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For your delectition, just happened to come across Charles Fox's Gramophone Magazine review of this one.. Review What was the original US release label - was it Mainstream? Fair review, pretty much reflects my feelings too. Yes it's a Mainstream recording.

Two Jims and Zoot- Fontana (mono)- gentle - perhaps too much bossa but a decent album if not one for the desert island

Thanks for posting this , it's well know how good Han Bennink is, less well known is Guus Janssen. He is superb IMO.

New Orleans - Living Legends ( Riverside) mono DG- lovely mix of tracks captured by Chris A. Sound quality is superb, Emma Barrett and Annie Pavageau the vocalists on the first 2 tracks on side one are real shouters, not sure if this is typical for them. Very raw. I think the sides by Louis Cottrell are my favourites but it's a while since I listened to this.

agreed, I only ordered about half a dozen times from him but his service was excellent.

BARGAIN! Indeed - the place of origin can't have helped, I guess, for this sale. I see he's selling all his medals as well! Sad sign of the times in Greece. His Tina Brooks Mosaic LP set went for £49.

Dug this out because Kid Punch Miller was mentioned in the other thread. I've a hard time listening to this blast out. It's a poor recording with the trumpet almost distorting. Nice bunch of tunes. My copy is the British Esquire label, no idea who released this originally. The only other one I think I have with Miller is this Savoy. I'll spin it next.

Nice! Congrats on the Gennett score. "My Man Jumped Salty...." Thanks the Gennett has seen better days and has a fair amount of wear. It jumped initially when played in the shop. One spin on gramophone and the steel needle clear the blockage and it plays through just fine. It's a fine sounding band. Other purchases were Jack Pettis and His Pets -A bag of blues/Freshman Hop- (Victor ) scroll edge label- in very clean condition Albert Ammons- Early Morning Blues/ Mile or No Bird Rag- Decca Fats Waller and his Rhythm- Paswonky/ Black Raspberry Jam -(Victor ) scroll edge label- again in very clean condition all six for £25 which I thought was ok.

A few nice 78s bought today Friars Society Orchestra- Farewell Blues/Oriental (Gennett) my first from this Richmond firm. Rosetta Crawford with James P Johnson- My man jumped ??lty on me/Stop it Joe- (Decca)- worn but playable and indeed not much worse than many mint Deccas. Label also worn so I can't read the title fully. Art Tatum- Lucille/Rock me mama (Decca) both sides feature Joe Turner

I already have "Before there was sound". And very fine it is too.

I know I should go and sit on the naughty step but I've only just today ordered "Sound". I recall thinking I'd wait for a nice LP copy but having heard a few vintage Delmarks I'm probably better off with the CD. I have all the Nessas but not Chuck's first (?) The review on Amazon says that Snurdy is 5 stars where as Sound is 10. It also suggests that "Snurdy" was a backward step from Sound/ Noonah. Don't see that myself.

Thanks will record this tonight, have you told Jez that you frequent a jazz bulletin board of ill repute?? ..........seriously, I bet interviewing Roscoe was interesting & that Cafe Oto sounds like a really cool place,. pity I live 400 miles away.

I'll speak in defence of the original LP, I've had this a few years. Whilst it's not state of the art it's not muddy , sax left speaker, perhaps too distant from the rest of the band with trumpet right speaker. Mixing is not great but save for the piano all instruments are cleanly recorded. Th piano sounds quite distant I'd say if you're interested and see it at the right price ( like I did) then don't hesitate. If remixed from multitrack tapes I could see that could improve matters. Pressing the mono button does actually make the balance seem more natural.

James Moody and his Cool Cats- These Foolish Things/ Out of Nowhere (Esquire) Ex Metronome Sweden ( I think) Moody recorded in Sweden 6th Oct 1949 with a bunch of Swedes including Arne Domnerus- I think that this may have been reissued by Dragon. Fine playing by all. This particular record benefits enormously from my elliptical stylus , there's much less distortion compared to the conical stylus of the same size.

