filmboydoug Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hey Allan or GaryMD or anybody, Anybody heard this? http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=15149&keywords=NL122904 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I know Allan has it. It's one I've been keeping an eye out for but usually out of my price range for an original. I may grab one of those however. Thanks for the link. I'm sure Allan will chime in with a review when he sees this thread. It's not yet 7am on the west coast. BTW - I've yet to hear anything by Lee Morgan I didn't like. I have about 15 of his LPs + many more with him as a sideman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 FYI - 2 other new "Classic" releases in 200 gram mono for the same price: Hank Mobley (self-titled), Blue Note 1560 and Sonny Clark, Dial "S" For Sonny. Both great albums and highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I'm glad to see Classic reissue this one! This was Morgan's third date as a leader and both he and Benny Golson were member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers when this was recorded. Golson was the composer and arranger for this one and "City Lights" (Blue Note 1575) recorded a few months later. For $30 this is a no-brainer--unless of course you're a nut job and want to go for THIS version instead! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=306&item=4063861475&rd=1 This album has the ORIGINAL and definitive version of Golson's "I Remember Clifford." Morgan will flat out break your heart on this one. Morgan is joined by Golson on tenor, Gigi Gryce on alto, with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Carlie Persip on drums. GREAT tunes. TIGHT arrangements. EXCELLENT solos. A classic Blue Note date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmboydoug Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thanks, I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Got my copy today. Outstanding. I mean WOW! GREAT RECORDING as most of the Classic Series Monos seem to be. Unfortunately, as soon as I began cleaning it on the VPI, I knew it was warped. Not much but enought to send it back. I'll still listen to it a couple times first. Doesn't effect play but when you spend $30 for a new LP it should be flat. JMHO I hope the Hank Mobley (BN 1560) doesn't have the same issue. I haven't opened that one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 WOW! For anyone who may care, the Hank Mobley LP is an even better recording. A tad brighter but much more 3 dimensional. Both are outstanding and highly recommended. The music just jumps out at you! $30 ain't bad for these recordings. Trust me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Rudy van Gelder did some amazing work in his parent's living room, didn't he? It still blows my mind that all these great sessions were recorded in a suburban living room in New Jersey with Rudy the optomotrist and part-time recording engineer setting up his gear in the kitchen. I think the sessions recorded in the living room have a certain "live" feeling that the later stuff recorded in the studio RVG built in 1958 just don't have. 1568 is an amazing recording. And it was the worst selling record Blue Note ever released--one pressing of 500 copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I sent back the Lee Morgan Volume 3 for a replacement and ordered "Dial "S" For Sonny" since I'll get free shipping. Allan - Any other classic series monos you'd recommend? I hope most all still available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRB Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hey Gary, not to hijack the thread, but just wanted to say thanks for the recommendation on the Kenny Burrell John Coltrane SACD. Got it just before Christmas. Great album. Must have listened to it a dozen times already. Santa also brought me a couple of other SACD's; Kind of Blue, Sketches of Spain and Blue Train. They sound great on the new SACD player. All in all a great Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 You're welcome. Glad you're enjoying them. All great albums! I scored a pretty big haul of Miles Davis LPs over the holidays so I'm disovering some of his old stuff myself. Sketches Of Spain is a really interesting album. I usually put it on as background music when I'm working around the house or just kicking back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I just went to the Classic Records site and looked at the MONO Blue Note reissues. I can't think of ANY your wouldn't want, Gary! And since ALL of these are $500+ each as originals you can't miss at $30 each! If you want my suggestion about which one to buy next, go for 1573--John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell. I've been playing that one at least once every couple of weeks for the last 15 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Thanks Allan. My biggest regret is sending you back the "Introducing Kenny Burrell" LP last year. Why didn't you slap me or something?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I offered it to you for $125 didn't I? I sold it to a fellow in Japan on ebay for $290. It was a flat-edge deep-groove Lexington original! Oh, well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRB Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Yeah, "Sketches" is interesting. I had to listen a couple of times before I started getting it. There is, maybe not the right word, but tension comes to my mind. Some tracks are haunting. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 2:34:16 PM Allan Songer wrote: I offered it to you for $125 didn't I? I sold it to a fellow in Japan on ebay for $290. It was a flat-edge deep-groove Lexington original! Oh, well. ---------------- You didn't have to bring that up! It had too many pops and clicks anyway. I just added 3 more to my order: 1573 - John Jenkins/Kenny Burrell 1538 - Lee Morgan, Indeed 1536 - J.R. Monterose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 The Monterose is a great album--you will love it. He made very few records over the years and they are all worth tracking down. He's featured on the Kenny Dorham album I sent you--check out his solo on "Night in Tunisia." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 ---------------- On 1/7/2005 3:29:57 PM Allan Songer wrote: The Monterose is a great album--you will love it. He made very few records over the years and they are all worth tracking down. He's featured on the Kenny Dorham album I sent you--check out his solo on "Night in Tunisia." ---------------- I've listened to the other 3 and I'm just starting the Dorham album. My favorite so far is Bennie Green with Louis Smith a very close second. Smith reminds me a little of early Lee Morgan with a bit of Coltrane mixed in (if Coltrane played trumpet that is!). He must have practiced his scales when he was young because he can really fly up and down them with amazing speed and precision! Bennie Green is just plain fun to listen to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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