Ricko Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hello all. As promised, I devoted an entry of my blog to a mini-history of the Hot Fives and Sevens on CD, ending with 39 sound clips you can stream, including excerpts from the new "OKeh" box, the 2000 Sony box, the JSP discs, the 1994 "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" box and the "Integrale" series from Fremeaux and Associates. Listen for yourself and decide on what's the right sound for you. Enjoy! http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2012/12/so-you-wanna-buy-hot-fives-and-hot.html Yours in Pops, Ricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Thanks again Ricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hello all. As promised, I devoted an entry of my blog to a mini-history of the Hot Fives and Sevens on CD, ending with 39 sound clips you can stream, including excerpts from the new "OKeh" box, the 2000 Sony box, the JSP discs, the 1994 "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" box and the "Integrale" series from Fremeaux and Associates. Listen for yourself and decide on what's the right sound for you. Enjoy! http://dippermouth.b...es-and-hot.html Yours in Pops, Ricky :tup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 (edited) ooops, wrong thread ... but thanks, Ricky! Taking the Frémeaux route here, but I've got so many duplicates already, it's rather crazy! I'm with Lon in liking the Sony set of the Hot Fives and Sevens, don't know the JSP though, but as I'm no audiophile, I can't be bothered too much. Edited December 4, 2012 by king ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Ricky: anyone remember the four-volume "Louis Armstrong Story"? Me: hellyeah! I bought the LPs just because they've got such nice covers! Crazy, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisp Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 This recent budget set from Sony appears to have most of the Hot Fives and Sevens on it. Don't know what remastering they use: 80s/90s, Schaap or something else entirely. I prefer Schaap's over all the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Gray Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 (edited) Ricky: anyone remember the four-volume "Louis Armstrong Story"? Me: hellyeah! I bought the LPs just because they've got such nice covers! Crazy, huh? Do you mean the French VSOP series from the early 60s? As you are in Switzerland you might well mean those. Very Special Old Phonography Edited December 4, 2012 by Steve Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 (edited) This recent budget set from Sony appears to have most of the Hot Fives and Sevens on it. Don't know what remastering they use: 80s/90s, Schaap or something else entirely. I prefer Schaap's over all the others. Really? I've compared the Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings 4CD-set from 2000 that Schaap was involved in several times with the John R.T. Davies-mastered JSPs and I don't like it (the Schaap set) at all. It sounds harsh to me, especially in louder passages. Give me the Davies JSPs anytime, they sound much more natural to my ears. Edited December 4, 2012 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 I prefer the Schaap by a hair as well, more resolved, more detailed to my ear. I don't really hear harshness, I've managed to evade it somehow fine tuning my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Ricky: anyone remember the four-volume "Louis Armstrong Story"? Me: hellyeah! I bought the LPs just because they've got such nice covers! Crazy, huh? Do you mean the French VSOP series from the early 60s? As you are in Switzerland you might well mean those. Very Special Old Phonography No, I found the Columbia LPs (no idea what editions/pressings, I guess there were many? certainly no six-eye ones but later pressings) used in very good condition and for a pretty attractive price. These: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 How does the sound of the RCA sessions in this box compare to that on the "Complete RCA" box release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I believe they are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 on that RCA box, as I recall, I was bugged because there were some "breathing" artifacts from the noise reduction; the best sound, as I now recall, for the Armstrong RCA is the old French black and white twofer, "Young Louis" I think it's called; and the CD reissue of that black and white, if you can find it, is very good. This is one of the sessions salvaged from the Camden studios before RCA tore them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I have the old RCA set ... the later one was too expensive when I wanted to get that music. But I'll go on buying the Frémeaux series anyway, sooner or later. Since I perused the popmarket site again yesterday, I really would like to know Mark Wilder's stance on having his name there in the blatantly lying blurb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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