Duke's "Blues In Orbit"

[Z-Man]

Phil Schaap, in his liner notes to the 1999 Columbia/Legacy CD reissue of "Black, Brown, & Beige", claims that the originally issued title track of "Blues In Orbit" was master number 40626-1 recorded on 2/4/58, while most discographies list the originally issued take as 40626-6, recorded on 2/12/58.

The 2004 Columbia/Legacy CD reissue of "Blues In Orbit" includes 40626-6 as the originally issued title track, contradictory to Schaap's statement.

So who is correct? Can anyone verify if the original Blues In Orbit LP contains the same master take of the title tune as the 2004 Columbia/Legacy reissue?

As an aside, the 2004 Blues In Orbit CD claims to include a "previously unissued" alternate of the title tune, though this take (40626-2) was included on the aforementioned "Black, Brown, & Beige" CD reissue.

[Chuck Nessa]

Looks like more Schaap crap. My original (Columbia CL 1445, mono, 6 eye) plays the same as the "master" on the current cd.

[Kalo]

Looks like more Schaap crap.

The definitive assessment. And it rhymes, too.

I'm still pissed about the alternate take of "Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)" that he somehow substituted for the master on the Columbia/Legacy CD of Such Sweet Thunder.

[John Tapscott]

[jazzbo]

Ah, much ado about nothing!

I never could find the origiinal lp of that one, so a substituted take doesn't really get me all riled up. Nothing Phil does has.

Blues in Orbit. . . what a great reissue. Sounds 98% as good as the Mobile Fidelity SACD and has a lot longer running time. . . !

[WD45]

Listened to this on my walk in to work today. It put a spring in my step regardless of the -4 degree weather!

It does sound great. You can hear that studio.

[Kalo]

Hey, I love Blues in Orbit too.

No problems with Duke, just with Schaap.

Kept my Such Sweet Thunder vinyl as well. And I'm mighty glad I did.

[medjuck]

The correct take from Such Sweet Thunder is available on cd: it's on a cd release about Ralph Ellison. Sorry I can't remember the name of it right now but it's a good compilation.

[BruceH]

Looks like more Schaap crap.

The definitive assessment. And it rhymes, too.

I'm still pissed about the alternate take of "Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)" that he somehow substituted for the master on the Columbia/Legacy CD of Such Sweet Thunder.

Yeah, just when the hell is that going to be corrected?

[BruceH]

The correct take from Such Sweet Thunder is available on cd: it's on a cd release about Ralph Ellison. Sorry I can't remember the name of it right now but it's a good compilation.

It SHOULD be available on CD on Such Sweet Thunder.

Can't say it often enough, folks: Always keep your vinyl.

[ghost of miles]

The correct take from Such Sweet Thunder is available on cd: it's on a cd release about Ralph Ellison. Sorry I can't remember the name of it right now but it's a good compilation.

LIVING WITH MUSIC, I think. It's a companion to the Modern Library collection of Ellison's writings on jazz and blues.

[Kalo]

The correct take from Such Sweet Thunder is available on cd: it's on a cd release about Ralph Ellison. Sorry I can't remember the name of it right now but it's a good compilation.

LIVING WITH MUSIC, I think. It's a companion to the Modern Library collection of Ellison's writings on jazz and blues.

On Columbia/Legacy, I presume? How is it?