Dave James Posted January 30, 2006 Report Posted January 30, 2006 I was surfing the e-music website the other night, just entering names to see what popped up, when I stumbled across the entire VSOP catalog. This was made available in August of last year, so it's a relatively new offering, at least when you compare it with the downloads available from a label like Fantasy. I can see my $20 a month investment is going to pay off handsomely over the next few months. Lots of good stuff on that label. Up over and out. Quote
Uncle Skid Posted January 30, 2006 Report Posted January 30, 2006 Just downloaded Warne Marsh - Music for Prancing (VSOP, 1957). Thanks for the tip, Dave! Quote
David Williams Posted January 30, 2006 Report Posted January 30, 2006 So did I! And Subconcious-Lee. Quote
ejp626 Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 Maybe already mentioned, but Henry Grimes Trio (on ESP) is available as well as two ESP discs by Burton Greene (who apparently could have been the next Miles Davis if he had just gotten the same marketing push, according to another thread ) and three Sonny Simmons CDs (two on ESP). Quote
Indestructible! Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 Hey All, What the fuck is eMusic doing with the Tzadik catalog? It looks like any track that is longer than 15 minutes or so on any album is "Unavailable for download at this time". For example, just now I wanted to download Wadada Leo Smith's 4 CD set "Kabell Years", and found that 5 tracks are "unavailable"... those 5 tracks make up 107 minutes of music (or about 40% of the set)! Same thing when I went to download John Zorn's "Elegy", one of the four tracks is "unavailable". Seriously, has it been like this since Tzadik started on eMusic, or is this a recent decision? I had the Smith and Zorn album's in my "Save for Later" folder for a while now, and can't believe I would have put them there initially if that much music would be "unavailable". Cheers, Shane Quote
gdogus Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 yeah, just a glance through my "saved for later" list of Tzadic stuff shows the same pattern - over 15 minutes, the track is unavailable. But of course, tiny little :30 and 1:00 tracks still count as a full track download... This doesn't seem to be the case with other labels in my stash. Quote
RDK Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 One can't blame emusic for this - it's likely a restriction placed on them by the label itself. Blame Tzadik. Quote
gnhrtg Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 It does appear to be a Tzadik decision. It is. Some of these tracks were initially available because (I guess) e-music uploaded the whole catalog first and it took them some time (and possibly a number of reminders) later to take down the longer tracks. Quote
randyhersom Posted February 20, 2006 Report Posted February 20, 2006 Interestingly, some of the Tzadik tracks are available on audiolunchbox.com, an eMusic wannabe that probably gave a better deal. I haven't indulged, but was lucky enough to grab the Leo Smith Kabell box early. The original Reflectativity (disc 2) was and is a particular favorite of mine, bummer that it's original two tracks are unavailable. The Mary Lou Williams Collective album currently being discussed is available. Quote
Dave James Posted February 21, 2006 Report Posted February 21, 2006 My e-music account was recharged with 90 new tunes yesterday, so I began attacking the VSOP catalog. One session I downloaded that I'm particulatly happy with is Pete Jolly's "Pete Jolly Trio & Friends". Some mighty nice stuff on that one. The guy is a player. Up over and out. Quote
Indestructible! Posted February 22, 2006 Report Posted February 22, 2006 It does appear to be a Tzadik decision. It is. Some of these tracks were initially available because (I guess) e-music uploaded the whole catalog first and it took them some time (and possibly a number of reminders) later to take down the longer tracks. Hi All, Thanks for the info... To me, this is just a stupid decision on Tzadik's part. As an example, I went to download the newly added Ned Rothenberg "Solo Works - The Lumina Recordings", and three of the four songs on the album are "unavailable for download". Who the fuck wants to download just one song (of about 13 minutes) off of an entire album (of about 71 minutes). How is this helping the artist??? I'm sending off an e-mail to eMusic. Like in BFrank's case, I'll likely get get no response... but this situation needs to be taken care of at some point to make it worthwhile to all parties involved (the label, the artist, and the consumer). Cheers, Shane Quote
