Teasing the Korean Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 Just curious how MJQ ended up signed to Apple. I know of two albums. Were there more? Quote
mikeweil Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 Just these two: Under the Jasmin Tree MJQ Space There was a thread about this long ago ... Quote
brownie Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 From an Amazon.com review of 'Under the Jasmin Tree': MJQ in their prime, January 18, 2005 By BD Wong "BD Wong" (USA) - See all my reviews I just couldn't let the lame, non-review below stand alone and give the impression that this is anything but a fine album. MJQ came to be on Apple in 1968 because Apple's business manager at the time, Ron Kass, was a big fan. While we may laugh at the naiveté of the ideal now, things were wide open at Apple in those days, so if someone there wanted to release an album by their favorite performer, regardless of genre or sales potential, by god it was released! This album is quite typical of the MJQ sound: light but not shallow, swinging, classically informed. A highlight is John Lewis's suite Three Little Feelings. The MJQ came to Apple from Atlantic Records and returned to Atlantic after their two albums. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 Apple as a label didn't last much longer. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 Apple as a label didn't last much longer. It was still around in 1971, when I bought Imagine--I remember the Apple logo in the center of the LP. When did it stop releasing albums? Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 Just these two: Under the Jasmin Tree MJQ Space There was a thread about this long ago ... There was... I went searching for it and then realized I was the one who started it. Your memory just goes out the window... Previous MJQ/Apple thread Quote
Bright Moments Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 Just these two: Under the Jasmin Tree MJQ Space There was a thread about this long ago ... There was... I went searching for it and then realized I was the one who started it. Your memory just goes out the window... Previous MJQ/Apple thread they say it is the SECOND thing to go . . . . . . . . . Quote
sidewinder Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 I have these two on the UK Apple SAPCOR vinyl imprint. Both nice - but I especially like 'Space'. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted July 30, 2007 Author Report Posted July 30, 2007 (edited) It was still around in 1971, when I bought Imagine--I remember the Apple logo in the center of the LP. When did it stop releasing albums? The Beatles - as a group or individually - were never really on "Apple Records." They were signed to EMI, and slapping the Apple label on their releases was some kind of a contractual thing they worked out. In the US, they used this label on Beatles group and solo releases/re-pressings until at least 1975. Apple was long since gone by then. Edited July 30, 2007 by Teasing the Korean Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 Just these two: Under the Jasmin Tree MJQ Space There was a thread about this long ago ... There was... I went searching for it and then realized I was the one who started it. Your memory just goes out the window... Previous MJQ/Apple thread Did you look behind the dumpster, GoM? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 When the first batch of Apple lps came out in the US I managed a record store in Bloomington. Apple sent us a huge press package including 8x10s of the MJQ, Mary Hopkin, James Taylor and Jackie Lomax. I grabbed the photos and scrawled phony autographs on them. I signed the MJQ pic "the Modern Jazz Quartet". I hung all the photos in the front of the store and our customers were amazed we had personalized shots. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 Just these two: Under the Jasmin Tree MJQ Space There was a thread about this long ago ... There was... I went searching for it and then realized I was the one who started it. Your memory just goes out the window... Previous MJQ/Apple thread Did you look behind the dumpster, GoM? I knew somebody around this joint would pick up on that reference. Great story, Chuck. I remember you telling me about that store... I think it's a Philly cheesesteak place now. And not even a good one... Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Philly cheesteak...........................................ohhhhhhhhh Quote
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