Eric

What causes you concern about their legitimacy? They did a beautiful version of I Don’t Care Who Knows It by Duke Pearson and were all set to reissue Passing Ships on vinyl until Blue Note decided to make it a Tone Poet. Wallen Bink even had three separate jackets produced for the cover art, which were quite cool. They have also released various MPS cuts as cool singles. I own several of these, the Duke Pearson and the three lps referred to above. They all strike me as real labor of love products. All the details on the Pearson issue: https://www.discogs.com/release/12924662-Duke-Pearson-I-Dont-Care-Who-Knows-It Go to their Facebook page to see the alternative covers for the Hill record.

Scroll down a little. I think this is it. https://wallenbink.com Interestingly, if you go to the Wallen Bink Facebook page, he has a post on the Jordan album!

Goodness, why would any sit on that?

Doesn’t sound like a jazz album to me - almost more like kid’s music.

Maybe 15 years ago I was driving home from work, pretty late and flipped on the local classic rock radio station (The Fox, Rooster). It was mid-guitar solo for that song and totally blew my mind. WTF is this. so cool! Oh yeah ... 😄

Thanks - made a modest contribution.

The NPR story has a sound clip - sound quality seems pretty decent. Tapes were discovered by a Bob Dylan archivist at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Wish I could copy the link. They have a pic of the album cover which to me looks freaky cool. This is an 80 minute recording. Edit: here we go:

Interesting they also have a Motorhead set for sale. How is that a BMG product???

Cool cover over at Spotify. I wonder how Mosaic missed this?

I wonder whether this is one of these online only releases where the notes are only available via pdf? Answering my own question - no, physical product: https://www.montreuxjazzshop.com/en/boutique/music/vinyls/mccoy-tyner-the-montreux-years-cd/

Well we are in disagreement here, but I apologize for taking us off topic. Enjoy Boston and give us a first-hand report of your experiences at Stereo Jacks!

??? Smoking weed at 7:00 am is an addiction problem.

Nice - shame they called it quits!

Oh that’s a good one!! Dig that album. I’m glad all his Columbia stuff is available on CD!

That may have been my first Monk album ~ 40 years ago, so always had a soft spot for it.

Err ... wow that academic/post-NFL career is pretty impressive!

I just became a Cleveland Browns fan 🥲

Thanks - off the fence 😊

Undoubtedly. There are 1000 page plus threads over at the Hoffman board devoted to such topics ...

Wow some of that stuff has been gutted. Was that the sound of the vinyl bubble bursting? Or just normal supply and demand for certain titles?

That is a freaking delight!! So Much Guitar was one of my first jazz albums, 40+ years ago. Still love it and if I had to only pick one Wes … we’ll thankfully I don’t!

Funny, book just arrived in the mail yesterday. Bought it for my son last Christmas, have been eyeing a copy for myself. Can't wait to spin through it this weekend.

I still have a few of the catalogs - not the very early ones, but from maybe five years on. I loved receiving those things in the mail. Pre-internet, that was how I learned of those things (plus Downbeat ads). The labor of love dimension really shone through.

That was totally cool - thanks for posting.