Spinning now...LP #16 of The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume I

      Record 16
16-A1      Joe Bushkin –       I'll Never Be The Same
Piano – Joe Bushkin
16-A2      Joe Bushkin –       Caldonia Is Gone      
16-A3      Joe Bushkin –       Caldonia Is Gone No. 2      
16-A4      Joe Bushkin –       Morgan's Blues      
16-A5      Joe Bushkin –       Morgan's Blues No. 2      
16-A6      Joe Bushkin –       Sweet Georgia Brown      
16-A7      Joe Bushkin –       Bozay      
16-B1      Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble* –       Blowing Up A Breeze
Bass – Al Morgan
Drums – Harry Yaeger
Guitar – Al Casey
Piano – Clyde Hart
Saxophone – Chu Berry*
Trumpet – Oran Hot Lips Page*
16-B2      Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble* –       Blowing Up A Breeze No. 2      
16-B3      Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble* –       Blowing Up A Breeze No. 3      
16-B4      Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble* –       On The Sunny Side Of The Street      
16-B5      Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble* –       On The Sunny Side Of The Street No. 2      
16-B6      Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble* –       On The Sunny Side Of The Street No. 3

I have been slow to take my TT in to the dealer for the distortion and hum problem.  To eliminate one more variable I hooked up another Phono Stage to rule out the ZP3.  Still have hum and distortion as before only the sound isn't near as pleasing as with the ZP3...go figure.

I've listened to several LPs this morning other than the one I listed above.  Now i'm giving this LP another go...It's growing on me.  Mark.

Well, enough headphone listening with an inferior Phono Stage.  It's time for the Torii and speakers.  Yesterday, in the mail, I got the four volumes of Ella's "Twelve Nights In Hollywood", the two CD set "Ella in Japan" and the Complete Duke Ellington Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958...all on CD.  So first in the Jolida CDP is Ella in Japan... S' Wonderful!  Mark.

Ah Madame Zzaj and her ten dollar bill! Love that album.

Right now
The 40th anniversary edition (soon I'll also have two Japanese versions: one mastered by RVG and the new Blu-Spec version which is supposd to be original mix, no eq or compression).



This album is like Jobim's "Kind of Blue" to my ears.

next...

Dave Alvin is playing here tonight.

           

Time to change things up again!

 
 

Back in the Listening Cave.  This CD from the Mono Box...

PS...this Mono remaster is very pleasing.  The last version of this I listened to was the 80's LP stereo reissue and I recall the treble being much hotter...philly joe jones' cymbals were too much.  I can't remember if it was back when I only had the Taboo with headphones.  I've learned most Miles is best with speakers with the Torii's treble control as low as possible. Very nice version.  Mark.

Some early Joni Mitchell from 1970...

This next...

Hey Lon,  I'm really liking "Jazz Track"

Do you have either "THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - WINTERLAND (8 LP BOX SET)" or the 2 LP "HENDRIX IN THE WEST"....180gm reissues?  If so how are they?  I think you said you got the "Miami Pop" release too.  How's it?  Mark.

Lon, thanks for your reply...even though it was in the wrong thread...hehe.

I still haven't gotten around to listening to the complete soundtrack on the Fontana CD.  The three Miles studio tracks were great...yes I already had those too but it's been at least 10 years since the last listen.

This morning I'm listening to the Winterland box on spotify.  I knew that I'd be buying it with the first song of the first show...a 15+ minute "Tax Free". I don't understand why they didn't release each of the six concerts in their entirety in the order played?  Here they have reordered and worse, edited out Hendrix solos...WTF?  Anyway, I will buy it and enjoy it but for the true fans/collectors...the whole enchilada would have been preferred. The casual fan won't be buying this anyway...better a one CD highlights for them.  I think I'll hold on the other two sets for now.  Eight LPs of Jimi should keep me happy for a while.  Mark.



 

Listening to Stone Flower again. On my original set of HR-1s.

That buzz and distortion I heard when I cranked a few items on the 17th doesn't go away and it was one of the new HR-1s as the problem followed the speaker. I'll be sending it back for inspection.

Turns out that the quad of 6CA7s I thought were past their prime are sounding fantastic once I changed the speaker pairs and put them back in. Love these JJs.

Lon, I just got Winterland two days ago.

It made me want to go back to the beginning and listen to all I had.

Planning a marathon.

Back in the Listening Cave.  I'm finishing up Mingus' "Let My Children Hear Music".  The track..."The Chill Of Death"...very Heavy...Man...hehe.

Next up will be this sealed Japanese Blue Note reissue...Hank Mobley's 1967 release "High Voltage".  Love Mobley.  This has some nice players...Jackie McLean, Blue Mitchell, John Hicks, Billy Higgins and Bob Cranshaw.  Mark.

PS...A question for anyone who has the answer....I want to get a pair of RCA 5U4Gs but I'm wondering how big a sonic difference is there between it and the RCA 5U4GB...with the straight tube?  They are much cheaper and easier to find in pairs.  Also they don't fit so tightly with the KT-66s in the Torii MK IV.  Mark.

Thanks Lon.  The next up will be CD #2 of this 4 CD set that has remained sealed for 10...15 years...Insane, I know.  I went straight to track #5...Potato Head Blues...then started from #1.  Mark.

PS...here's a link to an article written by George Avakian in 2000.

http://jazztimes.com/articles/20273-the-first-jazz-reissue-program

Next we stay in Hollywood where Shorty Rogers recorded but 5 years later Live at the Cresendo Club in 1961 with Ella....ahh.  This must be what Heaven is like!  Mark.

Lon, was that part of a box set?  I see a US Beatles album box was just released this month. I think they have both the Stereo and Mono versions of all but two of the albums on each CD.  I decided I would forego it and pick up some new remasters of individual albums after "Rubber Soul" which I just bought.  I actually have most Beatles releases on CD somewhere.  I like their later output best.  Mark.

Hey Mark, yeah, that IS part of the new 'US Albums" box set, but also available separately. I didn't get the box set, just this one release from that. I really am not that big a Beatles fan, and like you I enjoy the later works best. I do have the Mono box and most of the stereo releases from 2009 separately. I wanted this one on cd because I loved the album, even though I think I have all the material or almost all of it in the same mixes from the 2009 releases.

"Old Brown Shoe" and "The Ballad of John and Yoko" sounded like old friends on this album (and in this sequencing).

You're right, this new box set has stereo and mono versions on the same disc of 11 lps I think, but this one was only released officially in stereo, so there's only stereo mixes on this one (though I think each track was on a single, and appeared in mono; they are in mono on the Mono box set's "Past Masters.") One other album, "The Beatles Story" is only available in stereo as this too was only released in stereo. That album will only be (apparently) available in the box set, not separately; it's an interview album.

Listening to this one. Love me some "Wolf"

Lon,  I'm not sure what you're talking about but that is a beautiful thing to behold.

I'm still making my way through Clifford Brown/ Max Roach Quintet material.  Mark.

Taking a break from Clifford.  I have this Sarah Vaughn album on.  It's the last of four in the "Complete Columbia Albums Collection". Definitely not a favorite.  It was recorded in 1987, it's more Smooth Jazz/Pop, heavily produced with strings etc, as many albums of the time were.  But it's still that glorious voice.  Mark.