Clunky

Too right, how often have I tried listening to a new album in "the wrong mood" and got too little out of it. Revisiting reveals a much better session than first spin. "O'Neal's Porch" has been mentioned, I thought it was great when I first heard it but I rapidly grew bored of it....

same

Mal Waldron- Free at last -ECM - first ever ECM release, great date Charles Bell- Another Dimension- London-Atlantic (Stereo)- not a well known name

I like Tenor Gladness with Warne Marsh despite what Chamberlain has to say about the date.

Definitive DRCD 11263 (Blue Moon, Spain, 2003). Entitled "Tal Farlow - Complete 1956 Private Recordings", this is a 2-CD unabridged reissue of "Fuerst Set" and "Second Set." just to be clear this is the CD I have- I forgot its correct title

My stance is to largely avoid the blatant rip-offs where a superior "official" release is readily available. I've only 3 Definitive/Lonehills so far Tal Farlow Fuerst/Second Set- 2CD not sure if this has another CD issue DeFranco/Sonny Clark Quartets/Quintets 2 CD ex Verve Eddie Costa/SalSalvador Complete 2CD I like the music have no complaints re the sound but the packaging is poor and the liner notes not great.

I still have a big problem with this set, there's simply too much material that should have never been released, the playing is so poor. The best is unbelievably good, which makes condemning this set tricky. Sound is pretty good though and nice booklet.

George Lewis Concert Live BN LP (43 West)... pretty routine date even if the sound is nice

I believe that 2001 is in fact the name of the German store not the Cd label !!!

Very sad indeed, not a big fan really but he was solid player and died way to young.

Not the most exciting cover- no doubt a Friday job

Informal Jazz- Elmo Hope

Mal's -Impressions

Teo Macero Esquire

my 2 year old Sugden A21a integrated class A amp has a mono switch, I find it very useful for playback on mono LPs where it has noticeable effect on noise level.

I've a number of 1970s Japanese Riverside/Prestige/New Jazz reissues all seem very good pressings but are ultimately only as good as the master tapes, which in Riverside's case weren't always that great. Most have a serial number beginning SMJ XXXX but I'm aware that there are other more recent series both from Victor and DIW of some of this material

anyone care to comment on the merits of the various Japanese LP imprints of Prestige and Riverside material, any series to avoid or look for....

great sound clips ...love Topsy- good luck on your move .....

Larry could do the rest of us a favour and write another book, I love dipping in/out of it.

This one is the same cover art as the Prestige, I believe. The one that Clifford mentions is 'Outward Bound' I think (have that one also in the Esquire edition) - cover art by John Marshall ! They can be scarce as only a very limited pressing was done for most of the titles back in the late 50s/early 60s. UK pressings then came under the Transatlantic/XTRA logos. In between Esquire and Transatlantic, EMI was releasing Prestige in Britain on the Stateside label. MG I really like the few Esquires I've picked up , heavy vinyl but light weight if very glossy sleeves. Pressings seem very fine although I can't compare them to anything else as I pick up only what I've not got already on CD. Not sure when the transition to Transatlantic was made but those seem pretty good too. Certainly better VFM these days compared to US Prestiges/New Jazz originals. Best Esquires so far for me have been Teo Macero- Quartet, Informal Jazz Elmo Hope and Mal Waldron Impressions- all in best condition I've ever seen 50 year old LPs. The cover of the Macero is the same as the equivalent OJC CD the others I'm not sure about.

Many happy returns

Many happy returns !!

Surely people opted out of vinyl because pressings had become so poor. Of all my LPs the worst are those pressed in the mid to late 80s when the heavier and better quality pressings of the 1960s seemed like a distant memory...

try amazon.co.uk martket place sellers. I completed my set of these discs from there quite recently.

Well, I will! It's a pretty raggedy session, actually. Never really gels, imo. Not for nothing was it kept in the can until after Weather Report started making waves. Odyssey, otoh, is all the way there. I picked up Moto Grosso... quite recently ...it's a diffuse session but well worth a listen...