I thought it might be better to open a dedicated thread for this new series headed by Don Was and Joe Harley, starting in February 2019 with worldwide distribution by Universal. The first titles will be Wayne Shorter's "Etcetera" and Chick Corea's "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs". Another title mentioned by Joe Harley is "Contours" by the great Sam Rivers. So far we know that not only titles from the Blue Note catalogue will be reissued (and of those only ones that haven't been done Music Matters, Analogue Productions and Classic Records already), but also from Pacific Jazz and Solid State. I am still not sure if United Artists will be part of this reissue program, since I didn't see Joe mention it anywhere on the MM thread. Would be great though. Anyway, I'm really excited about this and hope one or two titles I really need will be included.
Thanks for starting this. I was confused and thought the new Music Matters WERE the Tone Poet series...
Excuse my ignorance but are these reissues on vinyl & CD? One album I'd love to see reissued is Elvin Jones' Time Capsule.
Vinyl. 33 1/3. Cut directly from the tapes by Kevin Gray with Joe Harley. Pressed at RTI. Tip-on jackets from Stoughton Printing, with gatefolds with photos where available. Joe also mentioned that Joe Henderson's State of the Tenor, Vol. 2 will be one of the titles.
I’m in I reckon. I haven’t bought from MM for a few years as exchange rates killed it for those of us outside domestic. But with international distribution these could be a different proposition........it will be interesting to see what the more contemporary BN titles will be.
Which vinyl formulation are these to be made from? Clarity and SRX seems to be the latest trend. Would be nice to know who is going to press these also.
I believe just normal vinyl for the tone poet series. The cost of something like SRX would be prohibitive from a corporate standpoint.
I just finished listening to Kenny Dorham's "Inta Somethin' (Pacific, japanese King reissue): this record really deserves to be reissued with the best possible mastering and packaging. Also: Horace Silver - Silver's Serenade. As far as I can see, none of the audiophile labels (Classic Records, Analogue Productions and Music Matters) have ever reissued this one. I feel it is his best studio record, but that's just me. The original RVG (mono) suffered from a lot of distortion, probably cut way too hot.
Am I to assume that the Tone Poet series will be available at the usual outlets? Or will they be exclusively distributed via Music Matters?
No connection whatsoever to MM. Tone poet is through blue note inc. and distributed through universal music.
Sorry if I'm asking an obvious question, but where can I find more info about this? I tried Google and all I can find is this thread. Where is the original info coming from?
Hi John, Pressings for the Tone Poet Series will be by Record Technology Inc. on 180 gram using their finest vinyl formulation, aside from SRX, which is brand new and considerably more expensive to process. Using SRX would absolutely raise the price point of the Tone Poet Series above where Don, Blue Note and I want to be at this time. The Tone Poet pressings will be personally supervised by Rick Hashimoto, plant manager at RTI.
This is great Joe , in terms of the lower Tone Poet price point. Some of us have a reality where this lower price point is the difference between buying most vs only a few. Hopefully for you most others can buy both and I do sincerely hope both of these ventures work for you. It will be interesting to see if the SRX series business model can work at the higher price point. (I do understand why the SRX price point is high and I’m NOT suggesting it should be lower , with all the development costs it is what it is.). I’d also just like to thank you for the endless life pleasure you guys have given with the past Music Matters releases and will give with the upcoming releases , it is life changing!
Whoa...now I'm thoroughly confused. The 6 upcoming MM titles shown here, pressed on "SVX" vinyl are not the Tone Poem series? And yet Joe and Kevin are doing the Tone Poem series? But not through MM? Guys, help
You are correct, except for it’s called Tone Poet, not Tone Poem. And the vinyl formulation is called SRX not SVX - SRX standing for Silent Running Xperience. So you are not as confused as you thought you were .
Cory, read the threads! Blue Note hired Joe Harley for a reissue series. They're calling it the "Tone Poet" series, because that's Charles Lloyd's nickname for Joe. They sent the tapes to Kevin Gray for cutting, which Joe supervised. The titles will be announced the first week of January or thereabouts, and there will be 18 titles announced for 2019. Separately, Music Matters is releasing 12 titles on the "SRX" vinyl formulation. These will be available to buy at once on Jan 1, 2019.
Haha, thanks guys! I did read the threads, and I thought the upcoming MM titles were that series. I didn't realize they were being "spun-off" so to speak to Blue Note. So in short we know what the SRX titles are but not the Tone Poet?
We know six of the MM titles so far, with one more announced each day. That's my 12 days of Christmas! We don't yet know what titles are coming for the Tone Poet series, except for the few drips and drabs Joe has told us in these threads.