Daniel A

I may be of no help at all at this point, but it appears as if the tracks are listed in a certain order on the cover, like for example on BLP 5018: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/bn10'%20193.jpg they are - when listed - in the same order when appearing on other covers as well (look for 5018): http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/bn10'%20213.jpg Then the order given on the covers may differ from the actual LPs anyway, of course.

BTW, doesn't Brubeck claim to have co-written 'Take Five'?

I'm not sure if the track listings are in running order on the back covers, but this might be a lead: http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/index.htm

I happened to read a lot of old threads on BN LPs recently, so I know where to find some anwers to this one too. >Here<

Hi Dmitry. I happened to find this thread in a search recently. Some info on the subject from Allan Songer here and from Peter A here. Obviously, I'm not sidewinder, but I suppose it's because it's got no "ear"...

On a related note: it would be good if the search function could be made to work with multiple word searches, though.

Some CDs arrived in the mail today: Yoh Yamada 'In the Pleasant Shade' (Alfa, 1998) Yoh Yamada (as); Cyrus Chestnut (p); George Mraz (b); Billy Drummond (dr) Dick Hyman 'Brasilian Impressions' (Command, 1966) Dick Hyman with a predictable line-up of 60s studio musicians (as Romeo Penque ) David Hazeltine 'Alfie' (Venus Records, 2006) David Hazeltine (p); David Williams (b); Joe Farnsworth (dr) Jackie McLean 'A Fickle Sonance' (BN, 1961) The TOCJ-4089; more easy on the ear than the USRVG. Renee Rosnes 'Renee Rosnes With The Danish Radio Big Band' (BN, 2001) Unfortunately, it's a Cactus Datashield non-CD. Since Caiman ships from the US I though it would turn out differently, but alas... My first copy controlled CD of any kind. Geoffrey Keezer 'Sublime - Honoring the Music of hank Jones' (Telarc, 2002) Keezer in piano duets with Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Benny Green and Mulgrew Miller. Keezer is not one of favorites, but some of the other pianists are. Aside from Hank Jones, of course!

I think the titles are correct on the LP. If I remember correctly the tracks from side 2 of the LP were mistakenly placed at the beginning of the Connoisseur CD, but with the titles from side 1. The picture of the Japanese cover above is from a online shop offering the album for 30 Swiss francs, actually - around $25. But don't worry, it's a scam. I tried mailing them today, but the mail bounced back. And the check-out of the web shop didn't work. Maybe they went out of business long ago. They once had some interesting stuff, anyway. Web shop link, but: Warning - it doesn't exist!!! EDIT: Clifford, I now realized you were talking about the Connoisseur LP. I believe it suffered from the same mix-up.

'Workout' is cat.no TOCJ-6484, so the conclusion so far is that the really bad ones are in the mid-64xx range. TOCJ-6412 - 'Swing, Swang, Swingin'' - OK TOCJ-6457 - 'Davis Cup' - bad TOCJ-6469 - 'J.R. Monterose' - bad TOCJ-6484 - 'Workout' - good TOCJ-6490 - 'Night Dreamer' - OK TOCJ-6502 - 'Demon's Dance' - OK TOCJ-6534 - 'Hank Mobley and His All-Stars' - (OK? - since all other issues sound bad, you couldn't really tell if the remastering is bad) TOCJ-6609 - 'One Step Beyond' - good

Thank you, Claude! If the other thread is lost (if it even exists), maybe we could continue here: -Jackie McLean 'Swing, Swang, Swingin'' (TOCJ-6412) does sound slightly compressed. Bass and treble seem boosted a bit too much, at least compared with the Connoisseur edition. -J.R. Monterose (TOCJ-6469) sounds rather compressed. Bass and espescially treble are boosted even more. I can't compare to any other issue, but I don't really like the sound of this one, it's tiring after a few minutes already. 'Demon's Dance' is TOCJ-6502, 'One Step Beyond' is TOCJ-6609 and 'Night Dreamer' is TOCJ-6490. 'Davis Cup', mentioned in the thread which I linked to in my first post, which apparently sounded bad is TOCJ-6457.

This one looks like a "real" BN sleeve by Reid Miles. Is it? MG No, it's by Patrick Roques. But it's nice; one of the better "new" covers, I think.

The 'Parkertown' pressing looks best!

OK, now I just have to spin that "Rainbow" edition of 'Patterns'. Parkertown: Sidewinder: and, for myself...:

Nice one ! I have the original "Rainbow series" LP, but the cover looks so dull that I'm thinking of getting a copy of the Connoisseur LP, or even the CD, just because it would probably make me bring out this one more often. How's the sound on those Connoisseur LPs?

