Greatest LPs to never make it to CD

[Stonewall15]

On 9/21/2025 at 11:57 AM, Stonewall15 said:

Columbia Dave Brubeck LPs "The Last Time We Saw Paris" and "Compadres".

Bump.

[hopkins]

This should have made it to CD...

 

 

[hopkins]

This should have made it to CD...

 

 

And another:

 

 

[John L]

On 4/26/2026 at 5:39 AM, hopkins said:

This should have made it to CD...

 

 

Yes!  Not to be confused with the Black & Blue album of the same name that was reissued on CD. 

[hopkins]

Here is another:

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/3055240-Jimmy-Rowles-The-Special-Magic-Of

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I'm in the process of "needle dropping" several LPs that have never made it to CD or download. I started with Joanne Brackeen's two Tappen Zee LPs, "Keyed In" & "Ancient Dynasty". Next up will be a couple of Lew Tabackin LPs, "Tabackin" (Inner City) - also called "Let The Tape Roll" & "Tenor Gladness" (Inner City), which has been released on CD in Japan but I never got around to ordering. After that, I'm planning Cecil Payne's "Bright Moments" & "Brookfield Adante", both on the Spotlite label. I'm a sucker for baritone sax dates.

I'll probably also do Don Joseph's "One Of A Kind" (Uptown) as I've kinda given up on the expanded digital release that @Chuck Nessa hinted at a few years ago.

I used to needle drop LPs a lot years ago but got tired of the process after stupidly agreeing to make about 75 of them for a fellow in Florida in exchange for being able to keep the LPs afterward.

I have all of Kamuca's Concord LPs as needle drops. I listen to them often.

[Chuck Nessa]

2 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I'm in the process of "needle dropping" several LPs that have never made it to CD or download. I started with Joanne Brackeen's two Tappen Zee LPs, "Keyed In" & "Ancient Dynasty". Next up will be a couple of Lew Tabackin LPs, "Tabackin" (Inner City) - also called "Let The Tape Roll" & "Tenor Gladness" (Inner City), which has been released on CD in Japan but I never got around to ordering. After that, I'm planning Cecil Payne's "Bright Moments" & "Brookfield Adante", both on the Spotlite label. I'm a sucker for baritone sax dates.

I'll probably also do Don Joseph's "One Of A Kind" (Uptown) as I've kinda given up on the expanded digital release that @Chuck Nessa hinted at a few years ago.

I used to needle drop LPs a lot years ago but got tired of the process after stupidly agreeing to make about 75 of them for a fellow in Florida in exchange for being able to keep the LPs afterward.

I have all of Kamuca's Concord LPs as needle drops. I listen to them often.

The Joseph "extras" were 4 alternates, no new material.

 

 

[Niko]

And liner notes by Larry Kart

[Kevin Bresnahan]

42 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

The Joseph "extras" were 4 alternates, no new material.

Did it ever get mastered but just didn't make release on CD? I'd go for a download at this point.

[Rooster_Ties]

Gosh, I sure wish both those Brackeens on Tappan Zee had been on CD at some point, Japanese, wherever.  I’d pay a little premium for both — among her finest work, far as I’ve heard anyway.

They were released (maybe just distributed?) by Columbia in the US, CBS in Europe, and CBS/Sony in Japan — so what’s the holdup?

Sure are plenty of OTHER Tappan Zee titles on CD (see link below, Discogs says over 150 titles! — but some may be compilations).

In any case, what’s the deal with those two fantastic Brackeen dates?? — never having been on CD.

https://www.discogs.com/label/31669-Tappan-Zee-Records?format=CD

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Three more bari sax LPs that never made it to CD for the "needle drop" pile: Nick Brignola's "New York Bound" (Interplay), "Northern Lights (Discovery) & "Signals... In From Somewhere" (Discovery).

Cheesy covers for sure...

[clifford_thornton]

I had that Interplay and recall it being good.

None of the Wergo-Jazz series (Gunter Hampel, Pierre Favre Quartett, Manfred Schoof Sextett, Willem Breuker Orchestra) have made it to CD. It's a shame, as they're all excellent.