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One of my favorites; and I have nearly all his albums.

Ditto! Those Mike Taylor albums are worth at least $10 I hear

Probably my all time favorite Braxton album.

Well "Pangaea" is sounding pretty awesome right now after a hard days work and a few beers mixed in I must say that my system is sounding very great lately since I upgraded my speakers (paradigm studio 60 v2) and amp( anthem mrx500)...

So just finished "around 6" by Kenny Wheeler and it seems this German pressing is a bit more dynamic sounding then my Japanese press. Hmm.. Right now: Miles Davis "Pangaea" (Sony, Japan) record 1

Really? Can't recall. But I'm on my second glass of Hopworks IPA and currently spinning: Barre Phillips "journal violone II" (ECM, Germany) Next up: Kenny Wheeler "around 6" (ECM, Germany). Started many years ago with an American pressing, got a Japanese pressing years later, and now just got this new/sealed dead stock German copy for a great price recently. Will be curious to compare the sonics to my Japanese issue...

If it's the copy that sold on ebay recently that's a good deal; geez only $25 more then the Japanese press that sold for $300 a few months back!?

Yikes! Clean copy? Don't drop it

Don't know how to post a link but there's a great clip on YouTube from the early 70s featuring Sonny Rollins with the early Bobo Stenson trio circa "underwear" era...

Called?

Yeah there's at least 10 "NY" pressings that never had an "ear"..."components" is another example.

I should add that I totally agree it's absurd money, but that's the problem with "set" sales! I think if this album ever came up on eBay it would probably go for around the $500 ballpark but if memory serves I don't believe this album has ever been on eBay at all!

That's what I've seen this offered at twice over the years. That said; both copies had the OBI which for some reason doubles the value at least to many Japanese collectors.

Jealous!! Nice finds...only have a stereo copy of "once upon..." which I didn't pay huge money for, but over $100 still

I think the cover is sorta ugly on that second issue! That's why I avoid it. The tiliqua CD sounds good enough so that will keep me happy until I stumble on a windfall of $2000 or something like that...

The original Soundbreakers album is on my wish list along with the 1st issue of Takayanagi's "independence". I've had opportunities to buy both in the past but for some reason wasn't compelled by the price they were being offered at :0

Coltrane w/the Red Garland trio, "4,5,6" by Jackie McLean are a few more highlights for me...

Does that book have interviews with either Masahiko Sato or Masahiko Togashi?

Somebody is on an Andrew Hill binge! I have all the 60s blue notes but they're a hodge podge of NY monos, stereos, and Libertys...

The only books I have seen over the years(online though and not in person) have been in Japanese. I think if you're looking for info then google would be your best friend!

Pearls before swine "one nation underground" (ESP, USA)

I got "oleo", "goodens corner", "first session" and "matador" and indeed they do sound great. Although I'll likely buy the upcoming Music Matters 33rpm reissue of "matador" as well!

Ok I was excited there for a minute that "Components" was reissued on SHM! Guess I mis-read your post Ive had 3 different NY pressings of "Components" over the years and even my current copy(got rid of the previous 2) is sorta noisy in a few spots I placed another order with CDjapan just now for the aforementioned Rollins and McLean discs. The McLean I have on a TOCJ version but I'll take your word that this new version sounds better! In addition to about 10 other Blue Note SHM discs I ordered "Soulnik" by Doug Watkins and a few of the Monk prestige SHM titles. While I'm generally a vinyl guy I must confess to have fallen in love with these SHM blue notes..the mastering is really nice. It just hurts my pocket book as I am often tempted to buy SHM CDs of titles I already have either on Japanese or even original Blue Note vinyl!!! BTW that's how my wife sees me when I buy multiple versions of the same record

Been a bit of a tough week for me and I just gave this a quick sample; hopefully will have more time to devote to this later in the month. Everything sounded quite good though! The only tracks that I sort of recognized were 1(joe mcphee), 3(clusone trio), and 12(schlippenbach trio). I am most intrigued by track 2...is it Paul Bley? At the beginning it sort of sounds like him but then near the end it starts to sound a bit like Ketil Bjornstad!? Nice BFT and again hope to come back to it 'properly' later...

I hope my mini-review was measured enough. I think you'll like this new edition. For me, at least, this album now has new life to it. I also thought about mini-reviewing more of these Blue Note SHM-CDs as I've spun them over a week or so. The Bud Powell (Vol 1.) is the wonkiest of the bunch I've bought so far. Some tracks (Track 1 for example) are noticeably boosted and would seem to come from a different source tape (because of the poor sound) than what Rudy or McMaster used. Then, when the quintet tracks come along, it's like I'm hearing them for the first time drums aren't muddy, horns are present and balanced really nice. That disc, in my opinion, is hit or miss. The music of course is all "hit." The finest disc from this series that I've listened to so far is the Kenny Dorham Cafe Bohemia date. This was a well-recorded live session to begin with, but the current remastering (whatever the Japanese engineers are doing here) brings a new level of clarity and depth. The disc contains bonus tracks, but doesn't of course contain all the music from all the sets, so that's something to consider. I "learned" this album in its original vinyl track order, and could never undo hearing it otherwise, which is one reason it was easy for me to part with the RVG edition, even though it contained more music. For this particular Blue Note album, less is more for me, and Lion's (and/or Dorham's) original track selection was astute and on-the-mark in my opinion. This new remaster almost makes the live session sound like a studio session. Monterose feels less off-mike, drums (particularly bass drum) are clearer, piano is very present, and Sam Jones' bass sounds distinct in this (mono) recording. Even after listening to this record for years, I still forget about Kenny Burrell's presence. When he solos, I still think, "Oh yeah, not a quintet." I also just love Kenny Dorham on this album. He might be a player that I like quite a bit more live than in the studio. Not really reviews, I suppose, but responses. While this series is a little aggressive (sonically) overall, I think it's consistent with the way Alfred Lion liked to hear recordings up front. I hope the series continues (and that Schizophrenia and Blue Spirits are next in the queue as well as Components). Was "components" released on SHM?