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Two new batches are now listed at Verve's site: 3/9/04 Mel Brown - Chicken Fat (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Gloria Coleman - Soul Sisters (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Yusef Lateef - The Golden Flute (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Archie Shepp - The Cry Of My People (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records 3/23/04 John Frigo - I Love John Frigo...He Swings (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records Roger Kellaway - Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet (LPR) - Reissue - A&M Jazz Lyle Ritz - How About Uke (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records Tony Scott - Tony Scott (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle (LPR) - Reissue - Verve Records I wonder whether the Stuff Smith release somehow is linked to the Mosaic problem. Verve cancelled a planned Stuff Smith LPR last year, but that was of another title ("Sweet Swingin' Stuff").
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king ubu, Remember that the Connoisseur series is for albums not previously released on CD in the U.S. All those titles you mention had already been out on CD in the U.S. (some even twice), and hence they were ineligible for the Connoisseur series. The list of RVG titles not previously released on CD is short (only nine), and they are all by major names: Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Grant Green, Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Smith. Not obvious Connoisseur material by any means.
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Oh, I know some do. That’s clear from the discussions here. But I would assume that even for them getting a new remaster of something they don’t have is a more exciting prospect than getting a new remaster of something they already have. Maybe I’m wrong. Personally I don’t play the upgrade game. I feel that instead of getting a new remaster of music I already have, the same money is better spent on a new remaster of music I don’t have. There’s so much available from other labels, for example the rich Fantasy catalogue. Right now I feel that if I ever am going to upgrade, it would have to be to a better format, like SACD, and I’m not sure I would do it even then. I’ve read that before, but I’m unconvinced. Looking over the list of RVGs I can’t find any title that without the RVG series would have been obvious as a Connoisseur rather than a regular release. The closest is probably Groovin’ At Small’s Paradise, but it is still by a major name.
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True. But there is an important difference. Connoisseurs/West Coast Classics are/were always titles new to CD. RVGs have with rather few exceptions been titles that already had been on CD in the 80s and the 90s. I already had all of the titles in the August/September 2003 RVG batches for example. So for the seasoned CD collector, the RVG series doesn’t offer as much excitement as the Connoisseur series. For someone who is new to the BN collecting disease the RVG series is great of course.
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There were 18 Connoisseur releases in 1998 nominally. But there were also 12 West Coast Classics releases, which were limited editions too, but drawn from the Pacific Jazz catalogue instead. So if you count them together there were 30 limited edition releases that year. The excellent West Coast Classics series was unfortunately shortlived, due to bad sales. There are still plenty of Pacific Jazz titles that haven't made it to CD. A partial solution to this problem has been the recent Mosaic Select series, where we've seen Pacific Jazz sets covering Carmell Jones and Curtis Amy. We will probably see more. Still, three Connoisseur batches and two West Coast Classics batches with six titles in each during just one year. Ah, those were the days. After 2000 there has only been one Connoisseur batch each year.
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Thanks, Rooster! It's late here, so I have to go get some sleep now - if I can after all the excitement!
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Just intending a little joke there! I know the original poster wasn't you. I do actually remember who it was, but since I don't know his reason for deleting the post, I don't think I should reveal who it was.
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This was the post I replied to above, but now it has vanished too! What's happening??
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The post was right after Bertrand's. I saw it while at work and intended to reply to it after getting home. But when I got home and logged on, it was gone!
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I could have sworn that I saw a post earlier today mentioning that Mosaic is considering putting out the unissued 1967 sessions. If so, I wonder what the scope would be. A 2-CD set, although Mosaic hasn’t done such small sets in a long time? Perhaps a complete Andrew Hill 1967-1970 set? Or here’s something to dream about: ”The Complete Unissued And Rejected Blue Note Sessions”! I hope I’m not causing any problems by mentioning that I saw the post, but I figure several others must have seen it too.
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Looking forward to the reply! (If you get one.) Remarkably there are no less than three unissued Andrew Hill sessions from 1967. They are all listed as unissued, not rejected, so they could come out one day. Robin Kenyatta (as) Sam Rivers (ts, ss, fl) Andrew Hill (p) Cecil McBee (b) Teddy Robinson (d) Nadi Qamar (thumb p, African d, per) VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 10, 1967 Prevue Yomo I Awake Now Andrew Hill (p, ss, org) Ron Carter (b) Teddy Robinson (d) VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 17, 1967 Nine at the Bottom Nine at the Bottom (alt. Take) Six at the Top Chained Moma Absolution Interfusion Woody Shaw (tp) Robin Kenyatta (as) Sam Rivers (ts, ss) Howard Johnson (bars, tu) Andrew Hill (p) Herbie Lewis (b) Teddy Robinson (d) VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 31, 1967 Orba Mother's Tale Enamorado For Blue People Only Requiem for Truth
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Thinking Of Home! Also 'Natural Spirit', the previously unreleased album that was added to the release of Lift Every Voice.
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Horace Silver interview
Swinging Swede replied to brownie's topic in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
I had read that Horace Silver had retired from playing too. This release doesn't contradict it, since it was recorded in 1991, but look at this part of the interview: There's more to come! He's currently putting together another recording project that's targeted for April 2004. He didn't care to talk about the particulars of this new project only to say that he has most of the music already written and when that record is released, he'll go out on tour, he said. I wonder whether he will actually play, or just compose and arrange. I was under the impression that he had decided to stop playing due to a medical condition. -
Jewel Case Creator Software...
