RDK Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 I was sampling some of the new Verve Vault albums on iTunes and was surprised to find at least one album - Gene Ammons' "Makes It Happen" - that seems to be a needle drop. Listening through phones on my 'puter I can clearly hear vinyl pops and ticks. I was shocked, given that they want nearly $10 for this download. Does anyone who uses iTunes more than me know if this is a fairly common or rare thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Are you sure that the out of print cd in question is not of recordings originally done on disc? I have this somewhere and think that may well be the case. I've downloaded a half a dozen or more titles from the Vault and they sound fantastic! Most I've gotten are Japanese cds digitized directly. . . . Really great sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted August 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 I know that most of them sound very good, Lon - as you say, straight transfers (most likely) from Japanese releases, but the Ammons in question is from 1967. It's actually from a Cadet/Argo LP. It just seems odd that they'd release a needle drop, at least without saying so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 (edited) I know that most of them sound very good, Lon - as you say, straight transfers (most likely) from Japanese releases, but the Ammons in question is from 1967. It's actually from a Cadet/Argo LP. It just seems odd that they'd release a needle drop, at least without saying so. ← The Ammons in question was issued as an lp in 1967 but is a reissue of 78S. You will kick yourself and curse Verve when you go to their site and examine the contents of an Ammons disc called Young Jug. It contains 8 of the 10 tunes you downloaded plus 12 more. I can't believe they did this. Edited August 17, 2005 by Chuck Nessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 That's what I thought! Thanks Chuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 That's what I thought! Thanks Chuck. ← See my edit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 I know that most of them sound very good, Lon - as you say, straight transfers (most likely) from Japanese releases, but the Ammons in question is from 1967. It's actually from a Cadet/Argo LP. It just seems odd that they'd release a needle drop, at least without saying so. ← The Ammons in question was issued as an lp in 1967 but is a reissue of 78S. You will kick yourself and curse Verve when you go to their site and examine the contents of an Ammons disc called Young Jug. It contains 8 of the 10 tunes you downloaded plus 12 more. I can't believe they did this. ← They just did the same thing with "Cannonball Enroute". These 8 tracks are also on "Sophisticated Swing", which has *28* tracks in addition to "Enroute". I guess they are giving you the "option" to get the 8 tracks off "Enroute" for $7.92 versus all 36 for the exorbitant sum of $19.98. There is a job at Sony/BMG waiting for these guys ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted August 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 I know that most of them sound very good, Lon - as you say, straight transfers (most likely) from Japanese releases, but the Ammons in question is from 1967. It's actually from a Cadet/Argo LP. It just seems odd that they'd release a needle drop, at least without saying so. ← The Ammons in question was issued as an lp in 1967 but is a reissue of 78S. You will kick yourself and curse Verve when you go to their site and examine the contents of an Ammons disc called Young Jug. It contains 8 of the 10 tunes you downloaded plus 12 more. I can't believe they did this. ← Ah, thanks for the info. Makes sense now. But I'm okay - I only sampled the tracks and didn't download anything. Hmm. I guess liner notes would be handy with this on-line only release... Yeah, I can't believe they did this either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 In both cases I think you have the case of an out of print Japanese single lp reissue, and an out of print American combination/compilation release. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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