Teasing the Korean

I have an original stereo LP on a RCA black dog label. It sounds absolutely fantastic, and I always use it to test upgrades to my hi-fi. The bass and drums are centered, and everything else is nicely spread side to side. It is an 11-piece group: Five brass/winds and 6 rhythm. Art Pepper is on clarinet. This album incudes IMO the definitive version of "Moanin'", on which John Williams plays harpsichord. Other money cuts include "Sidewalks of Cuba," "Swing Lightly," and "Playboy's Theme." There are two novelty tracks that I find mildly or very annoying, depending on my mood, but I have no issues with the other 10.

Henry Mancini's Combo. Be sure it is the stereo version.

That was a common budget-label practice.

We broke even on it a long time ago.

Many labels didn't release albums as good as Kapu by Milt Raskin, Bongo Madness by Don Ralke, or Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat by the Latin Jazz All-Stars, featuring Buddy Collette.

That's awesome! In 2021, I earned a whopping $172.21 from my 2014 album. I have a closet full of them. I should sell them on Amazon for $1.99 a throw.

Answering my own question. Several safety copies of Crown master tapes have surfaced recently, and have been making the rounds. They sound amazing.

There's a great story along these lines about Star Trek. At one point, Paramount's legal team fell asleep at the wheel, and the first dozen or 15 episodes of the original series slipped into the public domain. A fly-by-night video company contacted to Paramount to inform them of their intention to release these episodes on video. Paramount responded, and I'm paraphrasing, as follows: "OK. You can't use the name Star Trek, which is trademarked. You can't show any interior or exterior shots of the Enterprise, which is under separate copyright. You can't use the theme music, which is under copyright. And you can't use any scenes scored with music, all of which is under copyright. If you can edit together coherent shows that avoid all of the above, be our guest." Needless to say, the PD releases didn't happen.

Copyrights in the US have been extended for far too long. If this is true - and Breitbart isn't going to convince me - it will be a good thing, albeit for all the wrong reasons.

How about Kenny G's Playin' it Straight?

Dunno. The groove is pretty shaky in the first stanza and first chorus, IMO.

I'm more concerned about ADD or AAD. Many of these vinyl reissues don't specify whether the source material was analog or digital. And as far as I'm concerned, if you are listening to digital on an LP, you get the drawbacks of both media and the advantages of neither.

Right. I'm sometimes amazed that no one speaks up in these situations. Curiously, on Ramsey Lewis's version of "My Cherie Amour," it's the drummer who massacres the tune. If only the two trios traded drummers for this one song, we would have one acceptable version and a totally Shaggs-like version.

Agreed, but at current prices, the difference is simply not worth it to me. I'd just as soon get the CD or a lossless download.

Contemporary vinyl is overpriced and not very good. I have had too many issues with warping and especially with off-center pressings. Oh, and exsheshive shybilanshe. Part of the allure of vinyl for me was being able to buy an LP for 50 cents when a CD was $13.99. Those days are gone. I buy cheap CDs now and leave the new overpriced vinyl for the hipsters.

Miles - In a Silent Way. Any time I play this, after I finish disc 3, I go back to disc 1 and end up playing the entire thing two or three times in a row. As a fan of electronica, I rank this as by far my favorite Miles Davis album, and his most "important" album.

I'll raise you Keely Smith.

That's my recollection also. It seemed to be the one contemporaneous label that was focused on more or less straight-ahead jazz. Or at least the one label that was routinely represented in record stores at the time.

Here you go!

https://forward.com/culture/484609/herbie-mann-jewish-jazz-artist-herbert-solomon-flute-hunter-thompson/?fbclid=IwAR3RWrLrcL4pVHGFr8bHEMTKpjNHmcuRFjyRUwOTwtb2yn_FebbKoOcA3iM

Must be seen to be believed...

Nice! Any idea who the composer is?

So I've heard. I need to get around to checking them out one of these days...

Two of the local wine outlets that I occasionally patronize play jazz. One plays jazz exclusively; the other alternates between jazz and classical. You never hear pop or rock in either location. I always make a point of complimenting their musical choices. Jazz Goes to the Grocery Store should have been a Brubeck album.