Any RVG Suggestions for 2005?

[mike casinghino]

best of the west vol 1 & 2 on one cd

lou mecca & urbie green on one cd

these are the last four recordings from the 5000 series,that blue note owns the rights to, and have not been on cd.

booker ervin-back from the gig

jeremy steig-wayfaring stranger

Edited December 2, 2004 by mike casinghino

[sjarrell]

My wish list (from the "Catching up with Tom Evered" thread at All About Jazz):

Connoisseur: Ike Quebec/Singles Sessions 2CD

RVG:

Hank Mobley: Workout/Another Workout/Dippin'/A Caddy for Daddy

Freddie Hubbard: Here to Stay

Lee Morgan: Cornbread/The Gigolo

Thad Jones: Detroit-NY Junction/Magnificent/Vol. 3

Lou Donaldson: Alligator Bogaloo

Jimmy Smith 2CD:A Date with JS/JS at the Organ (or maybe as a couple of Conns instead)

Jimmy Smith and LD

Stanley Turrentine: That's where it's at

[Rooster_Ties]

booker ervin-back from the gig

jeremy steig-wayfaring stranger

The Booker date is very likely going to be in the next batch of Conns, probably Oct. of 2005 (cuz it very nearly was in this last batch, but there weren't funds available for two new covers, and "Dance With Death" got the nod). Personally, I'll be shocked if "Back From The Gig" isn't in the next batch of Conns.

The Jeremy Steig is either Rare Groove material (I'm just guessing, cuz I've never heard it - short of the samples the Beastie Boys have used), or more likely, something BN would only release though Water. Never gonna be an RVG, and probably not a Conn either.

[etherbored]

Anyway, I'll try and get your approval ahead of time before I make any future suggestions, hadn't known it was required.

...that's more like it.

seriously though, my angle was more along the lines of lobbying for a previously- unissued-on-disc title.

Also in January we will ship a hot new bebop/ Bird covers disc from the Italian saxophonist Stefano Battista, featuring Kenny Barron.

an *excellent* session. picked it up in vienna last month + it smokes.

-e-

[etherbored]

...and *yes*, i do realize this series in not specifically for previously unavailable titles (before another flame materializes).

[Soul Stream]

Is it just me, but does anybody else wonder why a Blakey title is a near certainty with almost any given batch of RVGs? Personally, I'd like to see a change-up every now and then from that.

[wesbed]

There have been several Blakeys and Horace Silvers in the RVG series. Several Hubbards, Joe Hendersons, and Wayne Shorters too.

Yeah, how 'bout something different this time? Something like a Lou Donaldson, a Baby Face Wilette, an Art Hodes, a George Braith, or an Ike Quebec.

[etherbored]

my point *exactly*!

same ol, same ol...

the primary challenge is that EMI licenses the RVG series masters from toshiba and therefore our choices are limited to titles previously isssued in japan, which are the tried and true.

:rsmile:

[wesbed]

I'd like an RVG of this Harold Vick just because I believe the cover is cool.

[Rooster_Ties]

If I recall right, Chuck said once that the Harold Vick was the only Conn he didn't own on CD. No reason (again, my vague memory), he just missed it at the time, and never went back for it. (Hell, he probably has the original vinyl. )

Edited December 2, 2004 by Rooster_Ties

[etherbored]

you'd be suprised at how lackluster that vick date is, IMHO (hold your rotten tomatos + bananas)....

[Soul Stream]

I'd like an RVG of this Harold Vick just because I believe the cover is cool.

Damn right!!!!

[Soul Stream]

you'd be suprised at how lackluster that vick date is, IMHO (hold your rotten tomatos + bananas)....

I'm gathering mine to throw now....

One of the all-time great organ dates ever made.

[Quincy]

There have been several Blakeys and Horace Silvers in the RVG series.

Thing is though, Indestructible, Buhaina's Delight and Free For All are really really good.

But I know what you mean. I passed on upgrading several Dexters and Hendersons that came out last summer to buy stuff I hadn't heard instead.

