Blue Note never-ever titles

[felser]

3 hours ago, cliffpeterson said:

Ezzthetics is based in Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU. Reputedly Switzerland copyright laws do not align with the EU copyright laws such that Ezzthetics can legally remaster (from lps, of course) and reissue music that is in Switzerland's public domain. 

And that label tends to do a really bad job at it, so often lopping tracks from classic albums, and reissuing parts of two classic albums together on one CD (their "Revisited: from.... t..." series.  There is value when they include two full albums, and I like their design, but I wish the label would think.  I thought everyone learned their lesson when MCA was doing that nonsense 35 years ago.

[clifford_thornton]

I would assume the abbreviated reissues are a way to get around any claims. They're just PD/grey market comps. Currently avoiding the label with the exception of remastered Coltrane bootlegs and Ayler I didn't have.

[T.D.]

On 6/8/2025 at 3:05 PM, felser said:

And that label tends to do a really bad job at it, so often lopping tracks from classic albums, and reissuing parts of two classic albums together on one CD (their "Revisited: from.... t..." series.  There is value when they include two full albums, and I like their design, but I wish the label would think.  I thought everyone learned their lesson when MCA was doing that nonsense 35 years ago.

 

23 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

I would assume the abbreviated reissues are a way to get around any claims. They're just PD/grey market comps. Currently avoiding the label with the exception of remastered Coltrane bootlegs and Ayler I didn't have.

I had figured ezz-thetics dropping tracks from CD reissues was just a way to fit 2 LPs on 1 CD. Interesting theory about the PD claim fiddle. 

I also avoid those dodgy ezz-thetics reissues on ethical (IMO) grounds, but do own 2 (Ayler and Marion Brown) purchased used on this forum. 

Edited Monday at 07:35 PM by T.D.

[colinmce]

The Ayler ones at least are official releases, and definitely the best of what he's put out in that vein. The rest is widely available elsewhere. Releasing stuff as commonplace as the Miles Prestige and Monk Five Spot recordings is laughable to me, and seems like a waste of both time and resources. 

[felser]

I have the Noah Howard and the Clifford Thornton, both of which were very helpful.  Also the Horace Silver live one, which is the best collection of that material.  Strange approach as the parent label, Hat Hut, is certainly not a PD label.