ShapeShifter Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Newk's Time - Blue Note 1957 What's New - RCA Victor 1962 East Broadway Run Down - Impulse 1966 Some wonderful Rollins titles have been recommended and I'm blessed to have several of them. I'm adding the three releases above which arent mentioned too often. I feel they are well worth checking out. With careful hunting and a keen eye (if you prefer the vinyl), they can often be found for bargain prices, or the CD route for an instant purchase. Sonny Side Up - Verve 1957 The Sonny Side Up LP is recommended because Rollins was one of the two great tenors on this release. Dizzy Gillespie is the leader of the 1957 Verve release. It is a personal favorite of mine as it showcases the talents of Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Gillespie and a great rhythm section too. MY Desert Island Pick! None of these should prove disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mobile homeless Posted September 27, 2003 Author Share Posted September 27, 2003 The "East Broadway Run Down" is actually available on 180g vinyl via Impulse. It's a tricky Rollins selection because some of the tracks appear to sound as if he is bored and almost blindly repeating a phrase (actually one long sample in particular). Still, it has some good stuff on it and is available as a reissue one 180g. Strangely enough, I havent really liked the sonic quality of these 180g releases that much. They have been "ok" and surely worth the $13 or so but I dont find them very alluring sonically. Good additions though, Shapeshifter. I was thinking of narrowing down the picks to a top three to sample in the next recs so people wouldnt feel overwhelmed. Still, it's helpful to see samples like this if perusing the used bins and the turn up. Unfortunately, used bins hold so much junk, it's a tough call. I am lucky to come away with 1 out of 1000. kh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 I had the same opinion regarding the 180 gr releases of a couple Dead albums my wife bought me this year. I wasn't impressed at all with the sound quality. The original cheapo lp seemed to be sonically in a different class. I thought it was just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShapeShifter Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Yea, Rollins does seem a bit lost or uninspired through most of the East Broadway Run Down title track, but Hubbard and the rest of the rhythm section hold it together for the most part. The remainder of the album is tight and very good. I'm fortunate that it usually costs me more time than money to find a good original or second release title like the ones identified. I certainly agree that highly prized originals, in very good condition at bargin prices are a less likely find. Far more Pyrite than Gold! Good to see music threads again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Landau Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Well, Yesterday I've won a copy of "The bridge" on ebay (thanks Allan). I went downtown to Academy Records and bought the "a night at the village vanguard". It is the new Direct Metal Mastering by Blue Note, but it does sound a little compressed. Also bought: 1. "Paul Desmond and friends" Warner bros W1356,1960 mono recording with Jim Hall, Percy Heath and Connie Kay. 2. Teddy Edwards with Les McCann LTD "Its about time", Pacific Jazz PJ-6. 3. Gerry Mulligan Quartet "Paris concert", World Pacific records PJ-1210. Great concert that was recorded in 1954. 4. Gerry Mulligan Quartet featuring Chet Baker, PJ-1207. 5. Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Verve, V6-8466. 6. Duke Ellington "Newport 1958" with Gerry Mulligan, Columbia CS 8072, 6 eye. 7. Ella Fitzgerald sings the Gershwin song book vol.1, Verve, mgv-4013. Thanks for all those wonderful jazz threads. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leok Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Thanks for the education. I'll be ordering a few selections. leok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 ---------------- On 9/25/2003 2:06:29 PM Allan Songer wrote: The white label Riverside LPs are all worth a TON of money--you can get a perfect deep-groove blue label (pressed about 6 months later, probably) "Sound of Sonny" for about $50 if you look around. I have never even seen a white label copy of this LP so the "freaks" are bidding it up to the stratosphere because they HAVE TO HAVE IT. Last year I sold a "New York, 23" copy of Sonny Rollins Vol. 2 on Blue Note for an incredible sum on ebay and kept my "47 W. 63rd NYC" copy which was in MUCH better shape (again, probably pressed only months later). I did it, of course, to buy an insanely expesive "Blowin' in from Chicago" (Blue Note 1549). Collecting records is like being addicted to drugs and it's really a rather small community--there are probably less than 500 of us who give a rat's *** about this stuff.. . . . ---------------- When you say white label Riverside you dont mean this do you? I am not normally that lucky - I picked this record up for about ten bucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Nope! Thats an "OJC" reissue from Fantasy records and it's worth about what you paid in mint condition--the label is a facscimile of the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Figures - thanks anyway Allan. On the bright side of things - it does play nicely so I think I will keep it! Who knew there were so many Sonny Rollins recordings out there. I have about 5 all told but so many more to collect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 As you can tell from the posts above, you're pretty much safe buying ANYTHING you see from Rollins from about 1965 on back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Also picked up Colossus today from the library. I'm looking forward to giving it a listen. Maybe tomorrow morning on the way in to work. Keep the artists coming guys! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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