Someone at SHF said the Waltz for Debby tapes weren't good anymore and I doubt Village Vanguard will get another One Step since MoFi already did it, sadly. I'm personally hoping for some Contemporary Records titles as Roy DuNann gave RVG a run for his money in the production department. I'd also really love some non-jazz. I'd buy the shit out of an Otis Redding One Step.
Some of those old Contemporary pressings sound incredible. The last Way Out West deluxe box from Craft wasn't AAA, so it's always possible but people did love the sound on it for the most part. I love the Shelly Manne at the Blackhawk records but they have just gotten really pricey now.
what am I looking at? Is it the Lush Life?
Looks like this has been in the works for even longer than I thought. Here's a test press from 5/23/19.
I thought they did all of them in the AP Prestige Mono series a few years ago. Or was it just Cookin', Relaxin', and Steamin'? Still wish I had picked up a few more of those. I think I only got Saxophone Colossus, but I meant to get at least one Miles and the two Dolphy at the five spot ones.
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Saw that earlier. I'm assuming it's a typo.Just reading about the Craft one batch on this site, and it's probably a mistake, but it says each title in the series will be limited to 1000
Craft Recordings launch audiophile vinyl series with John Coltrane's Lush Life – SuperDeluxeEdition
Yes--someone on reddit posted then deleted that image. It's the test pressing of the Lush Life One Step and is dated 2019. The same account seems to have given a heads up that the release was coming yesterday before anybody else really knew when it was going to come out.
From a quick scan, 2003 was the last AP release of Workin. Maybe it was in a box set. There are still one or two titles left on AS from that series I think but none of those you mentioned.
I am very curious to hear how this goes for numerous reasons.
Oh, ok, it was just those three. Also, I guess I got confused because the Five Spots had just come out when I ordered Saxophone Colossus in 2016. They were Stereo. Those Prestige Monos were around for a long time, including Lush Life, apparently!
Not sure I'm following. Why would the assumption be that this was a mistake? Why wouldn't they limit these to 1,000? At some level, they're selling exclusivity, and "small batch" surely loses its flavor beyond a certain number for each pressing. If the goal is to allow everyone who wants it to eventually buy it, they'll need another name for what they're doing, and then a price-point in line with the Tone Poets.Just reading about the Craft one batch on this site, and it's probably a mistake, but it says each title in the series will be limited to 1000
Craft Recordings launch audiophile vinyl series with John Coltrane's Lush Life – SuperDeluxeEdition
I would be absolutely shocked if they don't press more than 1,000 within their first few titles. I bet the 2nd + 3rd might already be in production. Small batch is a pretty vague term. There are record store day titles that had 9,000 copies that were still considered limited. I think anything under 5,000 would probably be considered "small batch". IIRC, the original press release said nothing about ALL titles being 1,000, just Lush Life. Long-term, they'd be leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table for each release. Now that they know this is clearly a viable product, I bet they up the counts within the first 3 issued.
Just finished Side A, still getting distortion. Specifically, I'm getting left channel distortion that sounds like a very sharp/tinny/fuzzy version of Sarah's vocals. Does this sound like a pressing issue, anti-skate issue, misalignment or something else?
Makes sense. It'll be interesting to see how they approach it, and I for one will hope that the fear of "money left on the table" will not be too high a priority.
FOMLOTT, the supply side of FOMO haha!