What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Field Recordings from Gravel Springs, Mississippi (Sugar Ditch). A four-song EP recorded in 1995. I heard this band in Clarksdale that summer, and spoke afterwards with R.L. Boyce, the bass drummer. R.L. gave me lengthy, and somewhat confusing, directions to Othar Turner's farm, so I could attend the annual Labor Day fife and drum picnic and barbecue a few months later. I wrote down the directions as R.L. gave them (I still have them), and on Labor Day fruitlessly drove all over the Mississippi hill country looking for the Turner farm - which of course I never found.

Duke Ellington - Concert in the Virgin Islands (Reprise). Great album, recorded in the studio in New York in March, 1965, rather than live in the Virgin Islands. I knew Steve Lacy's version of "Virgin Jungle" before I knew the original.

Edited August 27, 2018 by jeffcrom

[paul secor]

[soulpope]

12 hours ago, HutchFan said:

So good.

SteepleChase classic .... and deservedly so ....

[sidewinder]

3 hours ago, jeffcrom said:

 

Duke Ellington - Concert in the Virgin Islands (Reprise). Great album, recorded in the studio in New York in March, 1965, rather than live in the Virgin Islands. I knew Steve Lacy's version of "Virgin Jungle" before I knew the original.

Always enjoyed that one. Time to pull out the Ellington Reprise Mosaic.

[Royal Oak]

13 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Each his own, I guess. My stereo orig. of this one sounds OK. Admittedly, it did benefit from a spin on the RCM.

Gave it another spin - it is true that Wilkerson sounds a bit ‘comb and paper’. Nowhere near as well recorded as his Blue Notes.

Fair enough. Mine's a mono, and it sounds very muffled. I think it's Wilkerson himself which puts me off, I don't play my CD of "Preach Brother" much either.

I feel the same when listening to Harold Vick or Houston Person, perhaps. They don't really grab me.   

[kh1958]

The Big 18, Live Echoes of the Swinging Bands (RCA)

Fats Waller, Smashing Thirds (RCA Vintage)

[mjazzg]

12 hours ago, paul secor said:

United Front: Live in Berlin (FMP)

Finally, after a couple of years, got my hands on a copy of that recently only to discover it was scratched so back to the seller it went. At least I got to listen to it and know that it's well worth hunting for again

[clifford_thornton]

11 hours ago, jeffcrom said:

Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Field Recordings from Gravel Springs, Mississippi (Sugar Ditch). A four-song EP recorded in 1995. I heard this band in Clarksdale that summer, and spoke afterwards with R.L. Boyce, the bass drummer. R.L. gave me lengthy, and somewhat confusing, directions to Othar Turner's farm, so I could attend the annual Labor Day fife and drum picnic and barbecue a few months later. I wrote down the directions as R.L. gave them (I still have them), and on Labor Day fruitlessly drove all over the Mississippi hill country looking for the Turner farm - which of course I never found.

wow.

[mjazzg]

[B. Clugston]

Kosuke Mine Quintet, 2nd Album (Three Blind Mice).

[paul secor]

Art Pepper: Gettin' Together

[jeffcrom]

Bobby Hackett - That Da Da Strain (Portrait). 1988 reissue of 1938-40 small- and big-band sides.

[paul secor]

Roswell Rudd: Blown Bone

[HutchFan]

Ray Bryant - Montreux '77 (Pablo)
Solo piano.

[paul secor]

[mjazzg]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Me too, now. Good listen

Edited August 28, 2018 by mjazzg

[mjazzg]

Open Sky - Spirit in The Sky [PM]

Frank Tusa - Father Time [Enja]

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

the discogs guy hasnt responded to : "hey was wondering if you still have this record for sale that you have listed.....--- is that a red flag that its good i just didnt buy and wait for invoice? 

[jeffcrom]

 

The first LP from the 6-LP/4-CD box set Syl Johnson: The Complete Mythology on Numero. That first LP has all of Johnson's Federal singles, and Numero did a good job with the mock period cover design. There is some fabulous music and a few clunkers here.

Edited August 29, 2018 by jeffcrom

[jeffcrom]

Sun Ra - Astro Black (Impulse)

[paul secor]

Arcjie Shepp: Attica Blues Big Band (Blue Marge)

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hey everybody, chewy here- do you guys de-cellophane your lps?  I am sure some purists might want to leave as-is, however ive turned for example--- a yellow'd 60 yr old looking copy of dave brubeck octet, into the most mint condition looking snow white perfect print on the cover.  My Cape Verdian Blues BN, also looks one million percent better peeled. And so did this- this one- hella good comp but unfortunately no kenny dorham track, but lots of other big dawgs--

Edited August 29, 2018 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[paul secor]

Edited August 29, 2018 by paul secor

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Yea my dawg! yr on the ABC train too!

you know who really was the #1 abc jazz guy besides creed n quincy, et al- CANDIDO.  

Edited August 29, 2018 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez

[optatio]

6 hours ago, paul secor said:

Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Big Band (Blue Marge)

3 x !!!