"The Lost Recordings"

[medjuck]

I'm getting ads from this label on Facebook.  Is there anything they've released that I should buy?   Who are they and how good are their recordings? 

[mhatta]

Do you mean this folks?

https://en.thelostrecordings.store/

I have the CD version of Live in Rotterdam 1967 / Thelonious Monk and was not bad.  I'm not sure whether it's legally white / gray / black or whatever...

[jazzbo]

I have the Monk, Blakey, Dearie, Brubeck, Gillespie and Getz/Gilberto--the cd releases. . . I like them all. I personally believe these are legit. Devialet would be foolish to put themselves at such a risk, and I don't think they're fools. And Sony distributes them, again a legal risk I don't think they would take.

Edited March 22, 2022 by jazzbo

[Rooster_Ties]

58 minutes ago, mhatta said:

https://en.thelostrecordings.store/

Scroll down a little. Can anyone be trusted who (plurality) refers to…

LIMITED EDITION VINYLS

??!!!

[Ken Dryden]

They seemed a little fishy to me, though I have acquired several of the CDs. Now that I have looked at the website, I think they are legit.

There are so many European labels of shady backgrounds, but there have been plenty of "legit" US  and European jazz labels that shafted artists on royalties.

Edited March 22, 2022 by Ken Dryden

[jazzbo]

1 hour ago, Rooster_Ties said:

Scroll down a little. Can anyone be trusted who (plurality) refers to…

LIMITED EDITION VINYLS

??!!!

I don't believe English is their first language.  

[hbbfam]

Has anyone purchased their HD downloads?

[Brad]

Their vinyl is very expensive— they want $100 for the Blakey. Ultimately, I decided I didn’t need them or wish to spend the money on another concert. 

[jazzbo]

That's the way I feel about most modern vinyl reissues. I spend my money elsewhere. The Lost Recordings cds can be found reasonably priced, or at least I did.

[mikeweil]

On 22.3.2022 at 3:06 PM, jazzbo said:

I don't believe English is their first language.  

Correct. They are a French enterprise, searching broadcast station vaults for unreleased tapes. https://en.thelostrecordings.store

[bertrand]

So how does this work legally - European copyright law, or did they clear everything with the Monk and Blakey estates for example, as well as Blue Note and Sony?