New BN Reissues; release date November 4

[mjzee]

Uncompromising Expression: Singles Collection

Round Midnight: Complete Blue Note Singles 1947-52

[GA Russell]

I would like to see a complete list of all of the tracks!

[felser]

That 47-52 set might be really interesting, if there are cuts that did not make it onto LP/CD previously. May also have quite a stylistic range, Sidney Bechet to John Hardee to Babs Gonzalez to Monk?

[erwbol]

"Thelonious Monk's first recordings in the late 1940s were for Blue Note Records and they signaled a new kind of Blue Note as the label was evolving from an outlet for boogie woogie and old time jazz into a flag-waver for hard bop. These recordings, which include the first version of Monk's classic composition, 'Round Midnight' (originally known as 'Round About Midnight'), were released on a series of fifteen 78 RPM singles. Later, Monk's sessions were re-compiled on 10-inch and 12-inch LPs, and this collection will present for the first time Monk's Blue Note recordings in their original 78 RPM sequence of release, adding as bonus tracks the alternate takes that appeared on later LP and CD releases. In addition, 'Round Midnight includes nine tracks not available on any current reissues of Monk's albums."

Just the 8 tracks with Monk from Milt Jackson's Wizard of the Vibes or something never before released?

Edited October 13, 2014 by erwbol

[Eric]

"In addition, 'Round Midnight includes nine tracks not available on any current reissues of Monk's albums."

Saw that ... zeroed in on "current reissues" ... if they were previously unreleased, you would think they would crow about it ...

Edit: Here are the Monk tracks:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_Thelonious-Monk_000000000001030/item_Round-Midnight-Complete-Blue-Note-Singles-1947-1952_6009917

And the five-CD set:

http://music.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ISBN=0753550938

Edited October 13, 2014 by Eric

[jazzbo]

I think it's MIlt stuff.

I did pre-order this. I love this Monk material so much. And the new Miles set I bought sounds great (and has nice packaging and notes).

[jazzbo]

Right, and I'm only guessing but the transfers are mastered to cd by Kevin Reeves (he did the previous ones) and sound very good, a different look at the new transfers.

[erwbol]

The SHMs of this material sounded very good, even better than the RVGs. So, a cheaper way of getting the new transfers.

I think it's MIlt stuff.

I did pre-order this. I love this Monk material so much. And the new Miles set I bought sounds great (and has nice packaging and notes).

Who wrote the notes to the Miles set?

Right, and I'm only guessing but the transfers are mastered to cd by Kevin Reeves (he did the previous ones) and sound very good, a different look at the new transfers.

Oops, sorry. I reposted with a quote of your post.

[jazzbo]

Can't tell you at the moment, I'm far away from my discs and won't likely remember to look when I'm back home right before bed.

[Stefan Wood]

zzzzzzz

[colinmce]

That 47-52 set might be really interesting, if there are cuts that did not make it onto LP/CD previously. May also have quite a stylistic range, Sidney Bechet to John Hardee to Babs Gonzalez to Monk?

If it weren't just Monk. I think the days of Blue Note rereleasing music by John Hardee et al are long behind us.

[jazzbo]

The SHMs of this material sounded very good, even better than the RVGs. So, a cheaper way of getting the new transfers.

I think it's MIlt stuff.

I did pre-order this. I love this Monk material so much. And the new Miles set I bought sounds great (and has nice packaging and notes).

Who wrote the notes to the Miles set?

I assume the page below is correct, if so Kirk Silsbee.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/take-off-the-complete-blue-note-albums-mw0002642751/credits

[erwbol]

The SHMs of this material sounded very good, even better than the RVGs. So, a cheaper way of getting the new transfers.

I think it's MIlt stuff.

I did pre-order this. I love this Monk material so much. And the new Miles set I bought sounds great (and has nice packaging and notes).

Who wrote the notes to the Miles set?

I assume the page below is correct, if so Kirk Silsbee.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/take-off-the-complete-blue-note-albums-mw0002642751/credits

Never read anything by him. (Of course, I should have visited allmusic.com for this information.)

Edited October 13, 2014 by erwbol

[jazzbo]

Notes were nice enough. And there are photos I've never seen before.

[mikeweil]

Looks like this is to accompany the new book on the Blue Note label:

Similar combo as the Verve book and singles collection ...

[ejp626]

I would like to see a complete list of all of the tracks!

75 tracks on 5 CDs. No real info (other than Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones are on Disc 4)

This is the puffery: Each of the five discs covers a specific era, from boogie to hard bop, soul jazz to the roots revival of the 90's, and the 21st century trailblazers like Robert Glasper and Gregory Porter.

Not interested in this or the Monk. I'm so done with buying the same material over and over.

[Late]

Thank goodness for copy editors. The first mock-up of the cover, with all the breaks across individual words, read:

un-prom-ising com-plex-ion

[felser]

That 47-52 set might be really interesting, if there are cuts that did not make it onto LP/CD previously. May also have quite a stylistic range, Sidney Bechet to John Hardee to Babs Gonzalez to Monk?

If it weren't just Monk. I think the days of Blue Note rereleasing music by John Hardee et al are long behind us.

Guess I should have opened the link instead of just reading the label. No interest in either of these. They are just Concording the BN vaults, same old same old with a tiny little twist. I'd rather have a John Hardee 2CD set!

[jlhoots]

I would like to see a complete list of all of the tracks!

75 tracks on 5 CDs. No real info (other than Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones are on Disc 4)

This is the puffery: Each of the five discs covers a specific era, from boogie to hard bop, soul jazz to the roots revival of the 90's, and the 21st century trailblazers like Robert Glasper and Gregory Porter.

Not interested in this or the Monk. I'm so done with buying the same material over and over.

Me too!

[Stefan Wood]

The book might be interesting; the discs......no. That cow was milked a long time ago.

Edited November 3, 2014 by Stefan Wood

[erwbol]

The book (UK edition) is now €45 with free worldwide shipping at bookdepository.

ISBN 13: 9780500517444 ISBN 10: 0500517444

Thames & Hudson Ltd

The US edition is currently more expensive at bookdepository, but $52 at amazon.com

ISBN 13: 9781452141442 ISBN 10: 1452141444

Chronicle Books

Edited November 3, 2014 by erwbol

[JohnS]

Anyone know a UK source for the Mile Davis 10" vinyl?

[LouisvillePrez]

Has anyone heard the Monk set. My CDs of this material are the red and gold editions of Genius of Moodern Music and the Milt Jackson CD put out at the same time. If there is a marked improvement in sound, this could really interest me.

[jazzbo]

I have heard the Monk. To be honest the new SHM-CDs from Japan sound a bit better: warmer, fuller. They seem the same transfers from the master recordings, but a different remastering, and I prefer the Japanese by a bit.

But this new US release sounds better to me than the previous US editions. (Though I still like the RVG editions quite a bit).

[erwbol]

It can be awkward reading your old posts again, but here is my previous assessment of the Thelonious Monk SHMs and I stand by it:

"I've listened to the Monk several times now, and am convinced it is less compressed. Also, the RVG bass was somewhat boosted & booming. This could make it a bit of a dark zooming mass. The new bass sound is more clearly articulated, like a well recorded real instrument made from wood and strings.

I always enjoyed the RVGs (my first Monk was the Blue Note box) up until now, and do not mean to put them down. But listened to side by side on my system the difference is marked. The opening up of the music due to the greater dynamic range makes all the difference. Very fresh (though Monk on Blue Note never really grows stale)."