FS: 2 Blue Note XRCDs - Horace Parlan and Tina Brooks

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I bought all 4 of the AudioWave XRCDs of Blue Note titles when they came out. After a couple of comparative spins, two of them sound similar enough to their Japanese TOCJ counterpart that I see no need to keep both versions so....

Shipping in the US is included. International shipping is actual cost.

Payment via PayPal or money order. International payments must be via PayPal as I've had a lot of trouble with other payment types from outside the US.

Post here or PM me. First PM gets it.

$23 shipped to a US address

Tina Brooks - True Blue

AudioWave AWMXR-0004

Disc is pressed in Japan.

Disc and Artwork are M: It looks like new.

$23 shipped to a US address

Horace Parlan - Speakin' My Piece

AudioWave AWMXR-0002

Disc is pressed in Japan.

Disc and Artwork are M: It looks like new.

Thanks for looking,

Kevin

[Kevin Bresnahan]

The two CDs are sold. Thanks for looking.

Kevin

PS. If anyone else is thinking about selling, I got a lot of pms asking for them. I couldn't keep up. I guess a lot of people are looking to buy these XRCDs.

[jazzbo]

Very nice prices at cdpacific

[riverrat]

Very nice prices at cdpacific

Yes but not in stock, unfortunately. Maybe they were and just ran out recently?

Edited January 29, 2010 by riverrat

[jazzbo]

They shipped copies of the Mobley and Brooks to me on Tuesday. . . so yes, they were. I haven't received mine yet, maybe today.

[LWayne]

Got my Mobley and Brooks yesterday from CD Pacific.

LWayne

[jazzbo]

Mine arrived today. So far have only listened to Soul Station.

Soul Station sounds very nice. Very natural and open. I like the stereo image, that it's got a nice center image and doesn't have unnatural width. Tonality is very nice and accurate. Mellower than I thought it might.

I won't be selling my RVG version, I like that too. I'll be following this series and buying those titles that I play often. Nice work!

Edited January 29, 2010 by jazzbo

[riverrat]

I'll definitely be buying Soul Station and the Parlan at some point. I always like hearing comparisons with older versions such as those provided by Kevin and jazzbo, keep em coming!

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Just did some listening to my only splurge - 'Cool Struttin'' - and compared it a bit to the other version I have which is the "Complete" TOCJ in mono.

I always thought that was a fantastic sounding CD but must say this XRCD compliments it nicely.

Being a 1500 were there mono and stereo mixes of the original 4 tracks at the time or was the stereo faked? "Cool Struttin'" is spread beautifully here where the TOCJ has that in your face - raging Philly Joe on "Lover" - mono which is rocked up a notch on the XRCD's "bonus cuts".

Highly recommended over that RVG which I have not had since a week after it was released - ouch.

[riverrat]

Thanks for that MWTGA. I have the same "Complete" version, so this was useful to read.

[J.A.W.]

Just did some listening to my only splurge - 'Cool Struttin'' - and compared it a bit to the other version I have which is the "Complete" TOCJ in mono.

I always thought that was a fantastic sounding CD but must say this XRCD compliments it nicely.

What is the catalogue number of your "Complete" TOCJ and in what way does the XRCD complement it?

Edited January 30, 2010 by J.A.W.

[riverrat]

I've got mine handy Hans, if it is the same one...TOCJ-6194 "The Complete Cool Struttin Session", 6 tracks.

Even though it doesn't appear to be an official BN Works issue, it has the 20-bit 88.2 khz mastering that a lot of the BN Works titles have.

Edited January 30, 2010 by riverrat

[J.A.W.]

I've got mine handy Hans, if it is the same one...TOCJ-6194 "The Complete Cool Struttin Session", 6 tracks.

Even though it doesn't appear to be an official BN Works issue, it has the 20-bit 88.2 khz mastering that a lot of the BN Works titles have.

When was it released (should be on the back, at the bottom) and is Ron McMaster listed as remastering engineer?

[riverrat]

I've got mine handy Hans, if it is the same one...TOCJ-6194 "The Complete Cool Struttin Session", 6 tracks.

Even though it doesn't appear to be an official BN Works issue, it has the 20-bit 88.2 khz mastering that a lot of the BN Works titles have.

When was it released (should be on the back, at the bottom) and is Ron McMaster listed as remastering engineer?

Released 1998. Remastered by Yoshio Okazaki.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

same here ... different cover and includes a series of the Wolff out take shots. The track listing is mixed up from the original release (i imagine in order of chronology of the session?).

As for compl'e'(thanks but I did hear the XRCD saying it dug the other shots of Ruth's gams)menting the XRCD it is simply that I gave away the original McMaster to pick up the RVG (first day it was issued with the slipcase etc), could not get rid of that one fast enuf for fear that the RVG introduced snakes hissing inside the hi-hat would eventually take over the room and luckily found this TOCJ mono issue. I had not heard 'CS' in stereo for eons and the audio wave remastering is perfect ... McLean almost sounds warmer here where the TOCJ has that 'Freedom Ring' tone.

01.ブルー・マイナー

　BLUE MINOR

02.クール・ストラッティン

　COOL STRUTTIN‘

03.ロイヤル・フラッシュ

　ROYAL FLASH

04.シッピン・アット・ベルズ

　SIPPIN‘ AT BELLS

05.ディープ・ナイト

　DEEP NIGHT

06.ラヴァー

　LOVER

Edited January 31, 2010 by Man with the Golden Arm