Art Blakey and Sabu: Cu-Bop

[Teasing the Korean]

It looks like this LP, originally on Jubilee, was reissued on CD on Fresh Sounds. It is a needle drop? Have there been other CD issues of this?

One of the tracks is on a Blue Note compilation (Latino Blue, IIRC) and it sounds like a needle drop.

Are the masters lost?

[jazzbo]

I think it's a needle drop.

[Teasing the Korean]

Thanks. Presumably, the conglomerate that slaps the name "Blue Note" on its product now has the rights to this. Why haven't they released it? Do you think because they lost the masters? I listened again to the track in question and I think it's from vinyl. Not that that's the worst thing in the world - I'm just surprised that it hasn't made it out in recent years.

I wonder what the Springboard and Roulette vinyl reissues were mastered from.

[jazzbo]

I don't want to speculate on why this hasn't come out on Blue Note. I personally don't think it's a great session, and the Fresh Sound cd sounds really flat . . . but then most of the cds of that vintage from that label sounded similar. Michael Cuscuna could either/or/both not like this and not like its sale potential. If they wanted to release it, having no master tape may not deter them, I know of several (a Bill Potts and a Horace Silver cd) releases from lp mastering. . . .

Maybe one of those who have Michael's ear could get some information, Kevin or Reiner for instance.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

the Roulette masters are buired in a concrete casket with Jimmy Hoffa

[Teasing the Korean]

the Roulette masters are buired in a concrete casket with Jimmy Hoffa

Seriously, are Roulette masters missing?