Bethlehem Records reissue program relaunch by Verve on CD and LP and iTunes*

http://news-releases.theurbanmusics...unch-50s-jazz-catalog-bethelehem-records.aspx

There are some real gems in this catalog and I've been collecting the label for years. Some nice initial titles here, and some nice ones coming up. Here's hoping the sound is great.

(Thanks for "romualdo" elsewhere for the heads up).

 

Thanks! Especially thse 10" look very tempting!!

A note: it is not VerVe records that reissues the titles; VerSe records does.

"About Verse Music Group:
Verse Music Group is a global entertainment company based in New York City founded by award-winning music industry veterans Curt Frasca and Sabelle Breer in 2010.
Verse Music Group owns over 50,000 copyrights through the acquisition of iconic brands and music catalogs such as, Salsoul Records, West End Records, Bethlehem Records and Golden Records and featured songs by artists Rod Stewart, Nina Simone, Jennifer Lopez, John 5, Avril Lavigne, Commodores, Tupac, and Celine Dion among many others. Read more about Verse Music Group here."

 

Thanks for the correction! Perhaps a gort can adjust accordingly. I read it as "Verve" . . what a brain I have.

 

reissues on LP will mean that some of the best artwork ever will become available again the way it was meant to be: http://www.birkajazz.com/archive/bethlehem.htm

They better do this right...
Look at this cover by Burt Goldblatt:

 

Good news, but I hope there were some audiophile minds involved, to guarantee good mastering and also have plans for hi-rez downloads.

For the moment, this looks like any other reissue campaign. I also wonder if that music is really compatible with such "juvenile" marketing methods

 

Sincerely without any reason I hoped Verve to be the one. But now that it seems Verse records owns the copyright and hopefully the masters, I am very positive as well.

 

Amazing artwork indeed, so greatly reproduced in Japan as mini lp cds some years back (along with recordings from Savoy, Argo etc.)

 

At first I thought Verse was a typo, but here is their Bethlehem page:

http://versemusicgroup.com/bethlehem-records

 

most of those already came out

 

Happy to see this because it gives me another chance to fill some gaps in my collection.

 

Verse does not mention who is mastering these....

 

Most of the Bethlehem CDs I have were released by Toshiba (TOCJ) in the late 1990s/early 2000s. The sound is pretty harsh, at least to my ears. Maybe this new series has better sound, or perhaps I should try the earlier Rhino reissues.

 

I don't have an issue with the Toshiba sound (well at least those I've heard and own, they're all from the first releases not the recent years). I'm going to order the Mingus and the Comnor and hope the sound is good.

Yes, Pneski many of these have been out in the US before. That's the way of the world. They should be cheaper than Japanese releases, many of which are not in print. And there's the chance that some I have never seen on cd may be released; there are a few on the Verse label page that I have not seen on cd yet.

 

If the mastering and pressings are good and the price is alright there are quite a few titles there that I'll go for on vinyl.

 

I count three if's and I would like to add a 4th: please reproduce the artwork in great quality too!

 

My favorite Bethlehem album is Herbie Nichols' Love, Gloom, Cash. Love with George Duvivier on bass and Dannie Richmond on drums.

 

I love Chris Connor's Bethlehem work.

 

Nice.

Can we get...




????

 

The Sam Most album will be a definite purchase. This looks like a great reissue program. Beats the old tired Blue Note reissues that we seem to always get.

 

Amazon has the cds for 13 and the lps for 18.

 

Brilliant. I really like a lot of Bethlehems and am not sure which are my favorites. The two Mingus, the two Ellington, and the two Salvadors are in there. And I like the Max Bennetts and the Stu Williamson and the Ruby Braff and . . . well I like a lot of them!

 

I hope Naxos involvement will assure good sound quality -

 

The remastering for the Daddy Plays The Horn is by John Sigmon, acoording to the back cover reproduction on Amazon. Also two transfer engineers are explicitly mentioned.

 

Got these (and so many other releases) in yesterday and listened to "The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus." I have to say, this sounds very very nice, I believe it could well have been from a master tape.

 

That's good news. Let us know how the others sound too!