2026 Tone Poet schedule

[JSngry]

Japan has used the original LT covers when reissuing those records.

Yet another point for Japan.

[felser]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Japan has used the original LT covers when reissuing those records.

Yet another point for Japan.

YMMV.  I much prefer the Roques CD-era covers.

[JSngry]

Some people prefer Phil Woods to Charlie Parker.

[Dan Gould]

9 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Some people prefer Phil Woods to Charlie Parker.

This is not the "gotcha" you think it is.

Fetishizing original (poor) design choices is not the same.

The fact will always remain that they chose to put out archival recordings from an era with classic artwork on the covers in a way that made not the slightest nod toward the era of music it was mining.

Did Cuscuna ever say why those covers were used? I always presumed that for a label that was barely an afterthought, they said OK, put out these recordings but we aren't paying shit for the rest of it.

[felser]

15 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Some people prefer Phil Woods to Charlie Parker.

And some prefer smart phone calculators to slide rules....