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  2. Anybody buying Brian Wilson's "Smile" cd?

    in New Releases

    Posted

    I'm actually looking forward to the "finished" aspect of this. I've never been that impressed with the SMiLE boots that I have since it's always felt so fragmented - so much a work-in-progress.

    Still, I can't help but think that the best way to devalue one of the "greatest unreleased albums of all time" is to finally finish it, release it, and replace its angel wings with chains binding it to the earth...

  4. "GOLD" CDs

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    I put little stock in the gold per se - I don't think it makes much difference. But as others have said, the gold CD has come to represent audiophile production and mastering, with a different agenda than mass-market "silver" discs. So yes, I find that they often "sound better," but that has much more to do with mastering than with the gold layer.

  16. Show yer face to us!!!!!!

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Ah. Since this thread's been resurrected and since I have a very recent digi-pic available, I suppose I should finally post a pic of my mug. This was taken last weekend at the opening of Tim Biskup's new gallery in Pasadena...

    For those of you old enough to remember the reference, I'm wearing what my co-workers call my "Dating Game" shirt. :lol:

  20. Mosaic website discographies

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    Was going through some files and found this one, from the Stuff Smith set...

    (A) Stuff Smith (v), Dudley Brooks (p), Jess Simpkins (b)

    Radio Recorders, LA October 25, 1956

    4037-3 Hillcrest previously unissued

    4038-1 The Blues I Know -

    4039-1 Skip It -

    4040-1 Uh-Ruh -

    (B) Stuff Smith (v), Jimmy Jones (p), Red Callendar (b)

    Radio Recorders, LA November 19, 1956

    4041-3 My Thoughts previously unissued

    4042-2 Live And You’ll Learn -

    4043-1 Night Falls Again -

    4044-1 Minuet In Swing -

    4045-3 Midway -

    4046-1 I Lost My Heart by The River -

    4047-1 Won’t You Take A Lesson In Love? -

    4048-1 What I Say -

    © Stuff Smith (v), Carl Perkins (p), Curtis Counce (b), Frank Butler (d)

    Capitol Studios, LA January 21, 1957

    20589-1 It's Wonderful Verve MGV 8282, (CD) 314 521 676-2

    20590-6 Coming Through The Rye - -

    20591-7 Ja-Da - -

    note. The master tape to the first tune on this session "Desert Sands" (20588-3) was slashed with a razor blade and beyond repair.

    (D) Stuff Smith (v), Carl Perkins (p), Red Callendar (b), Oscar Bradley (d)

    Capitol Studios, LA February 5, 1957

    20612-2 Indiana Verve MGV 8282, (CD) 314 521 676-2

    20613-3 Blow Blow Blow - -

    20614-1 Calypso - -

    20615-2 I Wrote My Song - -

    20616-4 Oh, But It Is - -

    20617-1 Stop-Look - -

    20618-4 Would You Object? - -

    20619-7 Crazy Rhythm -

    (E) Stuff Smith (v), Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Ray Brown (b), Alvin Stoller (d)

    Glen Glenn Sound, LA March 7, 1957

    20734-4 Desert Sands Verve MGV 8206, (CD) 314 521 676-2

    20735-6 Soft Winds - -

    20736-3 Time And Again (aka Don't You Think?) - -

    20737-4 It Don't Mean A Thing - -

    20738-2 In A Mellotone -

    (F) Stuff Smith (v), Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Ray Brown (b), Alvin Stoller (d)

    Glen Glenn Sound, LA March 12, 1957

    20749-1 I Know That You Know Verve MGV 8206, (CD) 314 521 676-2

    20750-3 Heat Wave -

    20750-4 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - -

    20751-1 Body And Soul -

    (G) Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Stuff Smith (v), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul West (b), J.C. Heard (d), The Gordon Family (vcl)-1.

    WOR Studios, NYC April 17, 1957

    20866-5 Rio Pakistan Verve MGV 8214, (CD) 314 521 676-2

    20867-6 It's Only A Paper Moon - -

    20868-8 Purple Sounds - -

    20869-10 Russian Lullaby - -

    20870-12 Oh, Lady Be Good-1 - -

    (H) Stuff Smith (v,vcl-1),Shirley Horn (p, vcl-2) Lewis Packer (b) Harry Saunders (d ).

