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Two that many will be familiar with : Chet Baker - Winter Wonderland (from the LP Pretty/Groovy on World Pacific) Paul Bley - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (from the LP Introducing Paul Bley on Debut) And one that few will be familiar with : Patty McGovern - I Like Snow (from the LP Wednesday's Child on Atlantic)

Speaking of voting, why not conduct a poll on the question ?

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Another variant : This issue had a third set of liner notes written by Philly DJ Del Shields. And since Jim seems to be having trouble with remote linking, here's the late Sixties cover :

No, Joe Segal wrote new notes for the Jungle Soul reissue in 1968.

Sure, but who wants longer-lived records at the cost of all those trace metals in the carbon black, that through their random magnetization, cause all those electrical distortions in the pickup

FWIW, here's a pic of the copy that's up on Ebay right now for $62 o.b.o. : Pianist Edgar Hayes is seated at the piano.

I thought the days of buttloads of reissues was behind us...

So you're one of those fresh-is-always-better-than-canned guys, eh

It's only a matter of time before someone comes out with a 3-in-1 can ; I mean, why should we need 3 different cans to do our hair, dress and have a snack ?

Van Gelder ? Sounds like you might have the much rarer Rajiv Gandhi stamp son.

Claude Williamson is a pianist whose playing has never moved me to actively seek out his recordings, but this may be because the playing of his I'm familiar with (his 50's recordings) strikes me as somewhat faceless and generic. So, in the event that he found his own voice in his later work, I thought I'd start this thread and ask for recommendations of his mature playing. One recording in particular has me intrigued, and that's his 1985 album featuring the music of Sonny Clark. The album, Blue Minor, originally came out on the Japanese Bopland label. It was reissued on an Interplay LP in 1991 and again in 2006 on CD. Each issue has a different cover, with 1985's somewhat evocative of Clark's Cool Struttin' cover, while 1991's prurient double entendre cover seems aimed at 80's-era Melanie Griffith fantasists. 1985 issue : 1991 issue : 2006 issue : Your comments on Blue Minor or any of his later recordings are welcome.

Up. The 2010 WFMU Record Fair starts tomorrow.

I take it Ruppli's Verve discography is silent on this cover variation question ? Also, am I correct in assuming that for black label originals, gatefold and non-gatefold jackets do not exist for the same title ?

That was blue label not black. I must be color blind. My copy has a black label and gatefold. There was a discussion about the black label version over at Hoffman's. Seems inconclusive as to whether first pressings had black as well as blue labels. In any event, the three jazz records you've listed are what I had in mind by specifying black label, and they were issued after that Velvet Underground LP in any case. Despite the existence of a Verve jazz gatefold from 1972 (Bluesmith), I believe that many Verve jazz LPs from the late sixties were never issued in gatefold jackets. Instead of determining which gatefold was the latest, perhaps it would be better to compile a list of all known Verve jazz gatefolds.

That was blue label not black.