David Ayers

Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! I'm being re-pressed!

uhhhhh... I know someone posted the list of JRVG re-re-issues due on and after May 21.... but I can't find that list. Can anyone republish it or provide a link? Thank you! Just to clarify: I mean the reissues of previous JRVGs, not the new JRVGs...

Well... I think folks should explain the etymology of their real names, if they know it. Mine is quite simple: Ayers=airs=songs,tunes,melodies, ultimately from Latin aer and Greek aura. So, never mind the avatars and handles, explain your real names!

Yes - it is good old fashioned tape hiss!

Thanks Claude. Does anyone know if Mr Thein's masterings are the ones used for 1201 or are they different?

I managed to find the da music site. The Black Lion catalogue appears in two parts, here and here. I amended my own list (above) which is now complete. These titles seem to be the same as those released on 1201 in 1999, which are also 24 bit remastered, though I don't know if the mastering is the same . Black Lion/DA Music state they are remastered by their extra special German engineers (hopefully not the same ones who handled the OJC20 fiasco )

Well, uhhhh, here's the list in numerical order... Billie Holiday, At Storyville, 877625 Ben Webster, There is no Greater Love, 877626 Serge Chaloff, The Fable of Mabel, 877627 Dexter Gordon, Body and Soul, 877628 Louis Armstrong’s All Stars, Basin Street Blues, 877629 Stephane Grapelli, Stardust, 877630 Miles Davis, Boppin the Blues, 877631 Sidney Bechet, At Storyville, 877632 Cecil Taylor, Silent Tongues, 877633 Barney Kessel, Autumn Leaves, 877634 Thelonius Monk, The London Collection Vol 1, 877635 Albert Ayler, Witches and Devils, 877636 Art Tatum, The V Discs, 877637 Bud Powell, The Essen Jazz Festival Concert, 877638 Ben Webster, Stormy Weather, 877639 Sun Ra, Janus, 877640 Slide Hampton, World of trombone, 877641 Sonny Stitt, Autumn in New York, 877642 Sun Ra, Standards, 877643 Ben Webster, Gone with the Wind, 877644 Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich, Anatomy of a Jam Session, 877645 Art Tatum, Standards, 877646 Stephane Grapelli, Meets Barney Kessel, 877647 Teddy Wilson, Cole Porter Classics, 877648 Dexter Gordon, Take The ‘A’ Train, 877649 Grant Green, Reaching Out, 877650 Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Spiritual, 877651 Earl Hines, Tour de Force, 877652 Andre Previn, Previn at Sunset, 877653 Donald Byrd, Groovin for Nat, 877654 Pee Wee Russell, We’re in the Money, 877655 Lee Konitz, At Storyville, 877656 Thelonious Monk, The London Collection Vol 3, 877657 Zoot Sims and Bob Brookmeyer, Morning Fun, 877658 Duke Ellington, The Feeling of Jazz, 877659 Don Byas, A Night in Tunisia, 877660 Count Basie, Class of ‘54, 877661 Dollar Brand, Reflections, 877662 Wardell Gray, One for Prez, 877663

Crazy Jazz lists a few of these, but not the majority. The handful they have just listed doesn't guarantee that the mid price point is right, though it is promising.

Well, you can always blame me for goading you into it!

I don't think so. I don't have the list to hadn't but I will check later today. I don't have a scanner otherwise I'd scan it in. I am getting the impression some of these are related to 1201 releases, but I haven't been able to check.

Dan Here it is. But are you actually willing to pay for it? Or is this another hardest to find for under $12 thread? We'll know if you order it - it will go out of stock!!

I'd say that Live at Historic Slugs still holds up and would be good for those wanting to sample. As John says, this style can pale a little bit...

I agree John. I do like to support Mole, but the price is surprisingly high.

The latest mail order catalog from Mole Jazz lists in very small print and at astronomical prices a series of 24 bit remasters from Black Lion. These includeall three volumes of Monk's The London Collection. There are 36 titles in total including Donald Byrd/Groovin for Nat, Albert Ayler/Witches and Devils, Cecil Taylor/ Silent Tongues and many other thrills. Are these remasters which have been issued in the US, or new remasters commissioned by DA Music (=Black Lion parent company)? Has anyone heard these new remasters? Mole are charging full price (15.99 UKP). Can they be obtained mid price? Can anyone point to a full online list of these titles? At the moment, only Mole seem to have them.

Chuck! Chuck! Where's Chuck?

PS I took another look at the Spanish catalog. On the image of the Holiday CD the words 'Definitive Records' can easily be discerned. The catalog number is not a Nagel Heyer number. So we can conclude that NH are spotless and that Definitive are once again in question.

Some of these titles were never released by Blue Note US (as far as I know). Perhaps different titles come from different sources?

I posted a hastily typed list of selected Time Life Blue Note highlights in this thread. They are very blue indeed and reported to be taken from the TOCJ masters. BTW, before we get into blanket dissing of all European labels, Nagel Heyer are a respected and legitimate label. They currently do not list the Holiday on their website and I am not convinced that the attribution to Nagel Heyer in the catalog is correct. So yes, be suspicious of this set... but please don't blame the dedicated promoters of new trad over at Nagel Heyer!

Here is a selection of avavilable titles: Somethin Else Orgy in Rhythm Moanin Like Someone in Love True Blue Midnight Blue Off to the Races Whims of Chambers Sonny's Crib Little Johnny C Blue Train Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Early cicle Birth of the Cool Good Gracious Afocuban Piano Reflections Money Jungle Undercurent Modern Art Curtis Fuller Vol 3 Go Our Man in Paris Talkin About the Congregation My Point of View Empyrean Isles Page One Comin on Home (Richard Groove Holmes) The Night of the Cookers (1+2) San Francisco The Eminenet JJJ Vol 1 Detroit New York Junction Destination Out Mingus in Wonderland Boss Horn (Blue Mitchell) Roll Call Poppin (!!!) Genius of Modern Music 1 the Cooker At Storyville Let Me Tell You About It (Leo Parker) Up & Down (Horace Parlan) Bud Plays Bird It Might As Well Be Spring Blue and Sentimental Out of the Blue (Sonny Red) Down To Earth (Freddie Roach) Sonny Rollins Vol 2 Speak No Evil Stylings of Silver Further Explorations Softly As A Summer Breeze Turning Point (Lonnie Liston Smith) The Real McCoy Fuchsia Swing Song Love Bug Inta SOmethin Cliff Jordan The Complete Town Hall Concert I missed off a few vocal and more recent BN titles.

It's them. They list a Time Life Blue Note series with which I am not familiar. These titles sell for 5.95 euros and seem to be mostly tinted blue by way of giving them a series feel - otherwise (!) the covers are original. No details are given as to mastering, but there are a few titles people here might snap up including True Blue and Destination Out. I don't have the brochure with me but if no one else beats me to it I will list some of the highlights later on today. Other features in the catalog include a promotion of jazz in Sweden - where, to judge by the number of titles (and pace Ken Burns), jazz seems to have originated.

Well??

So far 100% prefer Johnny Griffin...

PS Hey I checked and I remembered right! All the more reason to VOTE IN MY POLL!!

Ok lets face it I couldn't remember what was in the other polls - but I just wanted to see how the technology worked. Vote in my poll!

uhhh uhh uhh - but really we are all lsitening to the JRVG of Basra so it shouldn't count!!!