Forefront - Incantation -this is an odd one from Chicago, trumpet heavy front line over rhythm section, not too much improvisation to my ears, one really nice funky track.

Agree this is a great session

The Italian issue has at the end of Side 2 has some speed control issues to my ears. It's listenable and hopefully this doesn't reflect problems with the master tapes.

just checking to see if this is desert island material, this Italian pressing certainly isn't

I know what you mean. For years I ignored the 78s piled high in my local record store. I went there because buried away in their overfilled shelves were wonderful LPs. I recall thinking that I couldn't start collecting 78s because of the space they would take up at home. After probably 5 years of frequenting this establishment I caved in. I just couldn't cope with seeing original Parker Savoys pass me by. I now have around 300, which probably makes me a dilettante by the standards of really serious collectors. I pick up what I fancy which is pretty much anything other than most big band swing ( Goodman, Dorseys, Krupa, etc). As Chuck said somewhere on this board 78s "make for very concentrated listening". What I guess I wasn't fully prepared for was just how good 78s played with a decent stylus and adjusted EQ can sound. Often the players are right here in the room with me . The £30 I spent on my Radioshak graphic EQ device was money well spent. I rarely adjust the settlings other than occasionally to lift the bass or kill the hiss a bit by defeating the 16kHz slider. I won't be buying a vintage pre-amp to achieve all the curves with precision. Now playing Jimmy Yancey Yancey’s bugle call/35th and Dearborn Victor USA

Remember JLH wants stellar recommendations only. I'm hesitant to add my thoughts just yet, so as not to pollute the thread !!

Yep, certainly affected the US. The European RVG CD issue went ahead though. It was the political sensitivity issue, as you say. The way history seems to be playing out, with that kind of reasoning about releasing Basra I may never see it released in my life time. I had heard about that back then but was able to get a Japanese cd of Basra but I'd really like to get a nice analog sourced lp and an original is most likely out of my budget range. A Music Matters reissue would be cheaper and I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I've the Japanese Toshiba LP edition of Basra , I believe there's a King version too. The Toshiba sounds great and easily better than the Conn CD.

Nice selection, I have a number of these myself. They are very much in line with the sort of 78s I am able to source. I come across mainly 30s/40s 78s with 1920s material rare especially in original pressings. I don't know that Ed Hall , I don't even recognise the Delta, not come across that name before. Hall is so reliable I don't think anything I've heard by him has disappointed. Do you use the same stylus for all of these ? I have two an elliptical truncated (.0032" ETD) and conical truncated (.0032"CTD) stylii. It is amazing the difference these can but not always make to play back. The CTD is always better on very worn discs. Run of the mill 78s (i.e. the vast majority) there is little rhyme or reason which works better for each disc. I just swap them around and listen, adds to the fun. Sad I know !!!

Thought I'd ask the question here as this may have gone unnoticed in the "what vinyl are you playing" forum. Anyone have John Jenkins/Kenny Burrell Music Masters (mono) edition and can compare the sound to the Conn CD or the Toshiba LP ? I have these two but find both a little unsatisfactory. The Conn (stereo/mono) is a little too brash and the Toshiba LP (mono) just a little dull. Opinions?

Teddy Edwards It's all right ! ( Prestige blue label trident)- very good session which sounds excellent even if it was recorded by Richard Alderson. Nice line up including Jimmy owen , Cedar Walton and Garnett Brown.

Next up . requiring a change of stylus to LP type to play Red Nichols- Syncopated Chamber Music - Audiophile AP-7 , red vinyl microgroove 12 inch. From 1953 as far as I can tell, mint condition and stunning sound quality. Plays at 78 rpm but needs LP needle !! Todays other purchases are less prosaic. Harry Carney with strings Moonlight on the Ganges/We're in love again - (Clef Records) Thomas Waller- Ain't misbehavin/I've got a feeling I'm falling- HMV UK - lovely piano solos by the master of fun loving jazz