wolff Posted November 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Dire Straits: On Every Street Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue Blakey: Live at Birdland BN 1521 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 (edited) Dire Straits: On Every Street Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue Blakey: Live at Birdland BN 1521 Billy Bragg? Wow, I thought was out of fashion!! I love this man, I heard him everytime he came to Italy. Wolff, I never saw you in the political forum, but it seems you don't dislike Bragg for his political ideas Edited November 20, 2004 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Prestige Blue Label, South Bergenfield address, Van Gelder in the deadwax- sweet . Terrific playing here, especially, "I Can't Get It Started," where Booker really DOES get it going. Bob Marley and The Wailers- "Burnin" Island Records. "I Shot the Sheriff" as it should be heard. Canned Heat- "Living the Blues" - creditable blues/rock with a pschedlic flavoring. I was boogieing Sonny Rollins- "Freedom Suite"- Riverside/OJC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Dire Straits: On Every Street Billy Bragg & Wilco: Mermaid Avenue Blakey: Live at Birdland BN 1521 Billy Bragg? Wow, I thought was out of fashion!! I love this man, I heard him everytime he came to Italy. Wolff, I never saw you in the political forum, but it seems you don't dislike Bragg for his political ideas I did not know he had political ideas. Do not pay much attention to an artists political side, just their art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinlps Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 (edited) Tough to ignore Bragg's politics with overt references to Mao's Great Leap Forward, songs with titles of Thatcherites and Take Down the Union Jack, and the acceptance of his plan for reform in the House of Lords, etc... All that said, I'm a huge Bragg fan and recommend the bio Still Suitable for Miners in addition to his catalog. Favorites include Back to Basics, Workers Playtime, William Bloke, and the Mermaid Avenue sessions with Wilco. Edited November 21, 2004 by spinlps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Man Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Some old favorites today: AM: Ella at Duke's Place (thin vinyl, later pressing, but sounds great) Ella In Berlin (thick vinyl, probably first pressing) PM: Oliver Nelson - Blues & Abstract Truth (Impulse/ABC - rainbow label, but sounds incredible) Lee Morgan - Search for The New Land (NY address stereo) Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (Toshiba/EMI - beginning not to like these EMI's, very cold sound to these ears. Killer session, though) Wynton Kelly - Piano Interpretations (Toshiba/EMI - to see if I felt the same way as above about the mastering - I did) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Man Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Hey Wolff, was that Dire Straits another Gold Masterdisk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Hey Wolff, was that Dire Straits another Gold Masterdisk? Ha...ROTFLMO NO, but the guy ended up sending LP back and I returned his $$. He sure was a weird one. But, all ended up OK. You need a Gold Masterdisk? My only Bragg LP is Mermaids and that deals with someone elses politics on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Some old favorites today: AM: Ella at Duke's Place (thin vinyl, later pressing, but sounds great) Any initials in the dead wax? Robert Ludwig(at Masterdick ) did some amazing work on some Verve titles back in the 70's-80's that look cheap, but are nice sounding. He did a few Book Of The Month Club reissues that I wish I had more of. Listening to: Dorham: Whistle Stop..Nice CONN LP from a few years ago. Leroy Vinnegar: Leroy Walks...Nice OJC of this Contemporary title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Just had the Rod Levitt Orchestra 'The Dynamic Sound Patterns of the' playing. Riverside Bill Grauer productions original. Really nice session, clear influences of Msrs Evans G. and Russell G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Hank Mobley 'Reach Out' BN Liberty pressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Hank Mobley 'Reach Out' BN Liberty pressing. A teutonic beauty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Dizzy Reece 'In To Out' (Futura) The 1970 concert in Creteil, suburban Paris, with John Gilmore, Siegfried Kessler, Patrice Catarini and Art Taylor. Great album that should be issued on CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 (edited) Hank Mobley 'Reach Out' BN Liberty pressing. A teutonic beauty? Nah - no 'vorsprung' on this one ! This one is a US Liberty, must be a first pressing. Easily the best sounding version of the session I have ever heard, suprisingly sounds better than the superb Toshiba LP I bought from Hiroshi . No contest of course the domestic CD B-) . Only negative - slight cutout on the sleeve. I've always liked this session for Woody Shaw but some of Mobley's subtleties/inflexions come out much clearer and George Benson's guitar sounds very full-bodied and full of gusto. My opinion of the date has gone up as an output of the listening pleasure received... Edited November 21, 2004 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Currently on-deck in the Sunday afternoon big-band slot is a Vogue 2LP set with Herb Pomeroy Orchestra on LP 1 and Maynard F. on LP 2. Roulette sessions from the late 1950s, early 1960s. Intriguing to hear Jaki Byard on tenor sax on the first LP. Nice Pomeroy session.