Teasing the Korean

The cover art from that series always depressed me.

Exactly. If they are going to include the alternates, the least that they could do is break them up so they are not all in a row. For example, create alternate album using one alternate take of each tune. I think the default should be to create a cohesive listening experience. Placing all of the alternates in chronological order IMO should fall to the listener and not the producer.

Setting aside the aesthetics and the clumsiness, it also takes up way too much space. I guess designers in the 1990s didn't envision an era in which listeners would have accumulated as many CDs as they had LPs. I'm tempted to toss the box and place the discs in flat sleeves.

The best group singers of that era had voices without a lot of "color" to them. This allowed them to blend well. They would not necessarily top your list of solo singers, if you heard them solo, but they are very effective in group settings. I would place both Anita Kerr and Bonnie Herman in this category.

That was great. I love this:

Any record that makes Stanley Crouch mad is OK by me.

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/anita-kerr-dead-backup-chorale-singers-country-pop-1235399733/

It is very likely that it will be recorded. But will it be released?

Because bars are often closed on Mondays, several mixologists from around the US will be lift a glass to Br. Cleve on Oct. 10, some joining each other virtually.

The Fresh Sounds goes for under $20.

Thanks!

Thanks! Was there a Basie/Hefti Mosaic, or was it part of a larger Basie collection?

The Fresh Sound Complete Basie/Hefti combines the Verve LP where Basie is Driving the Jaguar, the Roulette album with the atomic blast, and the Roulette album where they are dressed as baseball players. It also includes several early singles on Clef/Norgran/Mercury, IIRC.

I always liked Pebbles Vol. 8, which included "I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye" by The Others and "I Wonder" by The Gants.

And Nuggets turned 50. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/05/it-paved-the-way-for-all-of-us-the-classic-garage-rock-compilation-nuggets-at-50

Does anyone have the complete Basie/Hefti on Fresh Sound, and if so, how is the sound on it? And don't answer "Fresh!"

Also, is the implication that our vinyl choice is something that is not on CD, or maybe that sounds lousy on CD?

Is the island tropical? That will dictate the music that I bring.

Sinatra's version on Come Dance With Me is pretty great too. That album seems to be overlooked among his Capitol albums.

"Day In, Day Out" with Billy May is fantastic.

Also, be sure to check out the Snader Transcription trio videos, which were made for the early days of TV if they had to fill time. The trio by this time included Irving Ashby on guitar and Joe Comfort on bass. On some videos, they did some weird things with makeup to lighten Cole's complexion, but once you get past that, there is much to like here.

I never heard the album you posted. I know Love is the Thing. How does it compare to that one, or to Frank's Where Are You or No One Cares?

Completely agree with your suggestions.

Well, most of the 1950s Capitol LPs with either Nelson Riddle, Billy May, or Dave Cavanaugh are worthwhile. You may or may not like the album with Gordon Jenkins, depending on how you feel about Sinatra's albums with Jenkins. For Nat Cole, things get dicey in the early 1960s with pop stuff like "Ramblin' Rose" and "Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer." Proceed with caution.