bebopbob Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 (edited) In an effort to get the complete Larry Young - Blue Note recordings without buying the long out of print and very expensive Mosaic box set as I already have the individual CD issues of all his other Blue Nore LPs with the exception of "Contrasts", are there any plans by anyone to issue "Contrasts" on CD? I purchased a new LP resiuue of "Contrasts" to find out that there is a skip on side two, track one "Major Affair". I returned the LP only to get another new copy with a skip on the same track which suggests that the recent Blue Note LP resissues are not issued on high qulaity vinyl. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks. Bob Edited February 9, 2012 by bebopbob Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 I sure wish there was. I have the LY Mosaic, but "Contrasts" is one of those dates on the set that's split between two physical CD's. Love the cover too... Quote
romualdo Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 the only likely possibility IMHO would be a TOCJ release like "Heaven On Earth" in 2010 Quote
bertrand Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Any way to put a bug in the ear of the people who run the TOCJ reissues? Bertrand. Quote
romualdo Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 I sure wish there was. I have the LY Mosaic, but "Contrasts" is one of those dates on the set that's split between two physical CD's. Love the cover too... Actually the whole LP is on disc V (just looked) Quote
David Ayers Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Any way to put a bug in the ear of the people who run the TOCJ reissues? Bertrand. We should have thought of trying to do that years ago! Somebody must know how to reach them -and the list of things-to-do would still be a long one! Quote
bertrand Posted February 10, 2012 Report Posted February 10, 2012 Let's put together a wish list and I'll try to get a contact. Bertrand. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 bertrand r u serious. is there even a blue note anymore. no way they are going to do more reissues. there is just no way. are you reffering to those 3rd party labels which are getting permission to release bn stuff, like water records and stuff like that Quote
David Ayers Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 bertrand r u serious. is there even a blue note anymore. no way they are going to do more reissues. there is just no way. are you reffering to those 3rd party labels which are getting permission to release bn stuff, like water records and stuff like that No - the idea is to find a contact at Toshiba/EMI in Japan... Quote
sidewinder Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 This would be a good one to suggest to Music Matters for a 2x45rpm (which would then no-doubt morph into a high quality CD). Maybe I'll ping them a mail. Quote
Clunky Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 This would be a good one to suggest to Music Matters for a 2x45rpm (which would then no-doubt morph into a high quality CD). Maybe I'll ping them a mail. I thought MM had reached the end of the run. i.e no more reissues beyond May 2012. Agree any more LY would be good. Pity though that they've bypassed Big John Patton entirely. Quote
sidewinder Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 This would be a good one to suggest to Music Matters for a 2x45rpm (which would then no-doubt morph into a high quality CD). Maybe I'll ping them a mail. I thought MM had reached the end of the run. i.e no more reissues beyond May 2012. Agree any more LY would be good. Pity though that they've bypassed Big John Patton entirely. Really? I thought they were rolling on through 2012, not heard anything to say they were stopping in May. I've even checked the hype on the Hoffmann board and there doesn't seem to be anything on there to confirm it either way. Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 My lp has the same problem right at the end of Major Affair. Too bad since this is such a wonderful record. Beautiful music. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 Not to poop in the punch bowl, but stereo Liberty pressings aren't that expensive. I think I got mine, a very clean copy, for around $25. Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 I'm going that route. I really love this music.Which is too say, I like poop with my punch. Quote
JSngry Posted February 15, 2012 Report Posted February 15, 2012 After the lunch I had today, I think that after some pressing, there will be a poop that packs a punch, after which there will be a feeling of liberty. How's that for a contrasts? Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 That is the organissimo poster equivalent of Mel Torme's National Anthem. Very well done. I mean it. Quote
fasstrack Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) In an effort to get the complete Larry Young - Blue Note recordings without buying the long out of print and very expensive Mosaic box set as I already have the individual CD issues of all his other Blue Nore LPs with the exception of "Contrasts", are there any plans by anyone to issue "Contrasts" on CD? I purchased a new LP resiuue of "Contrasts" to find out that there is a skip on side two, track one "Major Affair". I returned the LP only to get another new copy with a skip on the same track which suggests that the recent Blue Note LP resissues are not issued on high qulaity vinyl. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks. Bob Anyone ever hear the trio record with Larry Young, Grant Green, and Elvin Jones: Into Something? Very nice. I must confess to not being a huge Grant Green fan. He's fine, just never knocked me out except when I was much younger. I really dug him in my early 20s. He just never made any progress in his playing to my ears. Seemed a bit lazy. I appreciate and like when I hear him, though---up to a point. He had a very good sound and great, swinging, time, was lyrical, but had a limited creative range to me and way too much repetitiveness. A little went a long way. And he never played chords. On a guitar.... I always found Eddie Diehl---from the same generation and having done a lot of the same gigs---just as swinging but way more interesting. But when Green recorded with Larry Young he seemed inspired and at his best. They were a good team. And Into Something is a hell of a record. Edited February 16, 2012 by fasstrack Quote
David Ayers Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 Add that his sound is too bald and exposed and he never gets through a solo without fluffs - even though all he ever plays is what falls most easily under the fingers. Quote
fasstrack Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 Add that his sound is too bald and exposed and he never gets through a solo without fluffs - even though all he ever plays is what falls most easily under the fingers. The fluffs don't bug me. I make plenty myself. I think, as stated, that Grant had a great, classic, sound. It was bright and biting, and at one time I remember either copying or beiinfluenced by it. And his time is a MF. Those two things got him over. To me his limitations and repetiveness came from not studying or practicing enough. I can't prove that---never met the man---but it sounds like that to me when a cat, despite Grant's level of talent, just never seems to progress year to year. It just seems like he got stuck in a dead end and it didn't even seem to bother him. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 In an effort to get the complete Larry Young - Blue Note recordings without buying the long out of print and very expensive Mosaic box set as I already have the individual CD issues of all his other Blue Nore LPs with the exception of "Contrasts", are there any plans by anyone to issue "Contrasts" on CD? I purchased a new LP resiuue of "Contrasts" to find out that there is a skip on side two, track one "Major Affair". I returned the LP only to get another new copy with a skip on the same track which suggests that the recent Blue Note LP resissues are not issued on high qulaity vinyl. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Thanks. Bob Anyone ever hear the trio record with Larry Young, Grant Green, and Elvin Jones: Into Something? Very nice. Quartet: some guy named Sam Rivers is on it as well. Quote
JSngry Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 The trio record is Talkin' About! Grant was pretty much a "local" type guy who was into playing clubs and getting high, not a really "career-minded" individual. Could he have been "more" with some effort and/or motivation? Maybe. but he was who he was and he played how he played. Me, I'm a fan, all caveats fully stipulated to. There's a definite Grant Green Zone, and how many players have a zone of their own? Not very many, that's how many! We could all be "more" than who we are (and who we set out to be, and who we end up being), but oh well. Comfort in one's own skin is nothing to be sneezed at either. Quote
jazzbo Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 I'm a big fan too. I don't look at Grant Green as a jazz player in the way that Kenny Burrell or Tal Farlow etc. were. And I think the repetition comes from other musical forms than jazz. It's really hard to do what Green did, with the feel and timing and tone and just general cool style. I'm so glad Lion gave him the opportunities that he did, as well as the opportunities he had to record for other labels. Quote
.:.impossible Posted February 16, 2012 Report Posted February 16, 2012 Into Somethin' is a very different record from Contrasts. I like what Grant Green did with his guitar so much more than what so many other jazz guitarists did with theirs. Quote
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