I saw this this morning and I could only find this press release and a brief video. Does anyone know anything about this new reissue series from UMe? Verve, Impulse! Records and UMe Launch Vital Vinyl Series Today Featuring 180-Gram Vinyl Reissues of the Iconic Labels' Classic Albums The sticker says 'original tapes' but no mention of whether they are analog or digital pressings.
Besides knowing the source, it would be great to know who mastered these and where they are being pressed. I'm assuming that no responses here and a lack of details from UMe isn't a good sign.
Yeah, it would be nice to pick a couple of these up, but the lack of any kind of information is alarming. If they aren't volunteering it in the press release then it's probably bad news.
It would be great to get some details about these releases. Some great albums that deserve some great treatment. If anyone has details or experiences with them please let us know. They say 25 are out now. If they're good I have too many that I would be picking up Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Stan Getz & Bill Evans – Stan Getz & Bill Evans Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba Count Basie – April In Paris Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella & Louis John Coltrane – Coltrane John Coltrane – “Live” At The Village Vanguard Oscar Peterson Trio – Night Train Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilbert Oscar Peterson – We Get Requests Lester Young & Oscar Peterson – The President Plays With The Oscar Peterson :Trio Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac Roy Haynes – Out Of The Afternoon Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth Sonny Rollins – On Impulse! Archie Shepp – Fire Music McCoy Tyner – Inception Ella Fitzgerald – Sings The Cole Porter Songbook Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster – Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird And Diz
Anything to do with UMe France's Back to Jazz series? Looks like the same kind of iniative. UMe France vinyl reissue series "Back To Jazz": Impulse • Blue Note • Verve
Sorry I wasn’t fully clear. I saw these, but it said there was already a series of impulse reissues including Coltrane’s Ballads, Cresant, Live at the Village Vanguard, A Love Supreme for example, which I cannot find.
Just saw an article on this over at Vinyl Factory: Impulse! Records and Verve launch jazz reissues series on vinyl To save you the click, here's the titles: Out Now Billie Holiday – Songs For Distingué Lovers Billie Holiday – Body And Soul Coleman Hawkins & Ben Webster – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife: Ella In Berlin Jimmy Smith – The Cat Stan Getz & Bill Evans – Stan Getz & Bill Evans Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado Plays Wes Montgomery – California Dreaming Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda Bill Evans – Conversations With Myself Charlie Haden – Liberation Music Orchestra Charlie Parker – Charlie Parker With Strings Count Basie – April In Paris Duke Ellington & John Coltrane – Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Ella & Louis Keith Jarrett – Treasure Island John Coltrane Quartet – Ballads John Coltrane – Coltrane John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane Quartet – Crescent John Coltrane – “Live” At The Village Vanguard John Coltrane – A Love Supreme Oscar Peterson Trio – Night Train Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilbert Available 3rd May Oscar Peterson – We Get Requests Lester Young & Oscar Peterson – The President Plays With The Oscar Peterson :Trio Benny Carter – Further Definitions Gil Evans Orchestra – Out Of The Cool Dizzy Gillespie – Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac Roy Haynes – Out Of The Afternoon Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth Available 7th June Sonny Rollins – On Impulse! Archie Shepp – Fire Music McCoy Tyner – Inception Ella Fitzgerald – Sings The Cole Porter Songbook Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster – Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – Bird And Diz Anyone have any of these yet?
Unless they provide more details, I’m going to pass. Probably just another one of their cheaply pressed series of reissues with indifferent mastering, that has the audiophile 180 gram vinyl sticker slapped on for good measure. People should avoid their reissues.
I heard that they are sourced from the original tapes. Has anyone bought them yet to give details about mastering/cutting?
I hava a friend who has a used record shop. One time I mentioned about thinning my Oscar Peterson collection . He told me to keep them -- his records never sell. "Night Train' is a great one though.
Ditto every word of your post. In addition, the store owner who went thru my records said....jeez,you have a bunch of real nice Brubeck LP's but he doesn't sell except for Time Out.
Was anyone able to obtain more information regarding this series? Someone asked on Facebook and Instagram if these are AAA, etc.. No answer from Verve’s “Social Media team” (or more likely bot) so far.
I was in a record store and saw a copy of Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd – Jazz Samba. The cover looked to be very good quality and the sticker mentioed that the music was from the original tapes with the original sound and design. The price was affordable at 29.99 cdn so I was tempted given that I purchased a poor quality version of this album a few years back at a flea market. This is the sticker I saw at the store which got me excited for this series. The article that I read when searching for the sticker said: Verve Records, potentially greatest jazz label of them all, has been one of the slowest to react to the resurgence in vinyl sales. So many albums have remained unavailable, forcing fans to buy the fake presses. Thankfully it seems like they've woken up and have launched a new series called Vital Vinyl that will release numerous albums from their massive vault. Promising to use the original analog tapes and authentically replicate the original album artwork and sound. Some of the first albums from this series came out yesterday. We look forward to featuring these releases as the year goes on. Now Spinning: Verve Records Vital Vinyl
I sell almost all of his titles at my shop, I don't dare try to push past $15 or anything except clean, 6 eye mono time outs though. I agree on Oscar Peterson though, rarely ever sell any from him although he is a great talent. Outside of Coltrane/Davis though jazz sells in 2 camps people who want ornette coleman, sun ra and old blue note/prestige/impulse (in the off chance they show up) or they buy bob james, george benson and grover washington jr. Rarely anything in between
The records in this series are probably cut from digital. “Original Tapes” and “Original Sound” is marketing hype.
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda This is already widely available. Why's it being reissued AGAIN? How about some of her other albums?
The Stan Getz & Bill Evans title. It sounds pretty good to my ears, is it has polylined innersleeves and the vinyl is very quiet. Sadly there is no mastering information in the dead wax.
Thank you! So, sounds like a super affordable way to get clean, quiet, above average copies of these titles.
I picked up the Coleman Hawkins with Ben Webster album – Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster. I agree with Starquest mine too is flat, quiet with very nice sound (I am not a hard core audiophile but I typically can spot the difference between not good and very good). The cover art on this one looks good, not a poor reproduction and mine came in the poly lined paper sleeve as well. It needed a quick clean but I find that with 90% of new vinyl. I do hope we get a continuation of good pressings for Jazz albums, Blue Note 75 pressings were horrible. The new Tone Poet series are incredible and these are very good. There is no pressing information just says made in the EU Universal International Music B.V. Gerrit Van Der Veenlaan 4, 3743 DN, Baarn, Netherlands. I will pick up more in the series.
