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This "OOP" set looks a real snip with 'buy it now'.. Mobley Madness

These will do for starters. A pint of 'Gandalf' in the first and maybe Watney's Red Barrel and a cigar served up in the latter? Murphy's at the two leprechaun hangouts..

Charles Brown LP #1. Lovely !

Testing, testing 123..... This one was for real. I made the post a couple of days ago but although the site would allow me to create the post, I was unable to submit it. In the end I gave up in frustration, assuming that none of the post actually got through to the server. It was most definitely there on Hiroshi's 'New Stuff' vinyl list Sunday night. My hunch is that it either had already gone by then or went real fast. Condition listed as 'N/N-,N/N-' so looked like a good one.

Not entirely sure but one track - 'Don't Fall Off The Bridge' from an LP called 'Change of Setting' (originally released as World Record Club ST 631) has been included on the new Gilles Peterson 'Impressed Vol 2' compilation. Several additional CDs for formerly rare LP-only releases (Mike Westbrook excepted) are slated for issue with this (including releases by Mike Taylor, Michael Garrick, Amancio D'Silva, Neil Ardley and Mike Westbrook) but no sign of the Gonsalves/Hayes as yet. Several of the CDs (Ardley, Garrick, Westbrook) are already out in the shops. A treasure trove at mid-price !

I bought a copy of the Roland Kirk 'Blacknuss' and LP sleeve and labels looked OK (I think Rhino did the reissue). The only thing was the music which came out of the speakers was Lee Morgan's 'Candy', which must have been the Classic Records version. Weird, or what ! I needed a nice reasonably-cheap vinyl copy of 'Candy' anyway so I didn't complain.

YES! Picks self up off the floor, having become resigned to the theory that Mosaic vinyl releases were now history...

I've only got the LP of [blue Spirits] so no bonus tracks unfortunately. Was there another bonus track The Melting Pot on the CD too? But maybe no jazz solo from Hosea? Tooter - yes, 'The Melting Pot' is the second track on the CD. Hosea plays alto lead only on this one but has no solo (also no bassoon solo on the other track). As you say, neither of these are on the original NY USA LP. One of my favourite of the BN Hubbards !

The last time I was at that A&B Sound they had a 20% off sale - that was quite a few years ago though. Seems to happen during the holiday season, Thanksgiving, Canada Day etc. Thay had a good stock of CDs there at that time (especially box sets) but sounds like it's gone downhill.

This Darmstadt idea is definitely cool. Isn't that the place with the huge repository of rare jazz films? Not exactly the easiest of places to get to from SW England but I guess shuttle flights to the Ruhr are fairly frequent and not too pricey. JohnS - That comment on Zermatt was more of a wish than reality! Great place but you definitely need barrow loads of dosh out there and well out of my league..

How's the music on this one? Always been intrigued since it's a BN vocal. Wonderful. I've got a late-80s CD copy and the version of 'Baltimore Oriole' is to die for. Unusual lineup including Denzil Best, who is always worth a listen.

The McLean 'Capuchin Swing' has arrived (47W63rd mono deep groove) and is currently on the turntable. As with the 'Bluesnik' this one has great presence, clarity and nice big dynamic range. Blue Mitchell's sound crackles nicely and Art Taylor is captured very cleanly. Paul Chambers on his bowed bass solos sounds sublime. McLean actually sounds as if he's standing right there between the speakers. I have no other version of 'Capuchin Swing' to compare against but this is one of the best sounding McLean Blue Notes in my opinion. Too bad that the labels on both sides of the LP are bleached out but the proof, as always, is in the listening !

There's also Hosea Taylor, featured on Bassoon on 'True Colors', a bonus track on the CD issue of Freddie Hubbard's Blue Note session 'Blue Spirits'. Very much a mixed bag and something of an experimental track.

Was watching the 'Jazz Casual' DVD earlier today with Woody's 1964 band (Bill Chase, Sal Nistico, Phil Wilson etc) featured along with a precious half-an-hour of Thad & Mel . Man, what a band that mid-60s unit was ! Huge to Woody for presenting such great bands over the years and keeping an ear open to the new developments. His great enthusiasm for jazz comes over loud and clear on this DVD. Another Mosaic for me to add to the (ever-increasing) list.

I have that LP and this post is a good prompt to shake the cobwebs off it and give it a well-needed spin.. B)

George Braith 'Extension' and The Three Sounds 'Vibrations'

An example of a NY USA pressing that sounds outstanding is the original 'Unity'. I have a stereo - wonder what the mono of this one is like? Concur with the comment about the NY USA monos. George Braith's 'Two Souls in One' in mono sounds absolutely outstanding in this format. As does the Lee Morgan 'Sidewinder' and 'Rumproller'. Wouldn't swap these for the stereo for anything ! B) Some of the early Liberty's sound pretty nice too. Hutcherson's 'Stick Up', McLean's 'Action' and the mono Duke Pearson 'Sweet Honey Bee' are three of my sonic faves of this vintage (although the McLean and Pearson were originally issued on NY USA). Anyway, back to 47 W 63rd. 'The Sermon' sounds particularly good with nice big soundstage -B3 foghorn effects come through loud and clear. :rsmile:

Thanks for the reminder on this one, I'll pull the vinyl from the racks a bit later today. Very nice session, doesn't deserve its obscurity. Anyone who likes the BN 'At This Point In Time' session will probably like this one too.

Played both of these instruments in my (very much) younger days, in a UK brass band (baritone first, then euphonium before eventually graduating to trombone). Both are pitched in Bflat and have 3 valves - as Mike says, the range is comparable to the tenor trombone. Baritone was a very nice instrument to learn on. The euphonium is an amazingly expressive instrument - it is often used for solo features in the same manner as the cornet soloist and the expresiveness of the instrument is not unlike the 'cello in string orchestras. A good example of the use of euphonium in jazz can be found on the Andrew Hill 'Passing Ships' session. Here, the instrument has been deployed to great advantage, adding considerable depth and dynamic range to the group sound in combination with Julian Priester's trombone.

Meanwhile, there's a 'Miles & Gil' on there for a more than reasonable $275. Logic seems to have gone out of the window.. B)

Anyone have any 47 W 63rds marked as such on one side then with 'NY USA' on the second side? I have a Blakey 'Big Beat' with this, also a McLean 'Jackie's Bag'. I guess these must come from the transitional period. Weirder still is the 'Clifford Brown Memorial Album' with Lexington deep groove on side 1 and NY USA on side two ..

Way cool. I was suprised at how good that one sounded compared with the Doubletime CD set. Just about to give Horace's 'Further Explorations' a spin. Another nice one from this vintage.

Two of my favourites of the 47W63rds is the Jackie McLean 'Bluesnik' and the Turrentine 'Up at Mintons Vol 2'. Fantastic soundstage on these. I've a 'Capuchin Swing' deepgroove currently in the mail too - hope it arrives OK.. The Silver and Blakey originals of this vintage also sound fantastic and are to die for !

The Joe Harriott 'Fire In His Soul' biography gives the date of the 'Indo-Jazz Suite' recording as 1965 but there is no further elaboration. My EMI 'Double Up' 2LP set of the 'Fusions' sessions also confirms Keane on Fusions 1 and Wheeler on Fusions 2. Mayer is certainly credited on harpsichord on Fusions 1. Jackie Dougan also replaces Alan Ganley on drums for Fusions 2.

Yep - It's St Louis, my mistake, too much late working. You know, sometimes from over here the whole mid-west looks like a bit of a blur..