mikeweil

Listen to the sound of Paul Chambers on the two Contemporary LPs by Art Pepper (A.P. Meets The Rhythm Section & Gettin' Together) and then any RVG recording of Chambers - Du Nann and Holzer were head and shoulders above RVG, sound-wise, IMHO. On the quartet number on Whims of Chambers the bass is a bit more present, but not as up front as Vinegar, and the tracks with horns are recorded as usual.

I wonder why nobody wondered why I didn't start the thread with these:

Yes it's crumb, but i couldn't resist .... This last one is gorgeous ...

PM sent on the Johnny Richards set.

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Gary Larsen?

Prestige LP 7852 actually was a compilation of leftovers from four different Patterson sessions releases after Patterson association with the label had ended.

Glad we got a deal. It seems there are two basic preferences for reissues: 1 - faithful LP reproduction, i.e. same tracks, palying order, liner notes etc. - the facsimile approach 2 - add bonus material, eventually re-arrange in session order - the completist approach I'm a fan of the latter, but to each his own. p.s. but I think reproducing errors from original liners without a correctional note takes it a bit too far.

It would have been otherworldly if they would have combined the best of two worlds ... e:G: there was a vocal track by Milt Jackson recorded at the California session for Telefunken Blues - they could have added that to complete the session. The piano (Eddie Costa or Oscar Dennard) credits on the A.K. Salim "Blues Suite" were copied from the original LP liner and are wrong, Dennard isn't mentioned, and Costa plays piano, not vibes - they would have known if they had consulted Bob Porter's Savoy discography. The Arista LPs were discographically accurate, at least. Denon was not consistent, btw, as they went on to do CD issues of some of the Arista reissues ... furthermore, some musically great titles never were on CD. Savoy is a label that still has to be done right, reissue-wise, IMHO.

Sorry, didn't notice. Will check my mails ...

To me, Geoffrey Keezer has a distinctive sound - his touch, his rhythmic precision and energy ....

These CDs faithfully reproduced the sound of the master tapes, in this respect this was one of the best series. But OTOH they didn't care to consult the Savoy discography, thus failed to add bonus material or correct discographical errors. Some of these play for less than 35 minutes - two LPs on one CD would have been appropriate in most cases. Well .... each to his own.

Well, the horn sound on the Savoys is fine indeed, but the drums are too much in the background, bass drums are inaudible in most cases, the string bass sounds rather muddy without really capturing the individual sounds. But the most important point is that the music is excellent! If you compare the thin sound RVG got from Klook's drum set on this Savoy album or the Prestige sessions with Miles with that on Julius Watkins' first Blue Nite session, you will hear what I am talking about.

That's a back cover, but too good not to be posted here. The front is like this:

This blog might be of interest, btw: http://jazzalbumcovercrypt.blogspot.com/

Same here - it's a drag, isn't it?

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