Definitive Audiophile pressings

[Andy]

Alright, best available Bill Evans pressings that AREN'T ONE STEPS. Go...

maybe this (I've not heard it yet)

Behind The Dikes -1969 Netherlands Recordings RSD

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[keylime_5]

Get the 1984 OJC of Sunday at Village Vanguard if you can find it: Bill Evans Trio Featuring Scott La Faro – Sunday At The Village Vanguard (1984, Vinyl)

They usually pop up on Discogs or Ebay for about 40-50 bucks.

 

[Ghost]

Bill Evans chat eh?!

This 80’s OJC pressing of Interplay is absolutely wonderful. Perhaps one of my best sounding records, and the music is fucking epic

Bill Evans - Interplay

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 Vinyl release of "Interplay" on Discogs.

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[Andy]

Get the 1984 OJC of Sunday at Village Vanguard if you can find it: Bill Evans Trio Featuring Scott La Faro – Sunday At The Village Vanguard (1984, Vinyl)

They usually pop up on Discogs or Ebay for about 40-50 bucks.

These may not be as good (I don't have anything else to compare) but do sound fantastic, OJC issues pressed at RTI, I picked them up new about a year or so ago, they can be had real cheap.

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2011 Vinyl release of "Waltz For Debby" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans Trio Featuring Scott La Faro - Sunday At The Village Vanguard

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2008 Vinyl release of "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" on Discogs.

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[Turbo]

I'd guess it's not coming back but as you said...who knows. I haven't seen anything about the Stevies or Echo and the Bunnymen coming back either and those are silver labels. I just saw a copy of Kick sell for $110 or so on ebay.

It’s going for crazy prices considering this was the 2nd tier series.

 

[Selaws]

maybe this (I've not heard it yet)

Behind The Dikes -1969 Netherlands Recordings RSD

www.jazzmessengers.com

The Bill Evans stuff on Resonance Records are all fantastic BUT most of them use amateur tapes as the source. So whilst the music is almost always fantastic, the audio quality isn't always top-notch. Best to go into them knowing they are historic amateur set-ups really. Saying that they really are great sets and the booklets alone are worth reading, before we enen discuss the superb sessions! The ones I have are:

Bill Evans - Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Live At Ronnie Scott's

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2020 Vinyl release of "Live At Ronnie Scott's" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Some Other Time (The Lost Session From The Black Forest)

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2020 Vinyl release of "Some Other Time (The Lost Session From The Black Forest)" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Smile With Your Heart: The Best Of Bill Evans On Resonance

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Smile With Your Heart: The Best Of Bill Evans On Resonance" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Evans In England

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Evans In England" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate" on Discogs.

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p.s. @Andy I know you are most likely aware of this, just thought it best to share with those that go into it thinking they are AAA-studio quality recordings.

 

[Andy]

The Bill Evans stuff on Resonance Records are all fantastic BUT most of them use amateur tapes as the source. So whilst the music is almost always fantastic, the audio quality isn't always top-notch. Best to go into them knowing they are historic amateur set-ups really. Saying that they really are great sets and the booklets alone are worth reading, before we enen discuss the superb sessions! The ones I have are:

Bill Evans - Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2021 Vinyl release of "Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Bill Evans - Live At Ronnie Scott's

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2020 Vinyl release of "Live At Ronnie Scott's" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Bill Evans - Some Other Time (The Lost Session From The Black Forest)

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2020 Vinyl release of "Some Other Time (The Lost Session From The Black Forest)" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

Bill Evans - Smile With Your Heart: The Best Of Bill Evans On Resonance

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Smile With Your Heart: The Best Of Bill Evans On Resonance" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Evans In England

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Evans In England" on Discogs.

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Bill Evans - Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of "Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate" on Discogs.

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I have most. I missed out on Ronnie Scotts as I had on pre-order from our friend in the north & it didn't come through. I also don't have the smile with your heart release.

Not Bill Evans, but an historic Resonance release where the sound is also fantastic, great set

Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra - All My Yesterdays

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[MikeH]

It’s going for crazy prices considering this was the 2nd tier series.

Sadly. most MoFis are going for crazy prices (or crazy asking prices at least). It's been hard to find bargains for older OOP MoFis lately.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

It’s going for crazy prices considering this was the 2nd tier series.

That Bunnymen record is going for silly money now. Even the English Beat "Special Beat Service" goes for too much, though I would like to get my hands on it.

 

[Ghost]

@MikeH did you ever end up landing a Billie Holiday? I forgot about the deal we had arranged pre-move!

 

[MikeH]

@MikeH did you ever end up landing a Billie Holiday? I forgot about the deal we had arranged pre-move!

I didn't! Forgot about it too haha. Would be happy to trade still if ya want. Shoot me a PM!

