Horace Silver In Seattle 1965

[Mark Stryker]

1 hour ago, Rooster_Ties said:

I had The Natives Are Restless on CD about 25 years ago — and I must have been pretty disappointed in it, because I apparently traded it off 10 years later before I moved to DC.

I kinda remember Natives looking INCREDIBLE on paper — but it never really clicking for me (like maybe it frustrated me SO much how it didn’t click for me, that I finally gave up on it). At least that’s my vague memory of it.

You say the entire Feb 18, 1966 Half Note recording is much better?? I may have to investigate.

BTW, I’ve only listened once to this first track from Silver in Seattle — and I have to say I’m a little nonplussed about it.

Seems like a lotta smoke, but maybe not much fire. Joe and Woody are blowing hard, but (maybe?) not really saying much.

One of the four tunes from 2/18/66. 

 

[bertrand]

13 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Supposedly Carmell Jones was heckled before (during?) the show and his playing was adversely affected. Michael Cuscuna gave the masters to Horace so there is a chance that they're out there somewhere. If someone knows Horace's son Gregory, maybe he has them... although I did read somewhere that Gregory may have also passed.

Gregory did pass away. His mother might still be around.

[Brad]

I had ordered the vinyl when that was the only option but now switched to the cd. 

[street singer]

Yeah... I've found that CD is typically the better option for these archival live releases, as the sound quality usually doesn't justify the additional expense and inconvenience of vinyl.  

[mikeweil]

What really turns me off with all of the Horace Silver live recordings I have heard are the faster tempos he chose on those gigs. I think e.g. Song For My Father is much less enchanting than the studio version.

[ghost of miles]

On 8/12/2025 at 3:51 PM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

Blue Note doesn't delay the CD. It's also available for pre-order... for $19.98 for a single CD!

In this day and age, putting a $20 price tag on a CD is ridiculous. Next they'll complain that no one is buying CDs anymore.

Amazon's pre-order price for the CD now sitting at $27.97.  The station has received a digital promo, so I'll probably live with that and use it for airplay.

[Eric]

5 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Amazon's pre-order price for the CD now sitting at $27.97.  The station has received a digital promo, so I'll probably live with that and use it for airplay.

Wow - I wonder if they are trying to lead people to the vinyl?

[Rooster_Ties]

6 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Amazon's pre-order price for the CD now sitting at $27.97.

Holy shit — that’s for just a SINGLE 1cd release??

WTF??!!! 

[T.D.]

36 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:

Holy shit — that’s for just a SINGLE 1cd release??

WTF??!!! 

Weird because Blue Note, who I wouldn't expect to be the cheapest, still shows the CD for preorder at $19.98.

[felser]

$19.14 at DeepDiscount, with free shipping on $30 orders.  Still a lot of money. Using an offer and pre-ordering it some time ago, I got it for $15.10 from DeepDiscount, and it was mailed out this morning to me (I have tracking #).

[JSngry]

Prime is still honoring my preorder price of $19.98.

Still too damn much., even with free shipping, but it will be here on Friday. And then that's it for me. Enough of this bullshit 

[Dan Gould]

Looks like I messed up by not pre-ordering so it may be a while before I hear this.

Wasn't going to be life-altering anyway and I am pretty confident that within six months or a year the Amazon price won't be as ridiculous.