mood yes, but by and large that's a kind of subdued mood, whereas the music almost never was. and the rainbow logo sux! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Once again, I piss in the wind and rise to sing the praises of the LT-series covers. I think that by and large, they were quite effective at evoking a mood, and they did so under what were obviously extreme budgetary constaints. Did not the original BN covers accomplish the same thing under similar circumstances? I think these covers are for the most part pretty cool on their own terms. I agree. I forget what I said earlier in this thread (I'm on page two now, and going back to page one to look would take about 45 minutes on my slowass system), but I DO agree. I think I prefer most (not all) of the Japanese artwork, but that doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the LT's. SOLID was.... um.... solid, and I remember really digging Jimmy Smith's COOL BLUES LT cover, for example. Even if they had sucked, there would still be (for me) the sentimentality factor. You just don't forget stumbling onto a great BN session for the FIRST TIME ever- especially if you got a good price... which I always did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoliv Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 how hard it is to have this japanese BN from Flanagan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Well, I just tried some image searches, and not only did I not find the Japanese cover for SOLID, I didn't find the LT cover with the billiard balls. However, check this out (not a lot of images, but lots of discographical data on Toshiba, King, etc, LP issues! Japanese LP data pages I have this particular 'Solid' LP. It's on GXK-8187 and cover is in murky green with a line drawing of Grant plus fretboard. Sort of similar to the 'Oleo', 'Matador' and 'Goodens Corner LPs on this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Anyone got any thoughts as to what the music on Burrell's 'Freedom' is like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Anyone got any thoughts as to what the music on Burrell's 'Freedom' is like? I once posted a full review of it on the BN board... wish I'd saved it. It's an excellent session. Seldon Powell (bars, fl) Hank Jones (p, org) Kenny Burrell (g) Milt Hinton (B) Osie Johnson (d) VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 27, 1963 tk 13 The Good Life tk 21 Stairway to the Stars tk 27 Loie VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 2, 1963 tk 35 I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You Stanley Turrentine (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Ben Tucker (B) Bill English (d) Ray Barretto (cga) VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 22, 1964 1449 tk 2 Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere 1450 tk 20 Freedom 1451 tk 25 Lonesome Road 1452 tk 31 G Minor Bash 1453 tk 42 K Twist The '64 session would have had a similar sound to MIDNIGHT BLUE, except that Hancock was on board. Herbie gives these tracks an added dimension- and extra zip. Overall, I like FREEDOM quite a bit more than MIDNIGHT BLUE, for the variety of personnel as well as the variety of material. It should have been released on CD YEARS AGO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) Fantastic - thanks Jim. This is obviously one to get hold of and the side with Hancock, in particular, sounds like one to hear.. B) Edited July 18, 2004 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Was just searching for something else unrelated, and got a match on this thread. I still love most of the Japanese-only LP covers, and thought I'd pop this thread up for some more , who might not have seen them the first time around. Enjoy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Up once again to savour these fantastic King LP covers. And also to celebrate my acquisition of a mint copy of 'Inner Glow' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Were there any other TOCJ CD covers that were unique to Japan?? Like this one?? Well, the original Shu/Hardaway "Jazz Practitioners" Bethlehem LP (a copy's now up on eBay) looked like this: But the TOCJ copy I have is totally different. Booklet cover (front): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 Booklet cover (back): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 What's with the tiny pic upload feature these days? Can this be adjusted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 What's with the tiny pic upload feature these days? Can this be adjusted? ← click the thing you uploaded for a full view. these small ones save a lot of bandwidth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 (edited) If you click on that last thumbnail pic I uploaded, can you actually read what it says? When I do so, the pic expands in size by a puny 5-10% and it's still illegible. Is this just a function of my system? Edited May 26, 2005 by Son-of-a-Weizen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 If you click on that last thumbnail pic I uploaded, can you actually read what it says? When I do so, the size remains the same. Is this just a function of my system? ← It blows up to a 476x480 77Kb pic that sez I only have eye for Shu. dunno what's up if it stays the same size for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 ......fixed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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