 

[Ghost]

I didn't! Forgot about it too haha. Would be happy to trade still if ya want. Shoot me a PM!

Let’s do this thing!

 

[Andy]

my VMP copy of Pearl arrived, pressed at RTI, looks to have the same dead wax details as the RSD version. Assume they used the same metalwork

Janis Joplin - Pearl

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[Mather]

This session is often overlooked, but it's great and a NM 1976 Fantasy pressing should be quite affordable.

The Bill Evans Trio - Since We Met

Url: The Bill Evans Trio – Since We Met (1976, Vinyl)

There is also a MOV pressing, but I went with a clean Japanese version. Also highly recommended session from later in his career.

Bill Evans - You Must Believe In Spring

Url: Bill Evans – You Must Believe In Spring (1981, Vinyl)

There's an Analogue Productions pressing of this, but I cannot afford that. I have an OJC pressing and like it a lot.

Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans - Know What I Mean?

Url: Cannonball Adderley With Bill Evans – Know What I Mean? (1984, Pitman Pressing, Vinyl)

Analogue Production pressing at 33 rpm, totally worth the $30.

Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival

Url: Bill Evans – At The Montreux Jazz Festival (2019, 200 Gram, Vinyl)

OJC pressing and one of the best sounding records in my collection. Highly recommended, great value for the money. Good Discoga reviews as well.

Bill Evans Trio* - Waltz For Debby

Url: Bill Evans Trio – Waltz For Debby (2011, Vinyl)

Also the two new Bill Evans Trio Verve Series releases from AP are likely to be good, '64 and '65. And almost all the RSD live show releases as of late, except Ronnie Scotts

Awesome! Thanks so much for all these suggestions. The reason i wasn't specific about the title was that I know pretty much nothing about Bill Evans but he's one of my father's favorite Jazz artists and he's visiting me next month and I wanted to have a couple of good quality Evans albums on hand to play for him. I grabbed the OJC pressing of Village Vanguard which appears to have good reviews. I want Montreux as well so I'm going to see if I can find the AP of that one up here. Unfortunately can't order from MD due to shipping costs. The Pure Pleasure of Montreux seems to be OOS and I couldn't find an OJC either. So perhaps the AP 45... Cheers!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Awesome! Thanks so much for all these suggestions. The reason i wasn't specific about the title was that I know pretty much nothing about Bill Evans but he's one of my father's favorite Jazz artists and he's visiting me next month and I reacted to have a couple of Good quality Evans albums on hand to play for him. I grabbed the OJC pressing of Village Vanguard which appears to have good reviews. I want Montreux as well so I'm going to see if I can find the AP of that one up here. Unfortunately can't order from MD due to shipping costs. The Pure Pleasure of Montreux seems to be OOS and I couldn't find an OJC either. So perhaps the AP 45... Cheers!

@FatherMather will be visiting then?

 

[tvham]

Any chance the silver series INXS Kick gets repressed? Have a couple silver series (Yaz and B-52's) and they're fantastic. Want a copy of Kick in my collection and the silver series would be ideal (but don't look at what the 2011 MOFI press goes for).

Thought I'd ask because some of the Silver Series stuff seems to keep coming back, but I guess this one is wishful thinking?

I have this recent reissue and it sounds fantastic

INXS - Kick

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2017 Vinyl release of "Kick" on Discogs.

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There’s also a black vinyl version that’s about half the price of the red.

I also have the silver label version of X and just saw how expensive that’s gotten. Woof.

 

[MikeH]

Awesome! Thanks so much for all these suggestions. The reason i wasn't specific about the title was that I know pretty much nothing about Bill Evans but he's one of my father's favorite Jazz artists and he's visiting me next month and I reacted to have a couple of Good quality Evans albums on hand to play for him. I grabbed the OJC pressing of Village Vanguard which appears to have good reviews. I want Montreux as well so I'm going to see if I can find the AP of that one up here. Unfortunately can't order from MD due to shipping costs. The Pure Pleasure of Montreux seems to be OOS and I couldn't find an OJC either. So perhaps the AP 45... Cheers!

Look for the Speakers Corner of Montreaux. It's solid.

 

[MikeH]

I have this recent reissue and it sounds fantastic

INXS - Kick

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2017 Vinyl release of "Kick" on Discogs.

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There’s also a black vinyl version that’s about half the price of the red.

I also have the silver label version of X and just saw how expensive that’s gotten. Woof.

Came here to post this one for @Turbo . Just saw someone elsewhere saying that the Abbey Road is better than the MoFi.

 

[Mather]

Look for the Speakers Corner of Montreaux. It's solid.

Sorry, that's the one I meant, not Pure Pleasure. I love SC but it appears to be OOS pretty much everywhere I normally look. I ordered the AP 45 of it.

 

[Mather]

@FatherMather will be visiting then?

He will!