What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Rabshakeh]

Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus

I've had terrible experiences with this one in the past. I bought a copy from Chiswick car boot that was a boot, gave it away and the bought another copy from Jazz Messengers in Lisbon, not realising that such a fancy and overpriced record shop would sell euro-knock offs. Nice to finally have a decent Candid, which sounds a lot better.

[HutchFan]

Craft reissue

 

6 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I've had terrible experiences with this one in the past. I bought a copy from Chiswick car boot that was a boot, gave it away and the bought another copy from Jazz Messengers in Lisbon, not realising that such a fancy and overpriced record shop would sell euro-knock offs. Nice to finally have a decent Candid, which sounds a lot better.

Ooof.  Tough. 

But that one's worth the Herculean strivings... and then some.  One of Mingus' finest hours.   

 

[Chuck Nessa]

[Rabshakeh]

30 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Pound for pound, this might be my favourite Art Ensemble record. What's the story behind this copy?

[HutchFan]

Now spinning one of my favorite LPs by Art Pepper:

The Maiden Voyage Sessions, Vol. 3 (Galaxy, rec. 1981)

 

 

 

38 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

What a cool artifact!  I suppose that's the only one in the whole world.

. . . And the music is astounding, of course.

 

7 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Pound for pound, this might be my favourite Art Ensemble record.

Yup.  Mine also.

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by HutchFan

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus

 

👍

[jazzcorner]

[Rabshakeh]

[Daniel A]

11 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

 

Somehow a very captivating cover. I would have wanted to be aboard that train. How's the music? And what about "Volume III"?

I'm playing this:

1966 US Stereo pressing.

I have this both in mono and stereo versions. The mono is cut louder and sounds almost as if it has some extra reverb. The stereo version is better if one wants to enjoy Bob Florence's nice arrangements for the sax section, one of his better efforts. All in all, a very enjoyable album which I have listened to many times over the years.

Is the second guy from the left on the back cover really Bill Perkins?

Edited August 31, 2023 by Daniel A

[optatio]

2 hours ago, Daniel A said:

I'm playing this:

1966 US Stereo pressing.

I have this both in mono and stereo versions. The mono is cut louder and sounds almost as if it has some extra reverb. The stereo version is better if one wants to enjoy Bob Florence's nice arrangements for the sax section, one of his better efforts. All in all, a very enjoyable album which I have listened to many times over the years.

Is the second guy from the left on the back cover really Bill Perkins?

👍

 

[JSngry]

That is indeed Bill Perkins. 

[Chuck Nessa]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

That is indeed Bill Perkins. 

And the people to his left and right are Stevie Wonder and Tete Montoliu. 😉

[Rabshakeh]

Noah Howard – The Black Ark

The 2007 Black Ark reissue.

[jazzcorner]

9 hours ago, Daniel A said:

Somehow a very captivating cover. I would have wanted to be aboard that train. How's the music? And what about "Volume III"?

I'm playing this:

1966 US Stereo pressing.

I have this both in mono and stereo versions. The mono is cut louder and sounds almost as if it has some extra reverb. The stereo version is better if one wants to enjoy Bob Florence's nice arrangements for the sax section, one of his better efforts. All in all, a very enjoyable album which I have listened to many times over the years.

Is the second guy from the left on the back cover really Bill Perkins?

Yes the James Moody  vinyl has a 'catching' cover. The other vinyls you did present are all here too but the Sax Section only as Liberty reissue.

Bob Florence is  a favorite of mine. Have almost all his official recorded stuff plus some unissued tapes when he worked here at a german radio station on his visits  to Europe.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath – Live At Willisau

Another spin of this new acquisition. Disappointingly muddy sound but great music. Perhaps better on the old CD I had.

[BillF]

10 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

👍

[mjazzg]

3 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Noah Howard – The Black Ark

The 2007 Black Ark reissue.

That's some heavy stuff for first thing!

Prompted me to put my copy on the deck, been too long

Edited September 1, 2023 by mjazzg

[jazzcorner]

Edited September 1, 2023 by jazzcorner

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

That's some heavy stuff for first thing!

Prompted me to put my copy on the deck, been too long

My free jazz listening tends to be directly linked to when my wife needs a lie in.

[Pim]

22 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Noah Howard – The Black Ark

The 2007 Black Ark reissue.

❤️

[optatio]

[sidewinder]

8 hours ago, optatio said:

Always enjoyed that particular series. Those Vogue Jazz Doubles were great.

[jazzcorner]

12 hours ago, optatio said:

😁👍

[optatio]

Liner Notes by Dr.rer.pol. Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (“Dr.Jazz”) - “a Kenton Fan”. In 1939 he received his PhD from the University of Königsberg (today Kaliningrad). Topic of his dissertation: “Die Schallplatte auf dem Weltmarkt / The record on the world market”, Reher-Verlag: Berlin 1940. He wrote a book about Stan Kenton (Jazz-Bücherei. Pegasus Verlag, Wetzlar 1961).

I met “Dr.Jazz” as pupil in the mid fifties in my home town. He toured with a portable gramophone and shellacs. I remember his recommandation of Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra. I had already bought a Charlie Parker EP though - see my cover photo!

[Teasing the Korean]

Buddy Rich - Buddy & Soul (Pacific Jazz, stereo)

Boy, these Pacific Jazz stereo albums from the late 1960s are SHRILL!  I have to turn the treble way down. All Buddy Rich albums, all Gerald Wilson albums...