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I enjoy the flute material on that album (Jobim himself played the instrument, so it generally sounds "right" to me in the context of bossa), and there are actually more tracks with alto than flute. Anyway, to each their own. On "Bossa Nova Jazz Samba", Shank sticks to the alto throughout. It's a very good session also, and because it contains what I believe is the original recording of Fischer's "Pensativa", I'd go ahead and call it essential.

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You should check out more Ike Turner/Kings of Rhythm. I highly recommend this, if you can still find it:

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Nice choices, medjuck.

I was recently doing a web search for some specific recording data that one of my brothers was asking me about, and I discovered that a website that I had only used occasionally in the past- www.Discogs.com, had been vastly improved since my last visit there (perhaps a few years ago). The site now includes possibly the best all-around source available for "one stop (data) shopping", if you include things like cover images, labelographies (sortable!), and accurate dating (recording dates AND release dates, including amazing details about various reissue releases on different formats). I've also seen pages with composer credits (and composer biographies). Hyperlinking is employed for several discographical categories, which is another great feature. I'm probably leaving some things out, but check it out- it's pretty nice. I can't yet vouch for its general accuracy, but so far I feel confident in recommending it (it leaves the dreaded AMG in the dust, for example). Sample page: The Blue Note label, sorted by year: http://www.discogs.com/label/Blue%20Note?sort=date%2Casc

I think you're close, but the 24000 series began I think in '72, which was the year after Fantasy acquired Prestige. Of course, there were some Prestige 2-LP sets which pre-dated the 24000 series, for example this one from 1965, which I had (blue labels): http://www.discogs.com/Wardell-Gray-Memorial-Album/release/4000850

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Too bad they couldn't have stretched out.

Happy Birthday, Lon. Enjoy your road trip! My 92 year-old mom has gone into dementia over the past couple of years, so I feel for you.

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I was going to say that we should ask you to chime in, but I didn't want to put that kind of intense pressure on you.

I wish I had a clearer memory, Don, but I'm pretty sure that the standout for me (Curtis Fuller's "Cabin In The Sky") was mono

One label that stands out in my mind is RCA. As a "late to the game" collector of vintage vinyl in the late 70's, and into the 80's and 90's, I came across more than my fair share of LP's that had seen better days. I suppose it could have been a coincidence, but I never ever found an RCA LP that didn't look pristine (or close to it), and sound great. Of course, "quality of vinyl" can be looked at different ways. Was it thick? Was it durable? Did it sound good? At any rate, I was always highly impressed by those RCA pressings, even if the label wasn't exactly a major player in the jazz genre by the time vinyl was introduced. Argo was generally not very good at all, in my opinion. There are always exceptions, though. I generally agree with Don's observations, although the few Sparton LP's I had were beautiful (perhaps just good luck there). In addition to Decca, King was bad, Emarcy also (often brittle and subject to cracking/breaking, as were some Argo's). Also, I had more than a few Jazzland LP's that looked perfect, but sounded awful. I would not rank Prestige very highly, either.

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I had to laugh at myself for selecting just one Jobim melody in my first post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUuJrpP0Mak