TenderLovingKiller®
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I have this one. I got it off Amazon for like $14 and it sounds good enough for me.
Definitive Audiophile pressings
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TenderLovingKiller®
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D Jilla
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Doesn’t look like anyone has mentioned this one here - I just picked up a copy of the Jackpot Records version of Etta James - At Last and it sounds amazing.
I doubt it’s AAA, but it’s Boom Boom, pressed at RTI, and best of all, $18. There’s basically an infinite number of grey markets out there for this LP so probably best to buy direct or in person somewhere.
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I doubt it’s AAA, but it’s Boom Boom, pressed at RTI, and best of all, $18. There’s basically an infinite number of grey markets out there for this LP so probably best to buy direct or in person somewhere.
Etta James - At Last! (Vinyl LP) w/ 4 bonus tracks — Jackpot Records
Etta James debut LP originally released in 1960 , featuring the classic hit song “At Last”. Blues, soul, jazz, R&B and rock vocalist Etta James needs no introduction. An icon from early rock’n’rolls pantheon of divas, she has inspired 5 decades of listeners and fellow artists with her vocal
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CrazyDiamond84
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Yep, I have this one. I remember it took a lot of digging to find a non grey market of this album, and scooped this at my local (Acme) when I saw it.Doesn’t look like anyone has mentioned this one here - I just picked up a copy of the Jackpot Records version of Etta James - At Last and it sounds amazing.
I doubt it’s AAA, but it’s Boom Boom, pressed at RTI, and best of all, $18. There’s basically an infinite number of grey markets out there for this LP so probably best to buy direct or in person somewhere.
Etta James - At Last! (Vinyl LP) w/ 4 bonus tracks — Jackpot Records
Etta James debut LP originally released in 1960 , featuring the classic hit song “At Last”. Blues, soul, jazz, R&B and rock vocalist Etta James needs no introduction. An icon from early rock’n’rolls pantheon of divas, she has inspired 5 decades of listeners and fellow artists with her vocal
jamieanderson1968
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Jackpot has had a bunch of nice Boom Boom reissues the last few years.Doesn’t look like anyone has mentioned this one here - I just picked up a copy of the Jackpot Records version of Etta James - At Last and it sounds amazing.
I doubt it’s AAA, but it’s Boom Boom, pressed at RTI, and best of all, $18. There’s basically an infinite number of grey markets out there for this LP so probably best to buy direct or in person somewhere.
Etta James - At Last! (Vinyl LP) w/ 4 bonus tracks — Jackpot Records
Etta James debut LP originally released in 1960 , featuring the classic hit song “At Last”. Blues, soul, jazz, R&B and rock vocalist Etta James needs no introduction. An icon from early rock’n’rolls pantheon of divas, she has inspired 5 decades of listeners and fellow artists with her vocal
Portland Sheriff
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Indeed, they do. Bargains considering what many audiophile-ish records go for these days. I have Wild Tchoupitoulas (AAA from RTI and (I think) KG and also excellent) and will eventually pick up their AAA mono Gris Gris. Jackpot is also a great record store here in Portland.
BTW — ignore Discogs pricing on Wild Tchoupitoulas if you’re interested. Jackpot still has it for $20.
jamieanderson1968
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He also did the 2 Wipers reissues Jackpot put out. Sadly they were pressed at Rainblow so I am not willing to take a risk on them unless I can return them easily.
Edit: meant to say 3 Wipers reissues. I only have Over the Edge
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Colonel4Bin
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That record is so, so good. Definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys some New Orleans swamp funk.
Portland Sheriff
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Agreed! One reason it’s so damn funky is prominent backup by The Meters and Neville Bros. Here’s a great article about it from Library of Congress.
EDIT - I know you know about Meters/Nevilles; that was just fyi for anyone not familiar w/ it
MikeH
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If you have 200 KG cuts, you have to get a KPG@CA tattoo. Sorry— I didn’t make the rules.
Selaws
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I watched/listened to the whole Michael Fremer/MikeFromTheInGrooveInPhoenixArizona/Chad Kassem earlier.
First of all, I enjoyed the debate itself. Sure, it got petty at times and they talk over each other quite a bit, but at the end of the day, it's 3 people that directly work in the industry giving their honest opinions.
The argument of "Well they sell out so there is clearly a demand for them" isn't one that sits well with me. Pressing any records/acetate's in such low numbers and adding a big hype campaign around its limited nature will always end in sales for FOMO and as investment opportunities alone (in addition to people actually wanting to hear them). When MikeFromTheInGrooveInPhoenixArizona brings this up Fremer says it's unfair to state that as you can't know for certain, but Discogs listings show just that when looking at the crazy re-sale prices of similarly limited releases (ERC for example).
