'Tone Poet' Jazz Reissue Series*

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by cds23, Dec 23, 2018.

  1. Josquin des Prez

    Josquin des Prez I have spoken!

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    U.S.
    I looked at about a dozen or so newer and older TPs and a couple/few MMJs. None of mine have the gatefold splits.
     
  2. Swordsandchains

    Swordsandchains True metal never rusts

    Location:
    Chicago
    very disappointing. I think ill just keep goinf with the 4mil dual pockets on gatefolds. A pricey affair but the quality is just perfect. Probably dont want to cheap out on $50+ records...
     
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  3. Gabe Walters

    Gabe Walters Forum Resident

    Have you seen it tear anywhere other than where the record makes contact with the paper? I haven’t, myself.
     
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  4. Biff Jones

    Biff Jones Forum Resident

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    Maryland
    It is a common occurrence with gatefold albums. Never been much of a concern for me. You may get the same problem on the next copy if you return it. But if it bothers you by all means "send it back." As Billy Crystal used to opine on Saturday Night Live
     
  5. AndreaNaim

    AndreaNaim Well-Known Member

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    Italy
    ❤️
     
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  6. shawnwes

    shawnwes Forum Resident

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    The only time I've had a damaged cover was along the top edge where the lp cut through the cover and left a gash a couple inches long. This was because there was no lp mailer, just the album bouncing inside an Amazon box & w/o any of those air pillows inside. Can't imagine how the spine would get damaged unless the lp cut through the end somehow.
    EDIT: I see the comments about paper tearing on inside of seam. I've got most of the TP and haven't had that occur yet.
     
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  7. MisterBritt

    MisterBritt Senior Member

    Location:
    Santa Fe, NM, USA
    Anticipating the Tone Poet "Lighthouse" set, I called my local record store and inquired, "Do you have Lee Morgan in a box? You better let him out!" I'm easily amused.

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  8. Jeff Brocklebank

    Jeff Brocklebank Forum Resident

    If you’re in Vancouver, Neptoon sells the TPs for $32 each. You might check if they have them.
     
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  9. ceynon

    ceynon Forum Resident

    Location:
    Whistler, BC
    Red cat as well I think.
     
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  10. shawnwes

    shawnwes Forum Resident

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    Canada
    Audiopile on Commercial as well carries a good number of Tone Poets.
     
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  11. I get there once a year- thanks though- will check them out this summer if traveling
     
  12. brimuchmuze

    brimuchmuze Forum Resident

    Is it actually a Tone Poet?
     
  13. BitterFishinCrudeOilSea

    BitterFishinCrudeOilSea Forum Resident

    Location:
    St. Louis
    i don’t think so. Looks like it’s its own thing.
     
  14. Don P.

    Don P. Forum Resident

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    Upstate NY
    It looks like the picture of Lee Morgan from the cover to The Rajah.
     
  15. MisterBritt

    MisterBritt Senior Member

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    Santa Fe, NM, USA
    It is the Tone Poet.

    I started looking at all these boxes of records (my shelves overfloweth) and there are a lot of boxes where the artist's face is peeking through the handle. I thought about doing a photo montage: a cross between characters popping out of boxes like on the "Laugh-In" show and Jackie Gleason's ill-fated 1961 television program, "You're in the Picture." Zoom meets "The Brady Bunch" opener.

    Something like Rutherford Chang's record shop in Soho, "We Buy White Albums." My concept would be a stack of artists peeking through the open handles of white album boxes at each other.

    Here's a photo of a diagonally adjacent box with Ahmad Jamal looking down from his piano at Lee Morgan. It's weird, really -- all these artists trapped in boxes and looking around the room at each other.

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    Here's a display wall at "We Buy White Albums." These are all White Album jackets in various states of condition, depreciation, and embellishment. I think it's fantastic!

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    If you don't know about "We Buy White Albums," I think it is the greatest thing since Andy Warhol. Helter Skelter! A Record Store that Only Stocks the White Album
     
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  16. bresna

    bresna Senior Member

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    York, Maine
    Listening to the old Ron McMaster mastered CD of this tune, I hear a bit of mic overload in Chambers' bass playing starting at around the 2:20 mark. The drummer is playing with brushes (metal brushes) and the cymbal sounds like a sizzle and the rivets popping around do sound different but I don't hear this as unusual. Maybe what you're hearing is a brush hitting a sizzle cymbal?
     
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  17. nosliw

    nosliw Delivering parcels throughout Teyvat! Meow~!

    Location:
    Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Lee Morgan playing peek-a-boo :uhhuh:
     
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  18. Spencer R

    Spencer R Forum Resident

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    Oxford, MS
    While I’m sure Yoko would approve of the clever conceptual project of We Buy White Albums, I find it painful to look at all of those trashed and destroyed copies of the album.
     
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  19. nosliw

    nosliw Delivering parcels throughout Teyvat! Meow~!

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  20. John Duffield

    John Duffield Well-Known Member

    $32 here in Toronto. If you're paying $40++, find somewhere else to buy your records.
     
  21. Aegir

    Aegir Forum Resident

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    NJ
    I certainly wouldn't want to own a copy that a kid from 50+ years ago drew a flower on, but I have no problem with it conceptually.
     
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  22. mcrichley

    mcrichley Forum Resident

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    Toronto
    Where are you buying them for $32 in Toronto? I rarely seem them for less than $37-38.
     
  23. Pushpaw

    Pushpaw Forum Resident

    You can find this distortion on othe RVG recordings. Supposedly from mic bleed from cymbal. I was listening to MMJ Something Else and it’s on that recording too.
     
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  24. Ronnieb

    Ronnieb Forum Resident

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    The Netherlands
    The Rajah finally arrived at my doorstep today. This is one hell of a release!
     
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  25. astro70

    astro70 Forum Resident

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    Southern Illinois
    Sometimes I think I’m going crazy because I hear very clear distortion either from mic overloading or miss-tracking despite spending countless hours checking and rechecking my cart alignment. Meanwhile everyone else is raving about the sound quality of these reissues and I’m wondering what I’m doing wrong. I guess it’s probably just Rudy’s recording Technics. I don’t really have an issue with anything besides 50s-60s jazz. Almost every other reissue I buy sounds fine. I guess it’s not my system then. And the crazy part is I have argued with people over this and they swear that the distortion I hear is not there...

    I don’t have a problem if the distortion is part of the tape. I can accept that it’s just a part of the music and a product of its time and of Rudy. I can’t accept misstracking on most of the reissue jazz records I buy, which is what I keep assuming I’m hearing.
     
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