As expressed in this thread and elsewhere the Japanese remasterings of jazz recordings (Blue Note in particular) seem to have changed in later years. There is supposed to be a thread (which I can't find) about the sound quality of particular titles in the TOCJ-6000 series somewhere; at least someone (I think it was couw) mentioned the existence of such a thread in another thread I can't find at the moment... Anyway, I would appreciate any help in finding this thread. I'm not trying to restart the old argument about what compression, no-noise etc. is, and if and how it has been applied on the TOCJ-6000 series. I'm just curious about if any titles from this series are to my taste. And while we're at it: Some titles from the older TOCJ-4000 series still seem to be repressed every now and then. Anyone got any idea why these sell in Japan for almost twice the price as the TOCJ-6000 series? Because they sound better...? :rsly:

I agree completely. Shihab doesn't have a thread of his own here; someone ought to do something about it one of these days...

Herbie Hancock 'Maiden Voyage'. This is my only BN King pressing, sounds better than almost anything I've heard on vinyl.

When going through a pile of old LPs I've put away long ago because I didn't find them interesting, I found this oddity: The Delegates 'Convention "72"' (Mainstream MRL 100) Supposedly recorded in 1972. Produced by Nick Cenci & Nick Kousaleos for Nik-Nik Productions The LP is mono Side 1 1. Richard M. Nixon - Face the Issues (5:50) 2. L.B.J. Branch (1:35) 3. Ramsey Clark (1:06) 4. Convention '72 (5:06) Side 2 1. George McGovern (2:29) 2. Spiro Agnew (1:26) 3. The Godfather - Interview (7:07) 4. Sargent Shriver (2:31) 5. Sydney - Singing "My Way" (3:20) The track timing are from the labels. It's a comedy album - how it ended up on Mainstream I can't imagine - and tiresome as it is I couldn't bare sitting it through to check the track timings. I could do it if you're interested, of course. I'll try to do a cover scan - it's as tacky as the album itself.

Jimmy Smith 'Plain Talk' (original BN Liberty pressing)

On October 21,2006 CDSOL 1149 Fukui,Ryo(p)/Mellow Dream +1 2625 CSDOL 1150 Kawano,Yasuhiro(p)/Peace 2625 On November 15,2006 RATCD 4356 Rio Nido(vocal group)/I Like To Riff 2520 RATCD 4357 Rio Nido(vocal group)/Hi-fly 2520 On November 17,2006 PCD 23841 Fat Mama/Mamatus 2415 PCD 23846(Strata East) Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe/Spirit Speaks 2415 On November 22,2006 VRCL 18835(Hybrid) Jones,Hank(p)/Stella By Starlight 2835 BVCJ 31046 Josele,Nino(g)/Paz - Y La Musica De Bill Evans 2548 BVCJ 37190 Drew,Kenny(p)/Afternoon In Europe* 2000 BVCJ 37191 Drew,Kenny(p)/Lullaby* 2000 BVCJ 37192 Drew,Kenny(p)/Moonlit Desert* 2000 BVCJ 37193 Drew,Kenny(p)/Swingin Love Great Standard Love Songs* 2000 BVCJ 37194 Drew,Kenny(p)/Fantasia* 2000 BVCJ 37195 Drew,Kenny(p)/Trippin* 2000 BVCJ 37196 Drew,Kenny(p)/By Request* 2000 BVCJ 37197 Drew,Kenny(p)/By Request 2* 2000 BVCJ 37198 Drew,Kenny(p)/Elegy* 2000 BVCJ 37199 Drew,Kenny(p)/Dream* 2000 KICJ 512 Imasawa, Kagerou(b)/Bass Days 2800 KICJ 513 Sweet Voice/Kiss Kiss Kiss and Still Kiss 3000 On December 20,2006 MHCP 10032(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Matsumoto,Hidehiko(ts)/Sleepy* 2415 MHCP 10033(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Kawaguchi,George(ds)/Big 4* 2415 MHCP 10034(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Hideto,Kanai(b)/Concierto De Aranjuez* 2415 MHCP 10035(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Imada,Masaru(p)/Standard* 2415 MHCP 10036(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Suzuki,Isao(b)/Blue City* 2415 MHCP 10037(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Fukumura,Hiroshi(tb)/Morning Flight* 2415 MHCP 10038(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Yamamoto,Tsuyoshi(p)/Live At Misty* 2415 MHCP 10039(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Hino,Terumasa(tp)/Live* 2415 MHCP 10040(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Yokouchi,Shouji(g)/Blonde On The Rocks* 2415 MHCP 10041(Three Blind Mice)Hibrid Goto,Yoshiko(vo)/Day Dream* 2415

Is only one "Happy Birthday" thread really enough for MG? Happy birthday, MG!!!

Jan Hammer's playing on the Elvin dates is very good. He certainly had jazz chops. One track has him and Chick Corea trading fours (or eights, can't remember right now) on Rhodes. Sometimes he could sound a bit "dry" - like a more chopsy/abstract version of Corea, if that could be imagined - but this is nothing like 'Miami Vice Theme' at all.

Happy birthday, Marcus! I wish you all the best!

Whoa--Sahib Shihab? How is this? Apparently, I haven't opened this thread since posting here in May... :rsly: Anyway, it's a fascinating album. Shihab fits well with "The Beduins" et al. For once a synthesis between jazz and ethnic music which is not simply jazz with a wooden flute. More "ethnic" than "jazzy".

Thanks for checking! Not that I even particularly like the organ playing on that track...