What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[jeffcrom]

When I bought the Miles Davis Bootleg Series Vol. 3 - Miles at the Fillmore - I kept my vinyl double album to have the originally-issued edits. But I never listened to any of the vinyl again until tonight, when I spun "Friday Miles" - and thoroughly enjoyed it, awkward splices and all - in anticipation of something really ridiculous.

I few days ago, I spotted a single from these sessions on Ebay. I thought the idea of three and a half hours of music edited down to an hour and forty minutes edited down to a little over six minutes was so surreal that I bought it. The record arrived today, and it is indeed cool and ridiculous. "Friday Miles" is a solid 3:27 of "Bitches Brew" from that night - one chunk with no editing, apparently. "Saturday Miles" is 3:14, and I think that the edit is unique, not just a piece of the LP version. (But I need to check more carefully to make sure.) It starts with "Bitches Brew" in full cry, then moves on to bits of "It's About That Time," "Willie Nelson," and "The Theme."

Cool and ridiculous.

[jeffcrom]

1 hour ago, jeffcrom said:

"Saturday Miles" is 3:14, and I think that the edit is unique, not just a piece of the LP version. (But I need to check more carefully to make sure.) It starts with "Bitches Brew" in full cry, then moves on to bits of "It's About That Time," "Willie Nelson," and "The Theme."

Yep - a unique edit, after listening to the LP side. But it's "Yesternow," not "It's About That Time" that's the second bit.

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, paul secor said:

Blind Willie McTell 1927 - 1935 (Yazoo)

Classic ....

[paul secor]

Blind Willie McTell: Blues in the Dark (MCA)

[mikeweil]

Glorious sound from this original Verve mono copy.

[mikeweil]

More glorious Verve mono:

Surprise find in a Frankfurt 2nd hand shop a few months ago.

[mikeweil]

More McFarland in glorious mono:

Edited August 5, 2017 by mikeweil

[mikeweil]

Original Fantasy 10" on green vinyl

[mikeweil]

My copy,btw, includes a track with the Basie orchestra, "Let Me Dream", of which the booklet of the Base Clef/Verve Mosaic box set says it was excluded from the record, just mentioned on the back cover! It's audibly there.

Edited August 5, 2017 by mikeweil

[kh1958]

Dave Brubeck, Newport 1958 (Columbia)

Louis Armstrong, Satchmo the Great (Columbia)

[mikeweil]

More glorious mono:

[Clunky]

Basso/ Valdambrini Quintet-------Fonit H602 H603------(Rearward)

 

Very fine library music from what clearly on this evidence a superb outfit.

[paul secor]

Baaba Maal: Baayo (Mango)

[soulpope]

7 hours ago, paul secor said:

Baaba Maal: Baayo (Mango)

Stunning vocals by Baaba Maal ....

Edited August 6, 2017 by soulpope

[kh1958]

Duke Ellington, Mood Ellington (Columbia ten inch). A 1949 release of 1948 material; this copy is a bit noisy but the sound of the Ellington Orchestra is extremely vivid.

Jackie McLean, Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note). A blue label, '70s reissue; but still I was happy to find it for $7, as it sounds good and is still marked Van Gelder in the inner groove.

 

[John Tapscott]

[paul secor]

LP 3

[paul secor]

LP 4

[jeffcrom]

Edmond Hall - Rumpus on Rampart Street (Rae-Cox)

[Chuck Nessa]

Bobby Bradford, Hafez Modirzadeh, Mark Dresser and Alex Cline - NoBusiness.

3 hours ago, jeffcrom said:

Edmond Hall - Rumpus on Rampart Street (Rae-Cox)

Nice date - I had it on a budget Mount Vernon issue.

[jeffcrom]

4 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Edmond Hall - Rumpus on Rampart Street (Rae-Cox)

Nice date - I had it on a budget Mount Vernon issue.

For a while, I had that one as well, because it has an alternative version of one tune. At some point it just seemed silly to keep both. But yeah, I like this album a lot.

[jeffcrom]

Steve Lacy - The Kiss (Lunatic). Recorded in Hiroshima in 1986.

[paul secor]

Michael Hurley: Long Journey (Rounder)

[paul secor]

On ‎8‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 7:59 PM, jeffcrom said:

Steve Lacy - The Kiss (Lunatic). Recorded in Hiroshima in 1986.

One of his rarest?

[jeffcrom]

1 hour ago, paul secor said:

One of his rarest?

It's right up there, I think. Musically and sonically excellent, as well, although there are one or two live solo records I like as well or better.

Edited August 10, 2017 by jeffcrom