David Ayers

Happy Birthday Chuck. Are you going to celebrate by reissuing Nonaah?

Ahhhh - OK, thanks Eric.

Basically, the sound is historic, the decision to add bass to the duet tracks musically understandable but bizarre, especially as Goode adds his vocalised bass solos to two or three tracks. There are many reasons not to buy this disk, but in the end you DO get to hear a lot of Harriott. I'd say this is interesting for those who are interested, but you are likely to set it aside after two or three plays.

Here is some of the inside:

Here is the back:

hmv.co.jp shows these additional titles, not in numerical order, but follwoing on from the list already posted Blowin' The Blues Away Horace Silver Flight To Jordan Duke Jordan Happenings Bobby Hutcherson Magnificent Thad Jones Thad Jones Memorial Album Clifford Brown Miles Davis Vol.2 Miles Davis Night At Birdland Vol.2 Art Blakey Night In Tunisia Art Blakey Round About Midnight At The Cafe Bohemia Kenny Dorham Soul Station Hank Mobley

Chambers/Kelly query. The Mosaic lists five tracks as the contents of 1st Bassman. The euro vee Jay has six tracks: 1. Melody (Lateef) - 4:11 2. Bass Region (Lateef) - 10:38 3. Retrogress (Lateef) - 3:33 4. Mopp Shoe Blues (Lateef) - 6:08 5. Blessed (Lateef) - 7:07 6. Who's Blues (Adderley) - 8:26 The last one does not appear on the Mosaic. Any explanation?

It sounds

I am willing to pay HIGHEST PRICES for some of the loose grit that is displaced by the wheels of the delivery vehicle when it brings the packages from Mosaic. I am attempting to build up a collection from very state. [Note: I am not interested in grit from True Blue deliveries. Combined True Blue and Mosaic delivery grit is of course acceptable.] [PS I am also willing to put in an offer on the tympanum, malleus, incus and stapes used to listen to a NEW and PRISTINE copy of the Hill Mosaic LP set.]

I saw a recent UK reissue (I think it was Teagarden) which claimed that its remastering and 'pitch correction' were uniquely identifiable and were the subject of copyright. I have never seen anyone attempting to claim this before. But are they right - can they copyright the remastering?

Actually I am pretty worried about Garth. He is selling some of his most prized possessions. It is like he has just lost interest in living. Garth, my friend, we are here for you!

When I first heard this I thought it lacked balls and the guitar sounded silly. Listening to it more recently, I find some of the most fantastic sounds, especially in the slower pieces. Recommended.

I played this last night to remind myself. The vinyl I have is Cadillac 1989, but looks like a reissue. I don't know the date of original issue (maybe it is 1989?), but the recording date is 1967. The sound quality is not good, and this is not just down to vinyl mastering but to the condition of the tape and the recording technique used. You would want to hold off on this until you get a report on the sound which is on the 'historical' side. Personnel are Harriott, Stu Hamer (t), Pat Smythe (p), Coleridge Goode (B), Phil Seaman (d) Tracks are 1 Tuesday Morning Song 2 A Time for Love 3 The Rake 4 Blues in C 5 Shepherd's Serenade 6 Polka Dots & Moonbeams 7 Strollin' South 8 Count Twelve Compositions 1, 4 and 8 are by Harriott, 3 and 5 by Dizzy Reece (Reece recorded them for BN). There are no track times but each LP side is maybe a little under 20 minutes. The music is straight ahead. It is a good, British jazz album, but you will want to hear it only if you are keen to hear as much of what little Harriott you can easily get your hands on. I'd be interested to hear about the sound quality of the CD - without some improvement you could be quite disappointed if you payed top whack. By the way, I also have the Genius CD if anyone would like a report on that.

Those OMG moments for me come mostly when I discover I have scratched one of my favorite LPs during the best solo...

This is widely stated to be the case. I wasn't here at the time and was unaware of it. I think you can assume this is accurate.

For years the vinyl was freely available from Mole and Rays - it was like they couldn't give it away! Then it became hard-to-find. And now it is back as a CD! Joe Harriott Quintet 'Swings High' (1967, with Phil Seaman / Pat Smythe / Stu Hamer / Coleridge Goode) I saw it advertised as a new release at Crazy Jazz. I don't know about US availability.

Sounds like Trinitaires is not a keeper. Still, I might pick it up pre-owned if I see it.

Last chance! Some people will start to get ill over this! That said, there are other ways to access most of this music, at least for now...

Judgment and Smokestack are already out there as JRVGs. Plainly for those of us who have everything else by Hill this box will be a priority, if only in the sense that there is no more Hill to hear. But plainly if, at the time of One for One, the unreleased material was judged less interesting than the string quartet sides, then maybe it just isn't that interesting. A set for the collector who already has everything, maybe? My sense is that people with the spare $$$ should get on to Hiroshi if they don't have Judgment and Smokestack in any version. Anyway I am not dissing this issue - I'll buy it. PS I am sure there is other Hill material (non-BN) which has never made it to CD. AFAIK California with Love was never issued after the original LP. Have you ever heard 'Les Trinitaires? I have never even seen it.

Good news discographically, and bound to be at least interesting musically, but the One for One not-yet-on-CD stuff is not really a priority, to be honest, and the stuff that was less good than what got on the LP might not be that thrilling. Folks who don't yet have all the issued BN LPs should probably be wishing for those.

A musician friend of mine once said that he personally knew the people in every one of his favorite bands. And that included me! (need a blushey, false-modesty smiley here...)

Still on the site. Best countdown in ages.

Thanks Brad. Actually I saw this thread, but there is no direct claim that masterings were stolen. Clementine says (in this thread) that Proper used 'the work' of other companies in two cases, but does not list others and does not specify which work. Did they use the remasterings? Or did they just use the editorial concept? The Propers I have are all remastered by them. They have put out some pretty convenient sets.

Which Proper sets are ripped off? Any? Maybe I missed a trhead.

The ZYX sets have the same masterings as the US edition. The US sets just COST more.