What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Chuck Nessa]

35 minutes ago, kh1958 said:

 

Johnny Hodges, The Big Sound (Verve)

Big fan ot that one.

[Pim]

was long waiting for a decent reissue. Very happy with this one

[mjzee]

[kh1958]

Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 1960s, volume 2, Blues Bag (Veejay). Features a 1964 date led by Buddy DeFranco (mostly on bass clarinet), with Victor Feldman, and on three tracks, either Lee Morgan or Freddie Hill, plus Curtis Fuller.

Brookmeyer and Guitars (Kimberley)

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, kh1958 said:

Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 1960s, volume 2, Blues Bag (Veejay). Features a 1964 date led by Buddy DeFranco (mostly on bass clarinet), with Victor Feldman, and on three tracks, either Lee Morgan or Freddie Hill, plus Curtis Fuller.

Nice album that 'Blues Bag' is - almost like a Jazz Messengers album at times, being powered by Blakey. I have the UK vinyl release on the 'Joy' label.

 

Edited February 25, 2024 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Amancio D'Silva 'Reflections' (UK Columbia, stereo). Basically an easy listening album, although a good one plus Amancio's playing is great, of course.

Reverse of the sleeve says 'File under Jazz: Avante Garde' 🤔

Also to be reissued for the first time by Decca as part of the forthcoming RSD. Looking forward to reading the new sleeve notes.

Edited February 25, 2024 by sidewinder

[adh1907]

22 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Amancio D'Silva 'Reflections' (UK Columbia, stereo). Basically an easy listening album, although a good one plus Amancio's playing is great, of course.

Reverse of the sleeve says 'File under Jazz: Avante Garde' 🤔

Also to be reissued for the first time by Decca as part of the forthcoming RSD. Looking forward to reading the new sleeve notes.

I have a copy of this which looks shiny and new but unfortunately plays with a lot of crackle, even after cleaning. Annoying. I haven’t played it for a while but remember being disappointed after Integration and Hum Dono etc. inspired by your post, I will replay and reconsider!

[sidewinder]

39 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

I have a copy of this which looks shiny and new but unfortunately plays with a lot of crackle, even after cleaning. Annoying. I haven’t played it for a while but remember being disappointed after Integration and Hum Dono etc. inspired by your post, I will replay and reconsider!

Crackle does seem to be an issue with this one - my copy looks spotless and plays pretty well but there is some crackle, even after being cleaned on the VPI. Although largely MOR, there are a couple of tracks which for me are 'ringers' and (not coincidentally I think) were arranged by Stan Tracey. The David Mack and Leon Young-arranged tracks are more soporific.

Edited February 26, 2024 by sidewinder

[GA Russell]

On 4/17/2007 at 10:20 AM, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

 

 

Yes - Just Sunshine was the label for which Stuff recorded in the late seventies; a WB subsidiary. My guess is that this is the album originally issued on Transatlantic called "Red hot from Alex" - it contains "Back at the Chicken Shack" and "Haitian fight song", as far as I can remember.

 

MG

I stumbled onto this album over the weekend on YouTube Music.

It is listed there as Red Hot from Alex.

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

[Gheorghe]

On 2/24/2024 at 7:15 PM, Pim said:

was long waiting for a decent reissue. Very happy with this one

I don´t know what reissue mine was, I had bought it in FL in 1999 at some shopping mall in Miami. I don´t think it was a RVG, it was older, but a CD and sounded fine. But more important for me is the music itself. I knew a guy who always did spin "Sidewinder" which I never did like as much as "Search for a New Land".... I consider it on a much higher musical level than "Sidewinder", which somehow bored me a little.....

[HutchFan]

Now giving this new-to-me LP a first spin:

Norma Winstone - Edge of Time (Argo, 1972)
2012 Wah Wah Records (ES) reissue

with:
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Mike Osborne
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Alan Skidmore 
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet – Art Themen 
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Henry Lowther
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler
- Trombone – Chris Pyne 
- Trombone – Malcolm Griffiths
- Trombone, Euphonium – Paul Rutherford
- Vibraphone – Frank Ricotti
- Guitar – Gary Boyle
- Piano, Electric Piano – John Taylor
- Bass – Chris Laurence 
- Drums – Tony Levin

Beautiful! 

