paul secor Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, kh1958 said: The Louis Armstrong Story volume 3, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (Columbia) A desert island LP for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, paul secor said: A desert island LP for me. Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 2 hours ago, kh1958 said: The Louis Armstrong Story volume 3, Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (Columbia) 1 hour ago, paul secor said: A desert island LP for me. 44 minutes ago, kh1958 said: Ditto. Never mind desert island, that one's a whole continent unto itself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 A friend who is a real estate agent in Atlanta called me this afternoon; he had just listed a house. It was empty except for some stuff in the basement that the family was going to take to Goodwill. Among the "junk" was two boxes of records. My friend noticed a good bit of jazz, along with R & B and blues - would I like to take a look before they went out for donation? Well, yes. I came home with about thirty records, although because of the widely varying condition I probably won't keep them all. The first three: Cecil Taylor - Stereo Drive (United Artists stereo). About VG: quite listenable, but with consistent low-level hiss. Ronnie Scott/Tubby Hayes - The Couriers of Jazz! (Carlton mono). Solid VG+, and excellent music I had never heard. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightinin' Strikes (Verve Folkways stereo). Strong VG, almost VG+. A nice 1965 date recorded in LA, with Jimmy Bond on bass and the great Earl Palmer on drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, jeffcrom said: A friend who is a real estate agent in Atlanta called me this afternoon; he had just listed a house. It was empty except for some stuff in the basement that the family was going to take to Goodwill. Among the "junk" was two boxes of records. My friend noticed a good bit of jazz, along with R & B and blues - would I like to take a look before they went out for donation? Well, yes. I came home with about thirty records, although because of the widely varying condition I probably won't keep them all. The first three: Cecil Taylor - Stereo Drive (United Artists stereo). About VG: quite listenable, but with consistent low-level hiss. Ronnie Scott/Tubby Hayes - The Couriers of Jazz! (Carlton mono). Solid VG+, and excellent music I had never heard. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightinin' Strikes (Verve Folkways stereo). Strong VG, almost VG+. A nice 1965 date recorded in LA, with Jimmy Bond on bass and the great Earl Palmer on drums. Keep us posted. This might turn out to be a good story. Definitely interesting so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 The next round of my real estate freebies: Cannonball Adderley - Why Am I Treated So Bad (Capitol mono). I chose this next because it appears to be in the best condition of all the records I picked up today - VG+ approaching NM. But I dislike the distant recording quality, and Cannonball in this period has always been somewhat disappointing to me, considering what an interesting band he had. Aretha Franklin - Soul '69 (Atlantic stereo). VG+, and the music is excellent - no surprise there. I wasn't familiar with the album before now - it's more jazz/blues oriented than most of Aretha's Atlantic output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 30 minutes ago, jeffcrom said: Aretha Franklin - Soul '69 (Atlantic stereo). VG+, and the music is excellent - no surprise there. I wasn't familiar with the album before now - it's more jazz/blues oriented than most of Aretha's Atlantic output. Good one .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Last "basement album" of the night - Pat Martino - El Hombre (Prestige stereo) Edit: Since I've been posting the conditions of the records, this one is around VG: nice listening, but with surface noise. Edited January 21, 2019 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 NY USA mono. Perfectly playable copy which cost me the grand sum of £2 back in the sensible era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 19 minutes ago, sidewinder said: NY USA mono. Perfectly playable copy which cost me the grand sum of £2 back in the sensible era. Excellent Latin tinged platter .... btw very nice cover photography .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 45 minutes ago, soulpope said: Excellent Latin tinged platter .... btw very nice cover photography .... The laminated sleeve is in pretty good condition for its age. Sonics remain excellent, apart from side 2 track 1 ‘Brazil’ staying stuck in groove unfortunately. Other than that - amazingly good considering that the vinyl looks as if it had a past life as a frisbee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, sidewinder said: The laminated sleeve is in pretty good condition for its age. Sonics remain excellent, apart from side 2 track 1 ‘Brazil’ staying stuck in groove unfortunately. Other than that - amazingly good considering that the vinyl looks as if it had a past life as a frisbee. Being a fetishist how to handle vinyl with dignity your description (almost) hurts .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, soulpope said: Being a fetishist how to handle vinyl with dignity your description (almost) hurts .... Not so very long ago I bought a very early deep groove pressing of Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin' Else" for the huge investment of 1 EUR from a used record dealer - probably because the party (and maybe frisbee?) past of the vinyl was evident, including something that looks like candle wax and won't shift - though the vinyl does play through and surface noise isn't even overwhelming. And apart from one smudged area even the cover is fairly acceptable. But imagining what the vinyl must have gone through made me cringe inside too. Edited January 21, 2019 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) 47W63rd DG mono. No frisbee this time, glad to say. Pristine copy. Edited January 21, 2019 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 Bud Freeman, Something Tender (United Artists). This was a very happy find at my visit to the Jazz Record Center in NYC a week ago. Bud Freeman playing with two guitarists, George Barnes and Carl Kress. There is no rhythm section. An unusual and beautiful record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 7 hours ago, sidewinder said: The laminated sleeve is in pretty good condition for its age. Sonics remain excellent, apart from side 2 track 1 ‘Brazil’ staying stuck in groove unfortunately. Other than that - amazingly good considering that the vinyl looks as if it had a past life as a frisbee. I once took an LP with a skip into work where I looked at it under a microscope and performed a bit of surgery with an Exacto knife. It now plays with a decent pop, but at least it no longer skips. Another record I had used to pop and/or skip. I figured if it worked once, maybe it would again. It turned that this record had a chunk of vinyl in the groove. I popped it out and you can barely hear any pop there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jeffcrom Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Max Roach - Chattahoochee Red (Columbia) Steve Lacy - Flakes (RCA Vista Italy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Don Patterson - Patterson's People (Presting mono). Another from my real estate agent friend - probably the last I'll play before I get the rest cleaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Wardell Gray - Way Out Wardell (Crown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 4 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Wardell Gray - Way Out Wardell (Crown) How's the pressing of this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 Speaker Corner reissue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 A Ryko reissue, coloured vinyl, some bonus tracks, going on sale, I keep my old pressing. I admit Bowie, like Genesis, wasn't my cup of tea then, nor he's now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 The Chico Hamilton Special (Columbia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said: How's the pressing of this one? Not bad. About what you would expect from a Crown. Edited January 22, 2019 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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