At the same time, completionists will buy anything when it's from certain artists and Coltrane clearly has a dedicated fan base that likely includes these types of collectors.
Personally, my main worry is that the pricing for standard releases will increase when record companies see that these £350 releases are selling out within minutes. I'm not saying I think there will be a massive jump, but in the past few years alone I feel like the typical £18 I used to pay for a new release is now more around the £23 mark. Sure, inflation and Brexit has likely impacted that here in the UK, but I also believe its record companies being able to justify these prices based on previous releases selling just fine.
The HEADLINES from the chat is certainly the news of UHQR Coltrane's (Ballads was mentioned) and the Analogue Productions Prestige series.
First of all, I enjoyed the debate itself. Sure, it got petty at times and they talk over each other quite a bit, but at the end of the day, it's 3 people that directly work in the industry giving their honest opinions.
The argument of "Well they sell out so there is clearly a demand for them" isn't one that sits well with me. Pressing any records/acetate's in such low numbers and adding a big hype campaign around its limited nature will always end in sales for FOMO and as investment opportunities alone (in addition to people actually wanting to hear them). When MikeFromTheInGrooveInPhoenixArizona brings this up Fremer says it's unfair to state that as you can't know for certain, but Discogs listings show just that when looking at the crazy re-sale prices of similarly limited releases (ERC for example).
At the same time, completionists will buy anything when it's from certain artists and Coltrane clearly has a dedicated fan base that likely includes these types of collectors.
Personally, my main worry is that the pricing for standard releases will increase when record companies see that these £350 releases are selling out within minutes. I'm not saying I think there will be a massive jump, but in the past few years alone I feel like the typical £18 I used to pay for a new release is now more around the £23 mark. Sure, inflation and Brexit has likely impacted that here in the UK, but I also believe its record companies being able to justify these prices based on previous releases selling just fine.
The HEADLINES from the chat is certainly the news of UHQR Coltrane's (Ballads was mentioned) and the Analogue Productions Prestige series.
Colonel4Bin
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I agree with all of this. Basically, I saw it as MikefromtheInGroove approaching it as a consumer and Fremer approaching it as a reviewer. I think both made valid points, but I tend to agree more with MikefromtheInGroove - sure, some people will pay for crazy prices but should they be applauded when others are putting out arguably better or equal products for a tenth of the price? It’s a valid question and an important one as a consumer. Fremer doesn’t really seem like he understands the average vinyl consumer (and quite honestly he came off as very elitist in many instances) whereas Mike interacts with all types of consumers daily. I would imagine those Fremer interacts with represent a very small portion of the overall vinyl community.
But I learned a lot and thought it was cool to hear them talk about some of the stuff that’s upcoming. Chad always makes me laugh, he’s a very unique guy and seeing him try and moderate that was pretty funny. Thought I heard him mention an ALS 45 UHQR toward the end, although they could’ve been talking about the Ballads. But it seems like a lot of those big titles may be seeing that treatment in the coming years. I though they nailed it at the end by saying it’s an exciting time to be a collector!
MikeH
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All 50 AP Prestige titles (25 stereo + 25 mono) plus he did seem to mention that ALS would be coming out in UHQR. The bigger news for me was that they are doing more Contemporary Records AP titles. Bernie was hired to do a bunch of their albums a long time ago but Concord pulled the plug. Way Out West cut AAA by Bernie is on it's way (I remember watching a video of him cutting that one).
As for the UHQRs, Acoustic Sounds just keeps reusing metal parts. RKS did a 33 and a 45 of ALS when he cut the AS series pressing. They probably are not having him cut it again, so they will reuse the metal parts and just press it on fancier vinyl formula, throw it in a box and charge 3x-4x the price of what the AS pressing was. It'll be interesting to see if they raise the price on the UHQRs since they raised prices on every other release series they have.
MikeH
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For those wondering about the MoFi Blonde on Blonde restock...a few people at the MoFi FB group say they called MD and MD said they will not be getting copies from this restock as RTI only pressed a certain amount of copies. No clue if that is true or not or if the person at MD was mistaken...guess we'll find out soon!
That would be a huge bummer. I hope there’s another repress in the near future so we don’t have to wait another two years or however long it’s been.
Colonel4Bin
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Thanks for the heads up. I had a few of these recently repressed titles on backorder from MD that were placed last year and none got fulfilled. Decided I’m just going to order from MoFi when they get restocked. Already got the Withers and Wild Planet that got re-stocked last week. Wind up paying a bit more for shipping but it’s worth it IMO.
MikeH
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Me too. Also very excited for the Contemporary series. I mostly just have OJCs of some of those titles and while they sound pretty decent, I'll definitely dip into the AP Contemporary jazz titles. Better start saving money now....