Teasing the Korean

The Best of Chet Baker Sings - Capitol/Pacific Jazz (mono) Late 80s reissue.

Agree with the recommendations thus far. I would add "Afro Cuban Influence" on RCA.

Julie London - Julie at Home - Liberty (stereo) One of my favorite Julie London LPs.

Boyd Raeburn - Jewells - Savoy (mono) Twofer reissue. How have I missed this guy all these years?

Well, that makes sense now that I think about it. They were probably embarrassed into making the name change. Are the liner notes the same on both issues? The liner notes on my copy (Bossa front cover) reference the jungle but they don't talk about bossa at all.

When I look at a disc that I've bought sealed and played sparingly, I'm sometimes amazed by seeing a significant number of scratches. They are usually superficial. I play CDs in my car, on my work computer, and on my CD player at home. I handle them pretty well. Do you think one or more of the players is scratching them?

The only Randy Weston LP I've ever unloaded. No regrets.

I completely understand you're logic. Maybe we should start a thread on perfect pitch so this one doesn't get derailed...

"Jungle Soul" was the original title. It was re-titled to cash in on bossa nova. The album is a good jungle soul album, but indeed a bad bossa nova album - There's nothing bossa about it.

There has been a big scientific debate in recent decades over perfect pitch, including what constitutes perfect pitch, whether it is inherent or can be learned, and if there is more than one category of perfect pitch. Charlie Banacos told me I had near-perfect pitch (in his words), for whatever that is worth. His ear-training exercises were the only ones that I didn't have to practice.

I have, over the years, unloaded albums because of out-of-tune instruments (I have near-perfect pitch). It never occurred to me to unload this one, and I've had it for decades.

Is your copy mono or stereo? What is interesting about this album is that, while recorded in mono, they made it stereo by placing the mono recording in the center channel and overdubbing percussion and vibes left and right. NP: Duke Jordan - Dangerous Liaisons - Charlie Parker Records (red label, stereo) The Bob Crewe Generation - Let Me Touch You - Forget the label, the cover is in the next room.

Bumping up an old thread that I started, inspired by my recent spinning of "Soft Samba Strings." Since I started this thread, "Eye of the Devil" has been released on CD. I need to spin a bunch of Gary's stuff - it has been a while.

So life as we know it is wiped out, AND we have to go out listening to Gilmore-era Pink Floyd. Talk about adding insult to injury. The asteroid could at least play "Lucifer Sam" or "Bike."

Those Discovery reissues had some hideous cover art, huh?

Stanley Turrentine/Thad Jones - The Look of Love - Blue Note (dark blue label, white font).

Gary McFarland - Soft Samba Strings - Verve (stereo) Wow, parts of this are really out of tune, especially the piano. I never noticed this on the mono version I have. I wonder what went wrong. EDIT. The mono is out of tune, apparently just the piano. I wonder if the piano is isolated on the master, and if this could be corrected for a reissue. It's not a question of the piano being out of tune; it sounds like more of a tape-synching issue.

PM sent.

Been listening to some Bernard Herrmann in advance of Halloween. Fahrenheit 451, which must be one of my top 5 Herrmann scores. And his own version of "Psycho" which he did for a stereo LP in the 70s. Some people complain that the tempo is too slow, but I like it.

I'm not an expert, but I have many, many Verve albums that I have accumulated over many, many years. It seems like the titles I've encountered numerous times over the years are consistent as far as gatefold or not. There must be exceptions to this, but I can't think of any offhand.

Zacherle - Monster Mash - Parkway (mono) featuring "Dinner with Drac."

Ken Nordine - Son of Word Jazz - Dot (mono)

Bossa Rio - s/t - A&M (white label promo, stereo) Presenting Edu Lobo - Philips (white label promo, stereo)

I would love to put together a conceptual early 70s jazz big band, where everyone would have to wear matching leisure suits, mutton chop sideburns and aviator frame glasses. The brass and reed sections would sit on Saarinen pedestal chairs. The guys would have to grow their hair, part it on the side and not wash it for a few days prior to gigs. Bald guys would have to grow combovers. It would be amazing, but a real challenge to find 18 guys who were good players and willing to embrace the concept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxUMiunrX8