What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[Niko]

That Kenton Presents series is nice... somehow, I don't like what Affinity did with the covers, so I am trying to find the originals... which takes a bit longer...  but when I find one - like last week in Utrecht the Cooper album - I am always happy

[Niko]

[Big Beat Steve]

1 hour ago, Niko said:

That Kenton Presents series is nice... somehow, I don't like what Affinity did with the covers, so I am trying to find the originals... which takes a bit longer...  but when I find one - like last week in Utrecht the Cooper album - I am always happy

The Affinity reissues of the two Frank Rosolino LPs from the Kenton Presents series matched the originals somewhat better.

BUT ... don't you agree that what Affinity did with the covers of the reissues of the Bethlehem LPs (reissued at about the same time) was much, much worse?  It's only their availability and affordability that saves them ... 

Edited 4 hours ago by Big Beat Steve

[Niko]

8 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said:

The Affinity reissues of the two Frank Rosolino LPs from the Kenton Presents series matched the originals somewhat better.

BUT ... don't you agree that what Affinity did with the covers of the reissues of the Bethlehem LPs (reissued at about the same time) was much, much worse?  It's only their availability and affordability that saves them ... 

yes, that is true... then again, especially for RCA, the originals are actually almost as cheap as those reissues, only a bit scarcer... and since space is an issue here... 

[mikeweil]

On 8/21/2025 at 8:42 AM, jazzcorner said:

World Pacific Records JWC-512 (Jaoan) - Anthology Series " Blowin' The Blues" - compiled 1959 by Richard Bock

 

I'd really love to hear the Harold Land tack to find out whether it is a different take than the one issued on the "This Is The Bues" compilation on Pacific Jazz. 

[HutchFan]

Now spinning:

Charlie Byrd - Sketches of Brazil: Music of Villa-Lobos (Columbia, 1968)

 

[HutchFan]

Charlie Byrd - Byrd by the Sea (Fantasy, 1974)

 

[mjazzg]

Rolf Kuhn - Streamline [Vanguard, Austria 1956]

[Big Beat Steve]

43 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

I'd really love to hear the Harold Land track to find out whether it is a different take than the one issued on the "This Is The Bues" compilation on Pacific Jazz. 

According to JEPSEN it is a different take. The one on JWC-512 is listed as the alternate take. 

The other one (the "master take", then) is listed by Jepsen and Bruyninckx as being the one on "Swingin' Like 60" (WL-1289) but only Jepsen lists PJ-13 (This is The Blues) for this take as well. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Big Beat Steve

[Brad]

Recent:

[mikeweil]

25 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said:

According to JEPSEN it is a different take. The one on JWC-512 is listed as the alternate take. 

The other one (the "master take", then) is listed by Jepsen and Bruyninckx as being the one on "Swingin' Like 60" (WL-1289) but only Jepsen lists PJ-13 (This is The Blues) for this take as well. 

Thanks! Lord, as often in such cases, lists only one take for all issues. But he can't listen to all of them ..... Richard Bock was a bitch.

[HutchFan]

NP:

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Together Again for the Last Time (Prestige, rec. 1973)

 

Edited 2 hours ago by HutchFan

[Pim]

happily sold my Rainbo pressing for the excellent new BNC. Big difference

Edited 2 hours ago by Pim

[HutchFan]

More Jug:

Gene Ammons - Free Again (Prestige, 1972)

 

[HutchFan]

Next up:

Gene Ammons - Big Bad Jug (Prestige, 1973)