Jump to content

762rob

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    38

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Donations

    0.00 USD 

 Content Type 

Posts posted by 762rob

  2. Warner Japan Count Basie Roulette Reissues

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    CD Japan delivered these this morning....ordered 17 of them; listening through headphones right now to the first one - "Not Now I'll Tell You Later"

    Three are mono, "Basie" (Atomic), "Live At Carnegie Hall", "Eddie Davis Trio"

     I have an early Atomic CD in Stereo on French Vogue/Roulette from before EMi acquired the Roulette catalog, (now owned by WEA....)

    Which is why we are getting all these Roulette re-issues....WEA Japan is doing a great job getting these titles out.

  7. Atlantic Jazz Gallery Atlantic/Rhino

    in Re-issues

    Posted · Edited by 762rob
    Formatting

    These were all I could come up with:

    John Coltrane:

    79965 Ole

    79966 Plays The Blues

    79891 Coltrane Jazz

    75588 Coltrane’s Sound

    75204 My Favorite Things

    75203 Giant Steps

    79892 The Avant Garde (w/Don Cherry)

    Ornette Coleman:

    75208 Free Jazz

    The Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk:

    75598 Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk

    Charles Mingus:

    75589 Oh Yeah

    75590 The Clown

    75205 Blues and Roots

    Roland Kirk:

    75207 The Inflated Tear

     

     

  9. Lady in Satin Centennial

    in Re-issues

    Posted · Edited by 762rob

    I bought this and received the 7" package which was a surprise.

    It's very nicely done, great photos. The CDs are almost impossible to get out of the cardboard slots. One time only for me and I put them in sleeves and stored them inside securely.

    I'd scratch them taking them in and out of the packaging.

    There's a marvelous posed photo of Billie with Ray Ellis in the background.

    tumblr_mr68oaRsUF1qb5wa0o1_500.jpg

  16. Sony to release mono Miles Davis set

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    "Warm" it seems to me is a product of both the original recording and the mastering (and remastering) as is evident from your survey of those you have, you found the Gold cd version to be "warm" and "rich in detail," and "quiet" in comparison to other versions which I guess are less so regarding these characteristics.

    I think that more than anything what you will get from this set is going to be a reflection of Mark Wilder's mixing and mastering. If you find his work in general to be "warm" and "analog sounding" then this is likely to carry forward in this set.

    I would consider the Sony SACD as my favorite digital version, followed by the Wilder remastered "Deluxe" version. I wouldn't call either "warm" but rather "neutral" sounding as far as masting tonal balance goes. I'm looking forward to these mono discs, I've become a fan of Wilder's work. My earlier stereo system seem to present his work with some brittleness and a bit of harshness but in my recent systems the sound is more like Goldilock's porridge to me, "just right."

    The "warmest" sound I get is from my MARANTZ SR 18ex multi-channel and related MARANTZ playback equipment, almost rivals my FISHER 800c tube receiver.

    This is true of all the various digital formats but it especially warms up CDs.

    The speakers are Klipsch Heresy's

  19. How many Verve Elite Editions do you have?

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    I have the entire series and yes I kept the outer sleeves. It was a dumb idea as the artwork was hidden underneath.

    Polygram still had Verve, this was pre-Universal and they did a lot of far out packaging then. They did a Mercury series of R&B that was housed in a plastic radio replica.

    Bought them all as they came out in the beginning. Even then they were very hard to find and did not flow through normal distribution channels. I can't remember how I got them but they were not easy to track down.

  21. Onzy Matthews Mosaic Select

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    Don't forget the two albums Matthews arranged for Lou Rawls, which are currently available on one CD:

    41uu7Uv76LL._SS400_.jpg

    There is a wonderful Atlantic album by Esther Phillips called Confessin' The Blues with live tracks one one side and studio tracks on the other - the studio tracks are all with Onzy's big band and they are among the best things Esther ever recorded.

  22. Verve LPRs

    in Re-issues

    Posted · Edited by 762rob

    So guys, what happened to this series and the VME series anyway?

    It seems like Universal has flushed them down the john and discontinued these series.

    Maybe I have missed something in the postings here - what is up? :(

  23. Dakota Staton R.I.P.

    in Artists

    Posted

    Dakota was a treasure and she left us a lot of great music, especially the beautifully produced and recorded Capitol Lps of the late 50's early 60's. Benny Carter arranged a number of them -

    Her later recordings on Groove merchant are great as well.

    Mosaic should reconsider their re-issue project; and include the United Artists recordings from after the Capitol period.

    If you can find her CD issue from the Legendary Singers series on Capitol, that is a good place to start listening. There is also an excellent compilation out from EMI in the UK.

  25. Old cassette tapes

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    I buy them all the time - if you can find a Pioneer ELITE CT 05D or Pioneer CT 07D these decks digitally clean up old tapes like you would not believe. The sound is quite acceptable. I've even played ones from the 70's on these units and they sound great!

    You can pick one of these up on ebay or audiogon if you are patient. :)

    So, I still listen to them and collect them - there are some great jazz titles out there for like no money.

×
×
  • Create New...