Swinging Swede replied to street singer's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Thanks for the kind words, although it was just an amateur attempt really. The Word file is unfortunately too big to be attached to a post here, even when zipped. I'll PM you. -
Jewel Case Creator Software...
Swinging Swede replied to street singer's topic in Miscellaneous Music
I've dabbled with using Word too. Getting the first cover right may be a bit arduous, but then one has a templet and making the necessary changes for other covers is easy. Here's an image of something that I was fairly pleased with: -
It very well could be. To prevent ripping, lots of errors are inserted in the audio tracks to make them unlistenable on a computer. But the errors may be more than what the error correction scheme on some regular CD players can handle as well. Or it may be that a scratch, that wouldn’t affect the playability of a regular error-free CD, is enough to push the error level over the edge and make the disc skip. This is exactly what Philips has warned of: that normal wear and tear will make these discs unplayable in a few years. There is however a simple solution: Get the American CD versions instead.
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The source is Lord. But discographies are not necessarily correct. Nor complete. I’ve been thinking about this. Swallow and Haynes were both members of the Getz quartet that recorded a Verve live album in Paris in November 1966. Perhaps there was a session early in 1967 – maybe even on January 8 – where Swallow and Haynes were still around, and that’s from where the cut on the Corea box hails. They recorded early versions of some of the tracks from the later Sweet Rain sessions and also I Didn't Know What Time It Was. For various reasons the results were not released, and two new sessions were held in March, but now with Ron Carter and Grady Tate in place of Swallow and Haynes, resulting in the Sweet Rain album, as well as a few more unissued tracks. This is pure speculation on my part of course, but it is one possible scenario. There is more confusion surrounding these sessions. I notice that jazzdisco.org lists A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square as having been released on Verve 815 054 2. But that’s the regular CD release of Sweet Rain, which is a straight reissue of the original LP, and doesn’t contain this track. So is the mention of it as having been issued simply an error, or has A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square actually been issued somewhere? Anyway, the good thing about the mystery session with Swallow and Haynes is that there may be even more eligible bonus material, if Verve ever gets around to being able to release an expanded Sweet Rain.
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Here is a post I made at the BNBB about a year ago when this subject came up: This was discussed in a thread at the now defunct Verve board. There is some sort of legal tangle regarding previously unreleased Getz material. That’s why there were no new Getz reissues for a couple of years, and when a couple finally appeared, they only had the original LP contents (Recorded Fall 1961 and Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds). The last Getz reissues with previously unreleased material seem to have been released in 1998, so the problem must have surfaced shortly after that. I think it involved the Getz estate, but I don’t remember any longer exactly what Mark@Verve said. I think it is clear though that we would have seen more Getz reissues after 1998 if this problem hadn’t existed. Getz is a big seller, and Verve still has many Getz albums that haven’t made it to CD. As far as bonus material to Sweet Rain is concerned, this album was recorded at two sessions in March 1967 (21st and 30th). The first session produced three tunes that were included on the album, but also three additional tunes that remain unissued. They are: Mike’s Blues A Nightingale Sang In Barkeley Square When The World Was Young
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Yes, in Japan. TOCJs in 1993 and JRVGs in 1999. Both versions seem to still be available.
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You can buy it a lot cheaper from the source: Swing Era DVDs While I don’t have this particular title, I have several of the other DVDs in the Swing Era series. They have soundies and film appearances from the 20s to the 50s, and while the technical quality has its limitations and is variable, it is nonetheless a thrill to be able to see footage of many legendary jazz artists from those years. Snippets of these performances have been seen on various documentaries through the years, and have then frustratingly been interrupted by talking heads, but these DVDs have the complete performances – and lots of them! I think they really are quite amazing to watch.
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What's under Dr. Lonnie Smith's turban?
Swinging Swede replied to Joe's topic in Miscellaneous Music
I'm pretty sure James T. Cat is under there. Or maybe I've seen too many animated gifs... -
It could be that you simply got a bad copy. Have you tried playing it on the computer? Does it play like a normal CD? On the Cactus Datashield discs that EMI now is putting out in Europe the audio tracks can't be played at all. Instead compressed files on the data section of the disc are played through a special player program that is included on the disc and wants to install itself the first time you insert a Cactus Datashield disc. You can't use other programs like Windows Media Player for example. I haven't heard anything about EMI starting to release copy protected discs in the U.S. yet. If they were to do that, I suppose they would use the same format as in Europe. But who knows, maybe they have other evil plans for the U.S. market? Surely someone else on the board has gotten the U.S. version and can report back if there are any problems like yours?
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Where did you buy it? Where does it say it is manufactured? I've seen the European version here in Sweden and it's definitely copy protected. But it does say so on the cover, so it wouldn't come as a surprise, at least not if one picked it up in a physical store.
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Abuse of the language.....
Swinging Swede replied to Free For All's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
You actually have the plural form! It's the singular form you don't have, or at least don't use much anymore. 'Ye/you' always was the plural form, while 'thou/thee' was the singular form, which for some reason was abandoned. Perhaps it's time to revive it? What dost thou think about that idea? Or maybe that should be: What thinkst thou about that idea? -
has the board been runnin' ssssllllooooowww
Swinging Swede replied to Soulstation1's topic in Forums Discussion
I've had no problems with this board, but the AAJ board has been painfully slow for several weeks now. Anyone else experience this?