ejp626 Posted February 26, 2006 Report Posted February 26, 2006 Every time I work my way down through my Saved for Later list, something else comes along. Not complaining, but it looks like I'll be a subscriber for a lot longer. One CD mentioned in the re-issue thread is here -- Hank Jones The Talented Touch on the Okra-Tone label (the legit version of this material). The tracks are quite short, but I think I'll get it in a month or so. I'm also enjoying the VSOP additions, though I wish they had added the John Graas International Premiere in Jazz album (a Third Stream piece). It is actually out on CD but not on emusic. Maybe I will email them to ask what's up with that. Quote
randyhersom Posted February 27, 2006 Report Posted February 27, 2006 The Charles Gayle is solo piano, all originals according to tomhull.com (found via google) Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 2, 2006 Report Posted March 2, 2006 i'm thinking of asking EM for DLs for the Art Pepper VV set i DL the entire set back in the day Quote
Indestructible! Posted April 5, 2006 Report Posted April 5, 2006 Oh Yeah! It looks like at least 85 albums from the "Jazz In Paris" series have been added to eMusic the past couple of weeks! I really only bought a couple of them when they first came out, so this will be a nice way to grab a bunch of them for cheap. And they were already cheap to begin with! Cheers, Shane Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 5, 2006 Report Posted April 5, 2006 I don't know if it's up yet, but there's some great Wayne Shorter on a '58 Messegngers gig also featuring Barney Wilen and...Bud Powell. Bud burns on it. Quote
Uncle Skid Posted April 7, 2006 Report Posted April 7, 2006 Oh Yeah! It looks like at least 85 albums from the "Jazz In Paris" series have been added to eMusic the past couple of weeks! I really only bought a couple of them when they first came out, so this will be a nice way to grab a bunch of them for cheap. And they were already cheap to begin with! Cheers, Shane Listening to Earl Hines right now! Quote
tjobbe Posted April 7, 2006 Report Posted April 7, 2006 Oh Yeah! It looks like at least 85 albums from the "Jazz In Paris" series have been added to eMusic the past couple of weeks! I really only bought a couple of them when they first came out, so this will be a nice way to grab a bunch of them for cheap. And they were already cheap to begin with! Cheers, Shane yeah, but its not available for downloading ..being German as I just checked but there is still enough stuff to get. Not sure if someone mentioned the Bill Bruford albums.... Cheers, Tjobbe Quote
tjobbe Posted April 10, 2006 Report Posted April 10, 2006 I just found some albums released by the UK jazz label Babel on emusic featuring Billy Jenkins and some Steve/Julian Arguelles recordings... worth checking... Cheers, Tjobbe Quote
Uncle Skid Posted April 21, 2006 Report Posted April 21, 2006 Added 4/12/06: Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come Also added recently: Matthew Shipp: One Just downloaded this one: Matthew Shipp - Pastoral Composure Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted April 21, 2006 Report Posted April 21, 2006 IMHO, 'Nefertiti, ...' is one of the finest dates I own - by anyone. First rate Cecil, Jimmy Lyons, and Sunny Murray. Quote
ejp626 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Posted April 22, 2006 Having just listened to the BBC 3 World Music Awards (probably still on their website if you hurry), I went to see how many of the artists are available on emusic. Certainly a fair number of the African artists. They have several by Toumani Diabate. They have a few albums by Ali Farka Toure, including the classic Talking Timbuktu with Ry Cooder, but not the brand new Toure and Toumani CD In The Heart Of The Moon. They have several by Amadou and Mariam (though again not the most recent killer album). And perhaps most intriguing they have two albums by Konono No. 1 -- wild wild stuff. It looks like I've already got my quota for next month filled! But it's all good. Quote
Noj Posted April 26, 2006 Report Posted April 26, 2006 Back in the game! Downloaded my 40 tracks in about 1/2 hour. Andrew Hill - Dusk Barney Kessell - Let's Cook! Jimmy Raney - A Junior Mance - Happy Time Kenny Burrell - Soul Call Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 28, 2006 Report Posted April 28, 2006 http://www.emusic.com/album/10914/10914842.html FREE stax sampler Quote
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