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  1. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Doing my own Miles thing tonight too.  Now it's Live Evil

    Good to find another sojourner in Miles Davis Country :g

    What was it with Miles and the reverse language stuff: "Live-Evil," Selim Sivad," etc? Did Miles have an occult phase?

    I don't know about that, but the music is killer!

    Inspired by the Mingus thread, I'm putting on Charles Mingus' Mingus on Candid. Original mono copy. :tup:tup:tup

  4. Mingus Atlantic Reissues

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Interesting thread. I haven't joined because all the mingus I have are later-pressing Lps of the Atlantic material, and I haven't compared them with other copies. I have never been impressed with Atlantic recordings from this period either (as someone above posted), particularly the stereo ones, so I haven't been too fussy about getting the originals. In fact, I haven't bothered really trying to get early Atlantics because my hopes are so low sound-wise. I bought a mono copy of Coltrane's "My Favorite Things," but found the sound still wasn't so hot, just didn't have the ultra separation the stereo does (still one of my favorite albums though).

    I do have an original mono copy of Mingus on Candid, and I've never been tempted to even try the CD. Glad to hear I don't have to! As soon as I'm done listening to Fred Anderson, I'm going to stick it on.

    Also, Porcy, I can't say enough about We Insist!. I have an original mono copy too and it is dynamite. Anthony Pearson had one on E-Bay during his latest sale, and I hope someone here got it.

  7. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Finished tonight with:

    Peter Kowald Quintet -- self-titled album FMP 0070 German free jazz. Interesting interplay on "Platte Talloere" on side one between what sound like small hand-held cymbols and the horn players. Very spacious recording also, with each instrument clearly defined and separated on the soundstage. Not for everyone, and not for all-the-time, but a nice interlude as I was relaxing this evening.

    Pharaoh Sanders Quintet -- another self-titled album, this one ESP 1003 from 1964. Tunes are "seven by seven" and "bethera."

  12. Rhapsody Films

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    I was at a showing of Straight, No Chaser last night at the American Film Institute here in DC, and Rhapsody Films had a table set up with a number of their DVDs. Their site is here.

    They had a lot of different artists available. Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans, Mingus, Elvin Jones and others. I picked up a double feature of a Sonny Rollins live performance from 1973 in the Netherlands that also has a Ben Webster documentary called Big Ben: Ben Webster In Europe. I haven't watched it yet, so I can't report on its quality.

  13. Art Ensemble 1967/68 Box

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    I haven't seen this disc, but Rhapsody Films has a number of interesting shows out on DVD. The site is here. I went to a showing of Straight, No Chaser last night at the American Film Institute and they had a whole table of their releases there, although they did not have this one. I bought a "double feature" that has a Sonny Rollins Lauren, Netherlands performance from 1973 and the Ben Webster documentary Big Ben: Ben Webster in Europe. I haven't watched it yet, so can't report on its quality.

  14. Jazz vinyl reissue/originals thread

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Way Out West is really good. I have a re-issue that is probably from the 70s I'd guess. Sounds good to me, although I've never heard an earlier LP so I can't compare. I've never felt any need to replace it. The dead wax has LKS33 D7 in handwriting on side one and LKS34 D4 in type on side two. Don't know what either signifies in terms of pressing, etc.

  17. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Continuing my travels through Miles Davis Country:

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    Columbia FC 40023- OK, not one of Miles' great albums, or even very good albums, but there are some good cuts on it, including Lauper's "Time After Time," a song which Miles seems to have become fixated on-- still, it shows Miles still could turn out a beautiful ballad. My biggest gripe with this album is the use (over use, really) of synthesizers; this would be a pretty good LP without the synthesizers.

    Then on to one of my favorite artists:

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    Liberty Pressing.

    Stick Up is really first-rate. I have a re-issue copy on Applause that I picked up for $4 at Jerry's in Pittsburgh. Great place for finding cheap LPs.

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