Chuck Nessa

Just like banking, but more honest.

Real story both simpler and more complex. Joe Fields got into the biz via Prestige marketing job - I met him in those days - 1968. Sold Muse for a bundle (that's why 32 jazz started and the cause of its death) and Joe kept the same operation going via a new imprint High Note. Like many in the jazz biz, Joe is the devil and a salvation (for some).

Hawk played Sunday too.

Al, there's at least one thread about the Freeman record. Do a search.

Which one are you looking for?

I'm certainly hoping for "quantity over quality" - three "full" cds will attract me AND do lots for Mr. Hill's reputation. "If it is on tape, I want it." Andrew needs every minute he can get. B-)

As I said - where and when?

From where, when? Something other than the SteepleChase series? Let us know. If you want something else...........

Chris does not mention Time/Life paid him soooo much money, he did not care about the product . Those guys did spend money 'cause they were out of their element. A bunch of my friends (and enemies) were involved in the project, and most were troubled by the outcome, but not enough to bitch in public. These are wonderful sets and if you are tempted, buy the fucker.

My Chess cds are filed under Jacobs.

This reminds me of something from the olden days. Cuscuna laughed out loud when he discovered I filed my Sonny Red lps under K.

Since this is an "Existential Filing Quandry" I'd file it under "neath".

Mr. Tolliver and Strata East are questionable on a bunch of "fronts". I just don't get the attention paidto them.

This date is also available on a Fresh Sounds cd called Step High. You have no idea how many times I shuddered while typing this message - FS, Green, etc. Not a fan of either.

I hear ya Chuck. But you HAVE stumbled into the VINYL thread, where geeks like us get to talk to other geeks about our love for analog. THe music is obviously most important and first, but this specific issue is also about getting what you pay for and expected out of a product. I suspect that most of the concerns expressed here come from the same place that mine do, which is that I love the sound of analog recordings and strive to find LPs that come as close as possible to the original product that was recorded in the studio (this doesn't always mean the oldest "label" or pressing, just the one that most accurately reproduces the recorded music it contains). In Mosaic, I had been under the impression that their LP issues were analog, and that they did go back to original tapes, etc. Finding out that they don't always is a disappointment, but not something that trumps the music within. Yes, but you are talking to someone who manufactured VINYL for around 20 years and might know something about it. Much, maybe the majority, of talk about analogue/vinyl on this and many other boards has very little to do with reality as I know it. Vinyl was a fine medium as is the cd - there are advantages and pitfalls for both. I cringe when I read comments I know are "stupid". Folks fretting about the transfers of "x" when you didn't have any complaints before are "stupid" to me. If you really loved the lps of "z" and are now "bummed" since you discovered it was mastered from a digital tape, I snicker. Nothing has changed to reduce your pleasure but your "investment". Most of what concerns people of this ilk is economics. I really don't care what you "invested in" but do care about the delivery of the music.

Isn't this supposed to be a discussion group about MUSIC?

Geez! If you all can't tell by listening I suggest you start examining your value system. :lol: Yup, Lex is better than NY, which is better than Liberty, which is better than.....

As a former "food professional" and the father of a chef - wait 2 days and eat all of it. This is Berigan asking the question - right?

Yup, the notes say Ra nixed a Muse session.

Fairly early in the LP/CD era, Mosaic listed all the lp sets from digital masters in one or more catalogs.

Let us pray. Or skate.

What?

I have a rare original scan of Compulsion, but since it's a Wolf photo of Andrew shoving a polish into the "business end" of a hog, I refrain.

First I must say I was a big OP fan at first, came to hate his playing, came to accept it on "so many dates I loved in spite of him", etc. I spent a night at a club OP was playing, and a friend was his duo partner. I knew my friend was being paid amazing bucks (by Norman) to tour with Oscar. At the first break my friend sat with me and outlined all the "tricks" (look and sound astounding at the moment but are really easy) to look for in the next set. He named them in order and they did show up that way. He said he only played the gig for the money and implied little "musical" respect for the boss, but tons of "show biz" respect.

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