UMG/Decca's new tranche of remastered British jazz vinyl

[RogerF]

Am currently listening to the just-released Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe by The New Jazz Orchestra lovingly remastered and cut by Gearbox Records for Universal/Decca's British jazz reissue series. The audio quality on 180grm vinyl is staggeringly good. The previous two reissues in this series, Don Rendell's Space Walk and Kenny Wheeler's Windmill Tilter, were again both superbly produced. Despite the slightly high purchase price, I cannot recommend these three albums enough. The quality is such that it would easily convert vinyl skeptics. I've now been convinced by these (and other recent reissues) that the much-vaunted resurgence of vinyl is not just hype or hip. They also come with an audio download code and an insert with new liner notes by the series' executive producer Tony Higgins.

Edited September 11, 2021 by RogerF
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[mjazzg]

thanks for the reminder, order submitted

[Rabshakeh]

I've been very impressed so far.

[mjzee]

Good luck with the download code.  The one vinyl release I have from them was Back Door; it came with a download code, but I couldn't successfully do it.  I couldn't even figure out where to download it from.

[mjazzg]

That's a shame.  Both of my codes from this series have worked perfectly so not anticipating any issues with this one 

Does anyone know which titles are due next?  I have only seen listings up to 'Dejeuner...'

[RogerF]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

That's a shame.  Both of my codes from this series have worked perfectly so not anticipating any issues with this one 

Does anyone know which titles are due next?  I have only seen listings up to 'Dejeuner...'

Tony H is keeping his counsel on this, but looks like there will be others of this ilk; who knows? Hum Dono? Westbrooks? Dankworth? BTW my download codes all worked but I just wish they would yield MP3s rather than WAVS (I realise that rather defeats the purpose of high res digital, but I still listen on iPod/iPhone).

[clifford_thornton]

Space Walk seems to not have walked to too many US shops; that's the one I need. 

[sidewinder]

There’s a rumour on the Hoff Board that the series has already been cancelled after just the first tranche. Can’t validate either way. 

[Rabshakeh]

Oh no!

[mjazzg]

Tony H told me no more than 6 weeks ago that new releases were due 2022

Edited December 31, 2021 by mjazzg

[sidewinder]

9 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Tony H told me no more than 6 weeks ago that new releases were due 2022

That’s good to hear - hope you are right.

The previous ‘Impressed Repressed’ didn’t last long with the suits at Universal, hopefully there won’t be a repeat.

Edited December 31, 2021 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Rumour in Hoffman-Land has it that Tony Higgins has confirmed that another batch is forthcoming in 2022.

[mjazzg]

Looks like next two are,

Harry Beckett - 'Flare Up'  and John Surman - 'Takes of the Algonquin' 

Pre-orders up at SOTU. Two definite purchases for me

 

[Rabshakeh]

Nice to see 

[sidewinder]

Have excellent original copies of both of these - as well as both on CD. So will probably pass. On the other hand I did buy the ‘Dejeuner’ at good price for regular play copy so may do likewise if I see them similarly priced. The only negative (minor) on that one is the scanned quality of the cover art.

Interesting that both of the new ones are from the Philips/Deram labels so maybe getting rights for those is proving less problematic?

Edited September 30, 2022 by sidewinder

[romualdo]

On 30/09/2022 at 3:37 AM, mjazzg said:

Looks like next two are,

Harry Beckett - 'Flare Up'  and John Surman - 'Takes of the Algonquin' 

Pre-orders up at SOTU. Two definite purchases for me

 

vinyl only or CD too?

SOTU?

[mjazzg]

I have only seen LPs mentioned at Sounds Of The Universe, London shop, apologies 

[sidewinder]

If it is like the previous releases, these will be vinyl plus streaming options up to HD. I don’t think the previous ones offered CD.

Pre-orders are already up at Amazon UK.

Edited October 12, 2022 by sidewinder