    Edgewood Recording Studios, Washington, D.C. August 7, 1959

    26471-3 'S Wonderful Verve MGV 8339

    26472-1 A Foggy Day -2 previously unissued

    26473-5 I Loves You Porgy -2 -

    26474-5 Somebody Loves Me -1 Verve MGV 8339

    26475-1 Strike Up The Band-3 -

    26476-3 Oh Lady Be Good -1 -

    26477-5 Fascinating Rhythm -3 previously unissued

    26478-1 The Man I Love Verve MGV 8339

    26479-2 They Can't Take That Away From Me -

    26480-4 Love Is Here To Stay-2 previously unissued

    24481-5 Nice Work If You Can Get It Verve MGV 8339

    -3 John Eaton is credited in the Verve log and on the LP as being the pianist on this session. Stuff Smith asserted and Shirley Horn recently confirmed that Horn is in fact the pianist. Eaton was present at the session and, most likely, plays on "Strike Up The Band" and "Fascinating Rhythm".

    (I) Stuff Smith (v), Paul Smith (p), Red Mitchell (b), Sid Bulkin (d).

    United Recorders, LA, October 22, 1959

    22952-4 Whatcha Gonna Do When You Dance Past 42 (Whatcha Gonna Do,

    Baby, With My Lovin') previously unissued

    22953-2 Blue Violin Verve MGV 8339

    22954-2 Undecided -

    22955-1 (You Are So) Nice And Warm -

    22956-2 Take The A Train -

    (J) Stuff Smith (v,vo-1), Ray Nance (v), Kenny Burrell (g), Jimmy Jones (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d).

    Webster Hall, NYC, March 23, 1964

    64VK308-10 Up Jumps Sally previously unissued

    64VK308-11 Up Jumps Sally -

    64VK309-4 Miracles-1,2 -

    take 4 Play (aka Timme's Blues) -2 -

    -2 add second bass, probably George Duvivier.

    ALBUM INDEX:

    Verve MGV 8206 Stuff Smith

    Verve MGV 8214 Dizzy Gillespie And Stuff Smith

    Verve MGV 8339 Cat On A Hot Fiddle

    Verve MGV 8282 Have Violin, Will Swing

    Verve (CD) 314 521 676-2 Stuff Smith,Dizzy Gillespie & Oscar Peterson

    _______________________________________________________________________

    Original sessions produced by Norman Granz (E,F & G), Russ Garcia (H & I) and probably Val Valentin (J), others unknown

    Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna and Scott Wenzel

    Executive producer: Charlie Lourie

    Tape transfers: Chris Herles

    Masteried by Malcolm Addey

    Sessions H,I and J are stereo. All others are mono.

    Special thanks to Anthony Barnett, Ben Young and the Institute Of Jazz Studies

    Producer's Note

    This set contains all of the sessions that Stuff Smith made for Verve as a leader. A 1957 Paris encounter with Stephane Grappelli, while often listed in Verve discographies, was a Norman Granz master that was finally issued on Pablo a few years ago.

    While there is a wealth of unissued material on this set, the version of "Desert Sands" that he recorded on the January 21, 1957 session is sadly not among them. At some point, someone took a razor blade and slice through the entire tune. It literally would take weeks to reassemble and, because the cuts weren't clean, would probably never be in listenable shape.

    All of the sessions are in chronological order with one exception. The Stuff Smith-Dizzy Gillespie session precedes the marathon March sessions with Oscar Peterson so that they can fit onto one CD uninterrupted.

  21. Mingus Atlantic Reissues

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    IIRC, the problem with the Candid Mingus "Mingus Presents" is that the remaining stereo tapes are multi-generational and bad-sounding. The mono tapes, however, sound much better. Unfortunately, all CD releases except for the Mosaic have used the stereo versions. That's why the best-sounding version of "Mingus Presents" (in mono) can only be found in the Mosaic box.

  22. Sonny Clark SACD

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    This was posted earlier on the Steve Hoffman forum. For anyone interested, this is one of the finest sounding discs in my collection. The music's pretty good too. :) Don't wait - this one's oop and they only pressed 2000 copies of the SACD (hybrid, so it'll play on any CD player) before their license expired...

    http://www.audiofidelity.net/messag...topic.php?t=363

    From Marshall:

    As you know, the Sonny Clark license has run out and contractually we can no longer manufacture this title. We have been out of this title for months and so has most of retail.

    One of our overseas distributors is closing and I have bought back their remaining inventory, which includes 79 Sonny Clarks.

    So...for the 1st 79 of you who want this fantastic title before it goes out of stock completely, now's your chance.

    Go to the AF homepage, then to the ORDER FORM link and fill out and FAX or phone in your order or you can wait and pay more for this title on Ebay icon_lol.gif .

    I wanted to offer these to the Audio Fidelity fans....Marshall

    __________________

  23. Mosaic price guide.

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    It depends on whether you want to give him a fair price or if he's willing to give you a bargain. For oop sets, $10/disc would be a steal, $15/disc would be a bargain. It doesn't begin to get fair until around $20+/disc. On the open market (Ebay, for example), some of these sets command $40 or more/disc.

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