But I'm pretty excited about the 1st round of RVGs in March, as Brooks, Quebec, Coles, and La Roca aren't the same old same old. I was "too young" to get True Blue the last time around, and though I have a burn of Basra, notes and the possibility of improved sound are welcome.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

my point *exactly*!

same ol, same ol...

the primary challenge is that EMI licenses the RVG series masters from toshiba and therefore our choices are limited to titles previously isssued in japan, which are the tried and true.

:rsmile:

Not true. In fact, the first 50 or so from the US RVG series were actually remastered by Rudy twice. Once for Japan and then again for the US. In fact, RVG may have had to remaster the first US batch twice. The first time, he folded the stereo down too much and Cuscuna had him widen it before release.

It was only during the batch of US RVGs where they found some old metal masters i.e. Monk that they decided to merge the remastering efforts. I would say that now, the US decisions may actually be being picked up by Japan.

Later,

Kevin

[pryan]

There have been several Blakeys and Horace Silvers in the RVG series. Several Hubbards, Joe Hendersons, and Wayne Shorters too.

Yeah, how 'bout something different this time? Something like a Lou Donaldson, a Baby Face Wilette, an Art Hodes, a George Braith, or an Ike Quebec.

There is an Ike Quebec. See above, a few posts before yours.

Looks like a nice batch, BTW. I'm liking the inclusion of the Quebec (first RVG), Brooks (ditto), and the LaRoca date I've heard rave reviews about. Always nice to see a Mobley title in there as well, especially as it's one I don't have.

[sal]

I'm in the camp that agrees that there are way too many Mobleys, Blakeys, Silvers, and Morgans being reissued. Not that there's anything wrong with them, but it would be nice to see something different.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

...and don't forget Jimmy Smith. Okay, well how 'bout "Jubilee Shout" or "Z.T's Blues" then?

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Etherbord, I found your online jazz twin. B-) Hmm, think I need to get that Paul Bley Mercury.

http://musicpower.080.net/newbb/viewthread...=2&sid=3q4o2zTf

Edited December 2, 2004 by Son-of-a-Weizen

[Jim Dye]

I believe the original purpose of the RVG series was to get the best selling catalog items remastered and out in the stores again. I doubt we'll see too many obscure titles like a Vick or a Braith. That's what the Connoisseur series is for. Blakeys and Silvers are their bread and buttah. I say, bring 'em on! Tokyo Blues, Baby!

[Big Al]

you'd be suprised at how lackluster that vick date is, IMHO (hold your rotten tomatos + bananas)....

Gotta disagree with ya there, my friend! As greeeeazy as it gets to these ears! Especially with the Holy Trinity of Greeeeaze: Green-Patton-Dixon! Yeah, we need MUCH more RVGs from these guys!!!

But I’m not throwin’ anything your way! Everyone’s got their own preferences!

[etherbored]

i'm glad we can agree to disagree without getting insulting.

hey, it could just be that my ears aren't sophisticated enough for this date...

:rsly:

also, one last divergence from the thread topic: the cover to the forthcoming di battista record.

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-e-

[LarryCurleyMoe]

Heya Kevin-

Please BEG Michael to reissue "CONSEQUENCE" by Jackie McLean - A BURNIN' SESSION WITH MOGIE! Why this is not out in some form boggles me brain!

Another vote here for the J.R. Monterose - Japanese reissue due out this month, but probably without the bonus track...

[mike casinghino]

etherbored, i've got a lot of relatives in italy, i'll be buying that one!

[Late]

I kinda wish that the RVG series was given over to Reginald "Vicky" Gutenberg at Water. This way, the name of the series could be sustained, and we could hear Water's take on more of the Blue Note catalog.

Either that, or — remember Swinging Swede's old (April 1st) thread on Ron "Verve" Goldblatt?

In all seriousness, I'm glad the series is around, but that last batch greatly dampened my enthusiasm. The pinnacle of the series, for me, was the Doug Hawkins material that Rudy remastered — particularly the unearthed Bud Powell track. Too bad the Elmo Hope sessions didn't make it into that batch.

In 2039, Toshiba/EMI will celebrate Blue Note's centennial by reissuing ... Blue Train, Moanin', Somethin' Else, Cool Struttin', Maiden Voyage, The Sidwinder ... and, if you save all your OBI's and mail them in within six months ... Kenny Burrell's Freedom.