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Spent the afternoon listening to records. My listening used to be 50% classical, 50% jazz, but over the last year, it went to 100% jazz, and, more recently, it's split between jazz and rock. I only listen to classical at work. Don't know why and I expect it will swing back at some point. So I decided to listen to a little bit of classical to get things started: Respighi - "The Birds" and "Brazilian Impressions" - Dorati, cond. Mercury Living Presence, SR90153 Liszt, "Hungarian Rhapsodies 2,3"--Enesco, "Roumanian Rhapsodies, 1,2" - Doratic, cond. Mercury Living Presence SR90235. Boioker Little, Julian Priester, George Coleman, Donald Friedman, Reggie Workman, Pete LaRoca. Bethlehem/Sony Japan. Then: Norman Granz Jam Session, The Charlie Parker Sides Verve, 2 LPs. I would suppose this is on the new Granz jam session box set? I've heard the sound on that set is quite good, which doesn't surprise me as the sound on this set is excellent. Warner. Neil can hit the right lyric at times: "How I lost my friends I still don't understand They had the best selection, they were posoned with protection There was nothing that they needed, they had nothing left to find They were lost in rock formations or became park bench mutations" Chambers Brothers, "Now!" Vault Records. I saw the Chambers Brothers circa 1968. I can't remember if they were opening for The Doors, or The Doors were opening for them. It could very well have been the latter, as the CB's had a huge hit, "Time Has Come Today." That was a night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Nice selection of LPs ! B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 (edited) Nice selection of LPs ! B-) Why thank you. I just stagger about and yank LPs off the shelves. I have only a vague idea at this point as to what I have, or what I am going to listen to. let me add, by way of example: I have been trying to find my copy of Ayler's "Spiritual Unity" (reissue) for a week- no dice. Edited November 22, 2004 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Remember Ben Webster (Mercury - Netherlands) - After all these years I'm still amazed that Ben Webster can embellish a melody and take me to places I've never been before. and Big Walter Horton/Alfred "Blues Harmonica King" Harris: Harmonica Blues Kings (Pearl) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 (edited) I'm still amazed that Ben Webster can embellish a melody and take me to places I've never been before. Yep! Curtis Fuller: Two Bones (King) Nice little drop out on the 3rd track. Jewel: Spirit Jewel: Pieces Of You....I know Selling the LP's, so making burns just in case a friend likes her. I will admit to liking the unaccompanied duet, Jewel and her mother, of "This Little Bird". Spooky real and lifelike on my stereo. Edited November 22, 2004 by wolff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Recent haul including Gerry Mulligan Sextet_Line for Lyons- Mercury Interantional 1965 ( actually seems to have a number of quartet items on it) Bud Shank- Plays todays movies ( approx. title) WP-Liberty- some complete dross but not as commercial as I'd expected Houston Person- Very Personal Muse - Totally gross cover art but nice playing inc. Fuller, Walton etc. Very good sound from RVG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Careful with that vinyl, Eugene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 (edited) Some fine Turrentine: Nice lineup: Thad Jones, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams, Mickey Roker Then: Horace Silver- "Blowin the Blues Away" Blue label, black "b" pressing. Part of the great RVG vinyl vs CD comparo! Some rather obscure rock: Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys. "The Streeth Giveth" This band was associated with Hendrix. Too bad Jimi didn't play on their records Edited November 23, 2004 by Leeway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 I saw the Chambers Brothers circa 1968. I can't remember if they were opening for The Doors, or The Doors were opening for them. It could very well have been the latter, as the CB's had a huge hit, "Time Has Come Today." That was a night. I saw them open for the Doors, so that's probably what you saw, too. Didn't Jimi produce Cat Mother? I remember something about their association, too. Then there's always "Eire Apparent", the Hendrix produced psychedelic disk that sounds like Jimi is all over it. But it might just be the band cloning his sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolff Posted November 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Horace Silver- "Blowin the Blues Away" Blue label, black "b" pressing. Part of the great RVG vinyl vs CD comparo! When the Dark Knight and the Wolff do not see eye to eye a boring thread gets 400 hits!!! LMAO Joe Sample: Rainbow Seeker... MFSL pressing heading to another home, so I'm burning it. Indigo Girls: Self Titled Indigo Girls: Swamp Ophelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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