Excellent! I love it when that happens. I too was amazed at the difference, and find the mono version more intimate as well. Fitting for what to me is an intimate date. I think the presence of a vocalist makes that mono staging even more appropriate. I have not heard the SC LP but can't imagine it being anything less than stellar, looking forward to the verdict. I wonder why, knowing that there's a mono master, that the ORG 2x45 was not mono? Or at least I can't find anything that states differently.
Sure, but it took a long time for that first pressing to sell out. That's just letting the market decide availability. Keping the actual music contained within the box in print on less-expensive individual releases is just good business reasoning. If the box had sold out quickly, it would have made sense to continue the press run until sales declined. Labels like Mosaic have to impose a limited run because it's part of the licensing deal from the copyright owner. The music itself doesn't have to stay unavailable. It can (and occasionally does) get reissued at any time by the original owner. But people (especially in the jazz world) DO issue actual limited editions. Labels like Qbico/Sagittarius A-Star or Po Torch or musicians like Mats Gustafsson put out albums that go out of print immediately and remain unavailable to fans unless they're willing to pay insane markups on Discogs or eBay. They INTENTIONALLY create rarity by producing less copies than they know they can sell. To what end?
You're right! Never noticed that...or maybe I did when I bought it back in 1995 (wow, 20 years ago?) and forgot it was there. #1137/2500 Thanks!
Ralph Sutton & Johnny Varro – A Pair of Kings (Arbours Jazz) — With Phil Flanigan, Ed Metz Jr; live at the Broward Center Amaturo Theater, Fort Lauderdale, FL
That's a photo of Piedmont blues singer/guitarist Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959), not an album. This McTell CD was released by Yazoo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Willie_McTell http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blind-willie-mctell-mn0000048331/biography http://www.amazon.com/Best-Blind-Wi...pebp=1441231681801&perid=0C90F6EJSJYJT0EWYX3S
Amazing it's been 20 years. It's definitely easy to miss. When I pulled it out yesterday I instinctually looked for it on the slipcase myself.
Branford Marsalis Trio: The Dark Keys Branford Marsalis: Tenor and Soprano Sax Reginald Veal: Bass Tain: Drums Guests: Joe Lovano: Tenor (4) Kenny Garrett: Alto (6) I like my Jazz served-up this way. A spare trio format, minimalist recording intervention with a sound stage as though you're at the gig. Perfect for escapism. Space. Fire. Interaction. This is a fantastic trio date and.... To obtain more wood sound from the Bass, this album was recorded without usage of the dreaded Bass direct.
Mine's listed as #579 (in red ink)/2500. Page two of the booklet, eight opposite Chuck Nessa's liner notes.
I guess it didn't fit with the re-issue series. But the original is definitive. Somewhat off-topic, but this seems to be the original still from which the cover was taken. Beautiful, mysterious, and a bit creepy.
Freddie Hubbard - Blue Spirits Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Joe Henderson/ Hank Mobley, tenor sax; James Spaulding, alto sax & flute; Kiane Zawadi, euphonium; McCoy Tyner/ Harold Mabern Jr., piano; Larry Ridley/ Bob Cranshaw, bass; Clifford Jarvis/ Pete La Roca, drums; Big Black, conga.
