JSngry Posted September 21, 2019 Report Posted September 21, 2019 I paid five bucks for a copy of this, one previously owned by one Melinda Lacy, who did NOT take care of her records. so...on the hunt for a cleaner copy, becuase the music is better than excellent. Apart from that (and the psychedlic-ish cover, which Melinda DID take good enough care of) is the fine-print notation that this was "an 8-channel Dolby recording mixed under the supervision of the conductor". Horenstein would have been about 70 at the time, and he was supervising mixing of 8 track session tapes...I've only been aware of him for a few years now, but wow, his fine attention to detail went beyond "just" interpreting the scores. When the scars of Melinda's carelessness recede on occasion, the recording itself sounds really, really good. But really, wtf? is up with that ending, did Mahler have one of those sneezes that never really goes away until, like 4-5 tries? Quote
jlhoots Posted September 21, 2019 Report Posted September 21, 2019 12 hours ago, JSngry said: Selections from Don Gabor's earlier Continental label. Looks like that jacket was left out in the rain!! Quote
JSngry Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 I don't think that I can take it. Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 this is one of my favorite things ever Quote
jlhoots Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 2 hours ago, JSngry said: I don't think that I can take it. but can you bake it? Quote
JSngry Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 It takes so long... Just finished: and I'm thinking, hmmm....something nor really right about this...and so there's a review of it by Virgil Thomson where it is called "irresponsible musicmaking" Yes, THAT! https://academic.oup.com/mq/article-abstract/XXXIX/1/147/1080949?redirectedFrom=PDF So hey, fuck it, there's a Barbara Hannigan record of it with just piano accompaniment, and I need to check here out some more, so ok, I will, as soon as the CD gets here. The Esoteric record (recorded in Paris by Jerry Newman, btw) is one of those things where the "offness" of it makes the desire to hear the music a different way stronger. It's not like you hear it and say oh, that sucks, never want to hear THAT again. Quote
JSngry Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 Weird as hell to hear a Baroque mandolin concerto....so weird that it wasn't even listed on the cover, just in the liner notes. Quote
Larry Kart Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 There's also one for two mandolins ... and another for two mandolins, a kazoo, and Le Petomane. Quote
JSngry Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 Now THAT'S irresponsible music-making!!!! Quote
JSngry Posted September 22, 2019 Report Posted September 22, 2019 Pretty damned nice performances of a pretty damned inconsequential set of pieces. Whatever happened to Vivian Rivkin (then Mrs. Dean Dixon)? There seems to be a story there? Rivkin was a student of Dixon's, something like that? She made a few records anddied at 55, that I can find. And a later packaging of this record omits Dixon's photo: She plays really well on this one too. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 early 70s starline double A side 45 b/w "why am i treated so bad?"- this should be better than the originals, these starlines bypass the pitfalls of 60s capitol mastering and usually top previous issues Quote
sidewinder Posted September 28, 2019 Report Posted September 28, 2019 Good as the sound is on the Mosaic, can’t beat the LP version. Quote
BillF Posted September 29, 2019 Report Posted September 29, 2019 8 hours ago, sidewinder said: Scarecrow Records Quote
sidewinder Posted September 29, 2019 Report Posted September 29, 2019 3 hours ago, BillF said: and in pretty acceptable sound, considering that it was recorded live at the Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa Beach. Some of the best Shorty Big Band material on this one plus the bonus of the two Gellers (Herb, Lorraine, not Uri ) in the lineup. Quote
kh1958 Posted September 29, 2019 Report Posted September 29, 2019 Donald Byrd, Chant (Blue Note/Tone Poet Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter, Urbane Jazz (Verve) Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 29, 2019 Report Posted September 29, 2019 one of the best .99c lps ive ever found- and hey the orig. price was prob not much more being columbias budget label n all--- but nothing budget about the jams.......its one of those acetate-like lps (styrene?)-- that feels "like glass" *oh and i saw him once Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 2, 2019 Report Posted October 2, 2019 14 minutes ago, JSngry said: + LP 1 (of 3). Have that on cd - good. Quote
Gheorghe Posted October 2, 2019 Report Posted October 2, 2019 One of my all time favourites. I had heard Art Farmer for the first time at the end of the summer 1978 in Vienna. Max Roach came by just to say hello, the next day Max Roach was playing in town and Art Farmer came by and Max Roach announced that Art Farmer is in the house…….. those were the days. I think, this 1975 recording with the fantastic Cedar Walton Trio was brand new then in 1978. I purchased it just to have some album which is close to the way he plays now. It became one of my all time favourites, a Beautiful thing ! Quote
sidewinder Posted October 2, 2019 Report Posted October 2, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Gheorghe said: One of my all time favourites. I had heard Art Farmer for the first time at the end of the summer 1978 in Vienna. Max Roach came by just to say hello, the next day Max Roach was playing in town and Art Farmer came by and Max Roach announced that Art Farmer is in the house…….. those were the days. I think, this 1975 recording with the fantastic Cedar Walton Trio was brand new then in 1978. I purchased it just to have some album which is close to the way he plays now. It became one of my all time favourites, a Beautiful thing ! I have a US Inner City and a French East Wind of this one - think I bought the Inner City in 1979 as a Mole Jazz deletion. A gem ! - Cedar’s trio is also outstanding, as per usual. Edited October 2, 2019 by sidewinder Quote
soulpope Posted October 2, 2019 Report Posted October 2, 2019 13 hours ago, Gheorghe said: One of my all time favourites. I had heard Art Farmer for the first time at the end of the summer 1978 in Vienna. Max Roach came by just to say hello, the next day Max Roach was playing in town and Art Farmer came by and Max Roach announced that Art Farmer is in the house…….. those were the days. I think, this 1975 recording with the fantastic Cedar Walton Trio was brand new then in 1978. I purchased it just to have some album which is close to the way he plays now. It became one of my all time favourites, a Beautiful thing ! ❤❤❤ and more !!! Quote
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