mikeweil

German retailers have it up for pre-order as well.

My experienc with classical forums is that they are dominated by music lovers that prefer performances on modern piano and know little about harpsichord performance or are even opposed to it. Okay, I will try to do my best and explain some about the history of the instrument and the approaches to intrerpreting the music. It's a complex but intriguing subject.

From this, the Power To The People album.

Only the bundles with other reissues are exclusive Craft items.

I think we need to distinguish between modern harpsichords as built in the early 20th century as used by Landowska and in latter day pop and jazz, and baroqoue music played on historic instruments or copies, since these are totally different musical worlds. I will startanother thread. The excellent Rameau disc is an example for the latter is an example for historially informed practice.

It really is. I had not listened to this since I bought it and pulled it to find out whether I need the Byas Mosaic set. But it will be hard to gather the funds for it this year. Engineers back then had the problem that bass drum kicks could throw the cutting stylus out of the groove. That is why they held back or were muffled. And that is how it became a standard in the recording business. I agree with you. Drummers and rhythm are so underrated.

AFAIK there is no such thread. Somebody will have to start one ....

This probably was the release that initiated my love for harpsichord music, although the sound disappoints me after so many years. Almost monophonic, and the microphones at too much of a distance, as if it were a grand piano in a concert hall. There are many better sounding recordings from that time (1976). Alan Curtis plays very well, though. The cover, btw, shows the harpschord lid of Balbastre's own instrument, used later by the Pleyel company to build a fortepiano.

Fascinating event. I can recommend this box set, even though it is not in strict performance order: https://www.discogs.com/release/1380607-Various-From-Spirituals-To-Swing-The-Legendary-1938-1939-Carnegie-Hall-Concerts-Produced-By-John-Ham

Very fruity without being sweet - it probably needs to rest for a year or two to develop. Pure Carignan from at least 40 year old vines.

The weekend bottle, simply one of our favourites, from Carignan grapes: Roche de Belanne 2022 Les Producteurs Réunis - Pays d'Herault

Zacapa Ron Centenario Solera 23

So let me continue: Track 2: better players than in track 1, although the conga player and drummer are not really together with their accents on the second beat. But really good players overall. Track 3: Nice blues riff, I have a version with a much simpler arrangement but cannot remember the title. The recording catches the live energy very nicely. Trumpet player sounds very familiar. Track 4: Sounds like a fusion of two tunes I know. I'm no longer listening to this kind of jazz any more, and this shows in my guesses. But I liked the solos in track 3 much better. Track 5. That's a calypso tune Blue Mitchell recorded on one of his Blue Note LPs. It looses a lot of its charm when played that fast. Piano player is a little too busy for my taste. More calypso groove, please. Trumpte is a good player, though. More tomorrow.

R.I.P. I always likd her singing, saw her live when part of this album was recorded:

Definitely not! Doesn't sound like Capers to me, and it's not the Latin Jazz Quintet. That track is not in my collection. Not a Latin band, I'd say. Conga player is not one of the greats, almost looses the groove during one of his fills at the end. Piano and drum set sound is awful.

Many mono tapes probably were dumped as it was generally thought that stereo was superior etc., and the companies wanted to save storage space. Not really logical, as most households still had only mono playback systems until the late sixties or even early seventies. On the occasion of the SACD reissue of "Hohn Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" Rudy Van Gelder wrote that until that time engineers were instructed to take the most care in mixing to mono - the SACD includes both mixes to proove it, the mono mix sounds better. In view of that it was a rather stupid decision to throw away the mono tapes. The only LPs I ever regretted selling are some original Atlantic mono pressings. Those I still have sound great when played back with a mono cartridge.