Swinging Swede

On my old hard drive I also found the earliest one from 2000 (I joined the BNBB in August 1999). Some fell for this I remember! ******************* New Japanese BN Reissue Series! As you may well know, the last Japanese RVG batch was released a week ago. There has been some speculation about what Toshiba’s upcoming plans are, a new RVG series, a reversion to the TOCJ series, or something else? Well, the answer has just come out now! In August Toshiba will release the first batch of a new series, which will consist of both previously released titles and previously unreleased titles from the 42xx and 43xx series. It will be called the OCDS series, with ‘OCDS’ standing for ‘Original Compact Disc Sound’. This new series will feature the original McMaster CD transfers, and titles not originally released will be remastered using the very same technology McMaster used in 1987. We all know abour the ‘replica’ mentality the Japanese have, and with the CD approaching 20 years of age, this probably had to happen sooner or later, although their decision will be controversial, at least among some people on this board. But it isn’t only about cashing in on a budding CD era nostalgia in Japan. As OCDS series producer Yoshiharu Tanigawa says: ”We have had complaints both about the RVGs having too narrow a stereo spread, and about the recent high resolution transfers revealing too much of the audio imperfections inherent in the master tapes. Many feel that the classic CD releases gave a smoother, more pleasing listening experience. We believe that the OCDS series will offer the most satisfying solution to the differing tastes and demands of our customers.” [...] http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/jazz/bluenote/ocds/index.htm ******************* I omitted a couple of paragraphs that haven't aged well.

But the one from 2001 I actually found on Internet Archive. RVGs apparantly were all the rage in those days. November RVG batch! I had almost forgotten about this one, although Mobley's Algerian recording rings a bell. It's worth keeping in mind that there already had been 3 CD reissues of Birth Of The Cool, and some of the hot topics at the time were apparently polarity, shirts and Miles possibly playing on Blue Train. Miles and Gil quarrelling about the tempo I must have gotten from the Dorsey brothers!

I'm flattered that you remember it! It was on the BNBB way back in 2002. It doesn't seem to have been archived at the Internet Archive, but after some searching I found it on an old hard drive. At this point in time Verve had discontinued its VEE and VBR series and Mark@Verve had told us that they would be replaced by a mini-LP series, but the name of it had not been revealed yet (it would eventually be LPR). They also had a new president with a questionable background. So... ******************* Verve launches their own RVG series Later this month Verve will release the first batch of their new mini-LP series, that replaces the now defunct VBR and VEE series. Only now have they revealed the name of it. It will be called the RVG series, but with ”RVG” standing for Ron ’Verve’ Goldstein (as he will be marketed henceforth), the new president/CEO at Verve Music Group. The mini-LPs will also have an obi strip sporting a picture of Goldstein as well as his signature. This is said to be a part of Verve’s new marketing strategy of using ’Verve’ Goldstein’s name and face as a quality assurance for the consumer. Prior to his Verve engagement Goldstein had made a career of running his own new age label, where he turned Yanni into a new age superstar. Goldstein "combines great creativity, marketing skills and business acumen" says Verve chairman Tommy LiPuma. When Blue Note started their limited edition Connoisseur series, it didn’t take long for Verve to follow suit with their limited edition VEE series. And now with the success of Blue Note’s RVG series, Verve once again copies a BN concept, and now even uses the same name, although it’s just a coincidence according to them. This seems like a blatant attempt to cash in on the goodwill the ’RVG’ designation has among jazz customers. http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/RVG-edition.html ******************* Didn't Concord later do something similar with The Keepnews Edition?

Someone fell for them and doesn't like it!

Or, as they used to say in the CD reissues some years ago after mentioning Decca and all the other labels they now owned:

Well, they burnt them up instead, got a big insurance sum paid out, and got rid of all future storage costs for them.

I asked Blue Note whether there would be any special reissues this year when they turn 70 as there were when they turned 60. And lo and behold, they will actually release some of those rejected sessions as Connoisseurs later this year! Michael is not all that happy about releasing them apparently, but after EMI had seen the figures drop considerably for regular reissues of titles previously out on CD, some employee had been given the task to research the jazz community, and he had found that rejected sessions repeatedly had been requested on Internet forums and thought it was worth a try and might create a buzz. The Connoisseur batch will include the following titles (changes may still occur but these are likely): Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Hipsippy Blues (3/8/59) Kenny Dorham - Blues Lament (3/19/61) Herbie Hancock - Don’t Even Go There (7/19/66) Gene Harris & Grant Green - Playmates (10/15/62) Jackie McLean - Abrasion (7/5/68) Horace Silver Tentet - The Dragon Lady (4/11-12/63) [Relistening to the tentet tapes Michael thought that they were better than he had remembered. The ensembles are a bit ragged, but the solos are excellent.] No Train Wreck or Grant Green with John Gilmore this time, but who knows what may happen if these sell decently?

Heck, it is even available from oldies.com for $5.98. You can't go wrong with a price like that for two original albums.

Foster's both Epic albums are available on a Collectables twofer CD. You can get it from CD Universe for $11.09. The Argo album has been out on a Japanese CD.

Just to make it clear: Herman Foster died in 1999, 70 years old.

Was this thread deleted for a while yesterday? Suddenly I couldn't see it in the list, and when I tried to reload its URL I got a board message that it didn't exist or similar. Cool that deleted threads can be brought back, if so.

Which is why I am asking. There have been a lot of discussions through the years of Fresh Sound/LoneHill/Gambit releases, Classics and other non-US labels. If this is a new policy it is a drastic change.

"unauthorized releases of copyrighted material", JAW. That includes Andorran releases of original LP albums as well. And also Classics releases if the US copyright for those recordings is longer than 50 years which I think it is.

What?? Are we not allowed to discuss any "Andorran" releases any longer then? What if something is coprighted in the US but not in other countries? Can't we discuss Classics any more for example? Is this some new policy??

When Bird plays White Christmas, he quotes Jingle Bells.

WIM Sopiko Guramishvili, Georgia, 2281

WFM Yuliya Yakovich, Russia, 2125

Johnny ”Hammond” Smith Charles Earland Charles Kynard Lonnie Smith Don Patterson Freddie Roach Reuben Wilson Leon Spencer Jr. Sonny Phillips Sam Lazar Odell Brown Billy Larkin and to throw in some so called pre-Jimmy Smith organists: Wild Bill Davis Milt Buckner Bill Doggett

Benny Goodman was still playing well in his last year.

The duet he did with Kenny G. -_-

And Manfred Mann had a background as a jazz pianist.

Yes, but the track can be found on Helen Humes 1927-1945.

It was my first thought that the law cases had to do with this "Complete Jazz Series". I still can't see why Classics would change the name and the covers. What other label does that for digital downloads?