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Horace Silver 'Finger Poppin' (BN 47W63rd DG version). Just given it a clean-up.

What a missed opportunity ! Time for Universal to relinquish jazz reissues to Dutton Vocalion methinks.

.. and hello to Big Al !

Just checking my Blakey collection: Blue Notes: 'Moanin' 'At The Jazz Corner of the World' Vol 1 and 2 'The Big Beat' 'Night In Tunisia' 'Mosaic' 'Free For All' 'The Witch Doctor' 'Orgy In Rhythm' Vols 1 and 2 'The African Beat' 'Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers' 'Vol 2 - With Sabu' 'Like Someone In Love' 'Indistructible' 'Buhaina's Delight' 'The Freedom Rider' Mosaic Blakey LP set Others & Reissues: 'Childs Dance Vol 1' 'Roots and Herbs' 'Three Blind Mice Vol 1' 'Ugetsu' 'Caravan' Milestone Twofer 'Blues Bag' 'Kyoto' 'Buttercorn Lady' 'Gypsy Folk Tales' 'In My Prime Vol 1' 'With Thelonious Monk' 'St Germain' 3LP set 'Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World' Verve Elite CD Paris Olimpia CD 'Hard Bop' 'Originally' 'The Jazz Messengers' 'Ritual' 'With John Coltrane' (Bethlehem big band session) 'Africaine' Can't get enough of 'the man'. A tremendous presence, when seen live.

No problem. That is a good thread which has very informative posts from 'Tubbs' expert Simon Spillett and also lots of good info from Roger Farbey.

First time I tried that I cut my hand open on the doorknob (nothing too serious). About as difficult to find and get into as an outstation of MI6..

..gasp !......

WHAAAT !!!! I hope there were no Blue Note originals amongst them..

Never even realised they did them ! The last days of the Kings Cross era were pretty sad I'm afraid. The upstairs 2nd hand racks got steadily depleted, the record demo turntable went U/S and the 'Collectors' racks were no longer the place where rarish pressings appeared by magic. I enjoyed the earlier days at Kings Cross when they were located across the road in the Ed Dipple era and the racks were just bursting with those King Japanese imports. Funnily enough, last time I was up there the original site still had the Mole banner above the door but was semi-derelict. I'm suprised it hasn't yet been redeveloped by the property money-grabbers.

Herbie Hancock 'My Point of View' (BN NY USA mono) Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland & co 'The Golden Eight' (BN NY USA mono)

The beauty of those green-label twofers are that they are analog, no DMM bullshit. In addition the early ones had reasonably chunky vinyl and were well re-mastered. I prefer the early US pressings on that first batch with 'Davis', 'Coltrane', 'Lateef' etc. in big bold letters on the front. Some of the later ones I have seem to have been pressed in France by the 'America' operation and they are not quite so good (sorry Brownie - no offence ). Similar story with the Savoy reissues put out by Arista. Some fantastic stuff on those !

So, what's the verdict? ← I like it. Nothing spectacular but good, solid playing by Harold Land (I'll take anything with Harold on it). Added bonus of Martin Banks on trumpet too ! I suspect that the somewhat boxed-in sound on the original 'Rainbow series' LP did this session no favours so the Mighty Quinn issue (if they improve the sound) should be beneficial.

07:21 AM Hey sidewinder, are you listening jazz music 24/7! ← Early morning shift before I set off for work. I get much of my quality listening time in then before the BS starts flying...

Sidewinder, what are YOU doing with a twofer?!? ← Roughing it.. No, seriously - I have a whole stack of those Prestige 2LP sets. The Sonny Rollins was just about the first jazz LP I ever got when it first came out. I have most of the early series (24000?) US pressings and just love them. Very under-rated (unless you happen to have NY deep groove mints of the whole catalogue I guess..)

Check out this Neil Ardley: Western Reunion

Is that all?

Might be worth checking out AAJ for the uproar over the Tubby Hayes reissues. Looks to be quite a few not very happy campers over there who have bought the CDs. In low-key British terms, that thread is a near riot. At least one of them is dubbed from a mono LP and I believe Universal used the same source as the Japanese reissues. Either couldn't be bothered (or couldn't find) the master tapes. I'm sticking with the vinyl - more than happy with the sound. I wonder why they didn't also reissue Tubby's 1970 album 'The Orchestra'. Commercially-slanted music admittedly but Hayes's playing is majesterial.

I wonder why they skimped on just the one sausage 'patty' Thanks for showing this just before my breakfast..

Birthday greetings !

Tubby Hayes 'The Orchestra' (Fontana stereo)

Anyone else have problems scrolling down the Vinyl West catalogue pages? I can only get as far as 'O'.

John - I have a number of 2nd hand LPs with the label of your Stourbridge shop on the back ! I didn't go to 'All Change' very many times but I recall it being on the upper floor of a property very near Sherlock's pad. Last time I was in there they had Albert Ayler's 'New Grass' blaring out at full volume. I also have vague memories of seeing most of the French 'America' vinyls on deletion special including 'Panther and the Lash' and 'Tes Etat'. I think I picked up a few BN twofer deletions from there though. Ah... those were the days..

Thanks for the heads up, Alfred. Last time I checked out Vinyl West's site the LP listings were in construction. Very good shop in Stuttgart, very friendly, highly recommended !

Miles Davis 'Tune Up' (Prestige twofer). Great sleeve notes by Conrad Silvert

Another for Paris Jazz Corner. Not cheap but quality is A1 and delivery is very reliable !