Muse Masters - reissue series

[Kevin Bresnahan]

14 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

not familiar with the Green LP.

It's very good. I picked it up the minute I saw Ammons' name on it. I got the 1993 Vee Jay CD with bonus tracks.

[Peter Friedman]

Yes, this is a terrific album. Glad I have had a copy for decades.

[JSngry]

I found an OG copy at a flea market in the 70s, and jumped at the CD reissue (with some alternate takes at the end).

And yet I forgot about that CD. Jeesh....

[Dan Gould]

Was there a reissue that paired it with Eddie Higgins' Vee Jay Trio date?

I thought that was the one I had but I hope in reality I have the one with the alternates.  Great group and performance, an instant fave when I first heard it.

[felser]

1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

Was there a reissue that paired it with Eddie Higgins' Vee Jay Trio date?

I thought that was the one I had but I hope in reality I have the one with the alternates.  Great group and performance, an instant fave when I first heard it.

Yes, on Blue Moon's Vee Jay series.

[JSngry]

Blue Moon, eh? Jonki Purpos again.

The real Vee Jay was ran by Billy Vera. It was short-lived but excellent. The Staples Singers volume remains a desert island set for me!

[HutchFan]

40 minutes ago, JSngry said:

The Staples Singers volume remains a desert island set for me!

Which title, Jim?

Just curious.

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:52 PM by HutchFan

[JSngry]

Uncloudy Day & Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

 

 

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Uncloudy Day & Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

 

 

Gotcha.

Thanks. 

 

[felser]

5 hours ago, JSngry said:

The real Vee Jay was ran by Billy Vera. It was short-lived but excellent. The Staples Singers volume remains a desert island set for me!

Agreed it is the best work they ever did by a longshot, the only label that truly captured their magic.  Columbia did not know what to do with them, and Stax just tried to fit them into the Stax mold.

[JSngry]

Billy Vera knows his shit. His work on the Specialty reissues was pretty damn solid too.

Look at that though, how this video is credited to "Billy Vera", like Judy Clay was an afterthought.

It never stops...

[Dan Gould]

And "At This Moment" is a classic of the blue-eyed soul style!  Not to mention peak Alex P Keaton. 

Green smilie here.

 

In all seriousness it turns out I don't seem to have those extra tracks and I may go about remedying that.

[mikeweil]

20 hours ago, JSngry said:

I found an OG copy at a flea market in the 70s, and jumped at the CD reissue (with some alternate takes at the end).

Didn't know about the expanded reissue, thanks for the hint. Only had the Blue Moon reissue. Found a cheap copy from a German discogs seller and jumped at it. 😊

[Holy Ghost]

On 8/14/2025 at 11:05 AM, felser said:

Epistrophy... is free-ish jazz (despite the vintage song titles) and quite bracing, though very much a case of YMMV.  I found it jarring when I first got it back in the day, as I expected something quite different.  To me, the other Muse RD albums are too subdued and cases where the whole is less than the sim of the parts, though again YMMV.

Agree on your critique on Epristrophy; however, it is the only RD I have from the Muse catalogue, so I cannot compare Davis' other releases on the label. 

This gem was also mentioned, found it for a $1

Outstanding!

Edited 2 hours ago by Holy Ghost