soulpope Posted January 23, 2019 Report Posted January 23, 2019 6 hours ago, HutchFan said: 👍👍!! Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted January 23, 2019 Report Posted January 23, 2019 12 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Not bad. About what you would expect from a Crown. This can be a WIDE field. The reason I was asking: I recently bought two (cheaply priced) period copies (one for a collector friend) of Crown CST 332 released in c.1963 (Whitey Pullen, here doing mostly country songs, but a "cult" figure among rockabilly collectors) from the special offer Country bin in a local secondhand record store. Both vinyls look fairly shiny and OK and do not show much visual signs of wear and use, yet the sound - of which we did not expect any miracles - - is rather muffled and low, maybe even more than what I'd expect from a Crown. Figuring this may also have been a case of dirt I cleaned them with alcohol and test-played them at once. Surprisingly the sound of BOTH brightened up distinctly while the surface was still wet but got dull and muffled again when the alcohol had flashed off. As a long-time collector, have you ever noticed anything like this on a Crown? I have come to expect all sorts of things from Crown vinyls such as bubbling spots in the surface and inclusions of foreign matter but have not experienced such a difference of wet/dry fidelity before. Quote
jeffcrom Posted January 23, 2019 Report Posted January 23, 2019 I've never experienced anything like that. My copy of Way Out Wardell has the usual hiss all my handful of Crowns have, but doesn't have the muffled sound you describe. Quote
paul secor Posted January 23, 2019 Report Posted January 23, 2019 57 minutes ago, porcy62 said: Original Mono. Have one of those too. Quote
mjazzg Posted January 23, 2019 Report Posted January 23, 2019 12 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (Atco) I haven't listened to that or any other Hathaway in far too long. Tremendous album. Thanks for the reminder Quote
soulpope Posted January 24, 2019 Report Posted January 24, 2019 On 23.1.2019 at 4:28 AM, jeffcrom said: Donny Hathaway - Extension of a Man (Atco) Classic .... Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 1:09 AM, Big Beat Steve said: How's the pressing of this one? not bad, they had worse later-- On 1/23/2019 at 8:46 PM, jeffcrom said: The Beatles - Yesterday and Today (Capitol mono). In the canon, this is an odd US collection of singles and tracks left off the American versions of several British albums. But if there were someone who only had one Beatles album (like me), this is just about perfect - prime 1965-66 Beatles in glorious mono. did you check it for butcher cover dawg? Quote
jeffcrom Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said: did you check it for butcher cover dawg? Course I did! No such luck. Late night listening: Arthur Blythe - Blythe Spirit (Columbia). I can't remember the last time I spun this one. I had it in my mind that it was one of Blythe's lesser Columbia's - and it's not the equal of Illusions, but none of the others are - but it's really good. Johnny Hodges/Earl Hines - Stride Right (Verve) Edited January 25, 2019 by jeffcrom Quote
soulpope Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 2 hours ago, paul secor said: 👍👍👍!!! Quote
Gheorghe Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 2 hours ago, paul secor said: I love this, and I think when I was very young it helped me to "dig" Ornette Coleman, maybe because it has a more straight ahead swing done by Scott La Faro and Ed Blackwell. So it was easier to get into so called "Free Jazz" than with the other album I also had then "Crisis" , where they avoid straight ahead. Is it possible that "Ornette" is a lesser known or lesser popular Ornette Coleman album, since it´s not so much mentioned in jazz books. Quote
soulpope Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 57 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: I love this, and I think when I was very young it helped me to "dig" Ornette Coleman, maybe because it has a more straight ahead swing done by Scott La Faro and Ed Blackwell. So it was easier to get into so called "Free Jazz" than with the other album I also had then "Crisis" , where they avoid straight ahead. Is it possible that "Ornette" is a lesser known or lesser popular Ornette Coleman album, since it´s not so much mentioned in jazz books. Agreed .... the La Faro/Blackwell factor is of help here .... Quote
jeffcrom Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 Arthur Blythe - Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (Columbia) Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 41 minutes ago, jeffcrom said: Arthur Blythe - Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (Columbia) That's a good one, the instrumentation alone avoids too direct a comparison to Monk's recordings of the tunes. One of the great bands, IMHO. Has anyone here heard the guitarist Kelvin Bell's own Kelvinator stuff? Quote
JSngry Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 6 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said: Has anyone here heard the guitarist Kelvin Bell's own Kelvinator stuff? Some, yes. Go for it. Quote
six string Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 Np Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit (Blue Note) 1989 sometimes this one gets lost in the shuffle but I like hearing Hutcherson w/Hill and Greg Osby is a nice addition. His adventurous soloing mixed wth his lovely tone makes for satisfying listening. Quote
JSngry Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, six string said: Np Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit (Blue Note) 1989 sometimes this one gets lost in the shuffle but I like hearing Hutcherson w/Hill and Greg Osby is a nice addition. His adventurous soloing mixed wth his lovely tone makes for satisfying listening. Agreed. I got this on casette when it first cam out and looped it for weeks in the car. Very satisfying session, as well as a "is he or isn't he?" cover photo. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 25, 2019 Report Posted January 25, 2019 Just now, paul secor said: Ha! Red vinyl. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 26, 2019 Report Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, JSngry said: Some, yes. Go for it. Thanx muchly! Quote
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