 

[HutchFan]

Now this:

[clifford_thornton]

3 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now giving this new-to-me LP a first spin:

Norma Winstone - Edge of Time (Argo, 1972)
2012 Wah Wah Records (ES) reissue

with:
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Mike Osborne
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Alan Skidmore 
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet – Art Themen 
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Henry Lowther
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Kenny Wheeler
- Trombone – Chris Pyne 
- Trombone – Malcolm Griffiths
- Trombone, Euphonium – Paul Rutherford
- Vibraphone – Frank Ricotti
- Guitar – Gary Boyle
- Piano, Electric Piano – John Taylor
- Bass – Chris Laurence 
- Drums – Tony Levin

Beautiful! 

 

yup, excellent! I have the Argo LP, which replaced a dim-sounding Disconforme CD reissue/bootleg.

[Rabshakeh]

6 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Now this:

I love the Beatles cover on the second side.

[HutchFan]

7 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

I love the Beatles cover on the second side.

I confess that I didn't know "I've Just Seen a Face" was a Beatles tune 'til you pointed that out.   

 

[Rabshakeh]

30 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

I confess that I didn't know "I've Just Seen a Face" was a Beatles tune 'til you pointed that out.   

 

It certainly doesn't sound like one.

Probably one of my favourite commercials jazz tunes.

[JSngry]

Oh you kids... EVERY Beatles song sounds like a Beatles song!

#indoctrinatedbyCapitol

[adh1907]

17 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

yup, excellent! I have the Argo LP, which replaced a dim-sounding Disconforme CD reissue/bootleg.

Isn’t this Wah Wah reissue a bootleg?

[mjazzg]

23 minutes ago, adh1907 said:

Isn’t this Wah Wah reissue a bootleg?

No, it's done with Norma's blessing, she writes notes for it

[adh1907]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

No, it's done with Norma's blessing, she writes notes for it

Interesting. I wonder why there has been no UK reissue since the CD years back which disappeared quickly. 

[mjazzg]

9 hours ago, adh1907 said:

Interesting. I wonder why there has been no UK reissue since the CD years back which disappeared quickly. 

From her notes,

"The idea to re-issue 'Edge Of Time's did not at first appeal to me. I felt that recording techniques had improved so much over the years, and I was not happy about my singing at that time anyway." 

She goes on to say 

"when I thought about that time...I remembered what a very vital time it was in Jazz" 

And concludes,

"So after all I thought...why not?"

[adh1907]

4 hours ago, mjazzg said:

From her notes,

"The idea to re-issue 'Edge Of Time's did not at first appeal to me. I felt that recording techniques had improved so much over the years, and I was not happy about my singing at that time anyway." 

She goes on to say 

"when I thought about that time...I remembered what a very vital time it was in Jazz" 

And concludes,

"So after all I thought...why not?"

Thanks. 

[clifford_thornton]

Wonder if the Wah Wah reissue was licensed from UMG? Would assume they'd hold the rights rather than Norma herself. I always assumed it was an MP3-to-vinyl release but don't have one to compare to the original, which sounds very nice.

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Wonder if the Wah Wah reissue was licensed from UMG? Would assume they'd hold the rights rather than Norma herself. I always assumed it was an MP3-to-vinyl release but don't have one to compare to the original, which sounds very nice.

Clifford,

On the back of the Wah Wah jacket, it says "under license from Norma Winstone."  She must have acquired the rights from Argo (or the subsequent owners).

I very much doubt that the vinyl is made from a compressed source like an MP3.  The AQ is too good.  It's not extraordinary, but (I think) it sounds better than an album made from a sub-par source would.

 

NP:

The Bruce Forman Quartet - There Are Times (Concord, 1987)

The special guest is Bobby Hutcherson.    The rhythm section consists of George Cables (p), Jeff Carney (b), and Eddie Marshall (d).  All SF bay area guys.