Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 Is it true that the only CD reissues of this Dot LP were Japanese? Were they from the master tapes? I'm assuming that the masters were lost in the Universal fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 Maybe the only legitimate release was Japanese. I have a 2-disc Spanish bootleg (Lonehill) called "Eddie Costa Trio Complete Recordings" that contains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, John L said: Maybe the only legitimate release was Japanese. I have a 2-disc Spanish bootleg (Lonehill) called "Eddie Costa Trio Complete Recordings" that contains it. Thanks. How is the audio? Does it sound like a vinyl rip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 13 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: Thanks. How is the audio? Does it sound like a vinyl rip? Actually, it is only one CD that combines House of Blue Lights with the Jubilee album Eddie Costa-Vinnie Burke Trio. That company never has access to the masters. I am listening to it now. It could be from vinyl but there is little to no background static. So maybe they pirated the Japanese CD? The sound is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 I have UCCU-6158 and never noticed any obvious needle drop artifacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: I have UCCU-6158 and never noticed any obvious needle drop artifacts. May I ask what CD this is and which label released it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 It's exactly what Chuck said it is. https://www.discogs.com/release/15551509-Eddie-Costa-The-House-Of-Blue-Lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, jazzbo said: It's exactly what Chuck said it is. https://www.discogs.com/release/15551509-Eddie-Costa-The-House-Of-Blue-Lights I have that one too. Sounds fine to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, jazzbo said: It's exactly what Chuck said it is. Yes, I have seen the record cover. So are my only CD options an overpriced Japanese CD that I will never find, or that twofer that was mentioned? Or, I can find the LP and digitize it myself. Edited October 2, 2022 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 Those are the penalties for being late to the game. We all pay these. Discogs has some reasonably priced discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) After I had discovered Eddie Costa and had obtained several of his records I went on the lookout for the House of Blue Lights LP in the very early 2000s but of course no luck in finding a decent and affordable copy. So after a couple of years I picked up the Lonehill CD (though I already had the Costa-Burke trio LP on Jubilee). I never had been aware of (much less seen) the limited ed. LP reissued by Jazz Workshop/Blue Moon (i.e. Fresh Sound) two years before the Japanese UCCU-6158 CD and 5 years after the Lonehill reissue (reissued in 2005 acc. to Discogs, i.e. 7 years before UCCU-6158). Sound of the Lonehill to me is fine, visual presentation is ho-hum (but many "legit" reissues on CD are not better at all artwork-wise), and by European rules the Lonehill reissue IS legit (by now, anyway). So no qualms or quibbles. As for (re)mastering, considering the apparently huge number of previous vinyl reissues of this record in Japan (acc. to Discogs), who knows which one Lonehill used for "inspiration". Edited October 2, 2022 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 8 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: Those are the penalties for being late to the game. We all pay these. Discogs has some reasonably priced discs. Good to know, thanks. And I misunderstood, when you quoted the catalog number, I thought you meant a different release that I didn't know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark13 Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 I have a slightly older Japanese edtion of this (MVCR-20043) and it's solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 I too had one of those Japanese CD reissues and it sounded fine. If I hadn't sold it many years ago I would give it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, John L said: Maybe the only legitimate release was Japanese. I have a 2-disc Spanish bootleg (Lonehill) called "Eddie Costa Trio Complete Recordings" that contains it. I have both. I think the Japanese mini LP sounds better but I've never compared it to the other. Plus it's a K2, I think. Oh, and I must add the album is very good. Edited October 2, 2022 by Bluesnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, mikeweil said: I too had one of those Japanese CD reissues and it sounded fine. If I hadn't sold it many years ago I would give it to you. Thanks for the thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall15 Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 I have the Costa "House of Blue Lights" Japanese CD UCCU-5109. Earlier posts have noted UCCU-6158. I wonder why there are two versions. The CD covers are the same. My CD is absolutely terrific both musically and graphically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 2, 2022 Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) Discogs.com doesn't list the version you have, though it does list five total cd versions starting in 1994 and last issued in 2018. The one that Chuck references is one of two in the SHM-CD format. Allmusic.com shows your issue was released in 2003. It is not unusual for Japan to reissue the same title multiple times spaced by a few years. It's a part of the way their reissue program (designed almost entirely for the Japanese market alone) works. Sometimes there is a new master, sometimes previous mastering is used in a different format (SHM-CD, Blu-Spec CD, Blu-Spec CD2, HQCD, UHQCD, etc.) or in a budget reissue version. Edited October 2, 2022 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2022 2 hours ago, jazzbo said: Discogs.com doesn't list the version you have, though it does list five total cd versions starting in 1994 and last issued in 2018. The one that Chuck references is one of two in the SHM-CD format. Allmusic.com shows your issue was released in 2003. It is not unusual for Japan to reissue the same title multiple times spaced by a few years. It's a part of the way their reissue program (designed almost entirely for the Japanese market alone) works. Sometimes there is a new master, sometimes previous mastering is used in a different format (SHM-CD, Blu-Spec CD, Blu-Spec CD2, HQCD, UHQCD, etc.) or in a budget reissue version. Thanks, this is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 9, 2022 Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 Superb Piano Trio album indeed ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 (edited) On 10/9/2022 at 8:39 AM, soulpope said: Superb Piano Trio album indeed ... Which one? ;-}} Edited May 27, 2023 by jazzcorner more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 11 hours ago, jazzcorner said: Which one? ;-}} The Wallington Workshop album is just a re-issue of the Costa Trio at the 1957 Newport Jazz festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 8 hours ago, sgcim said: The Wallington Workshop album is just a re-issue of the Costa Trio at the 1957 Newport Jazz festival. Thanks for the Info. Missed the original Verve edition. It was not reissued in the japanese MV vinyl series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 16 hours ago, jazzcorner said: Thanks for the Info. Missed the original Verve edition. It was not reissued in the japanese MV vinyl series. I once went over the house after a gig, of that drummer on the EC album, and on his living room wall was the cover of the EC Trio Live at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival album. He then offered us some pot, and told us how a woman came on to him at a dept. store earlier that day. "You still got it". his friend told him. "You better believe it", he replied... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted May 29, 2023 Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 6 hours ago, sgcim said: I once went over the house after a gig, of that drummer on the EC album, and on his living room wall was the cover of the EC Trio Live at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival album. He then offered us some pot, and told us how a woman came on to him at a dept. store earlier that day. "You still got it". his friend told him. "You better believe it", he replied... Nice story. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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