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Portland Sheriff said:
I know it’s already been discussed, but I thought I’d revisit it after picking up this Plumb (Questlove/David Murray/Ray Angry) set in the Target sale so got some % off, and it’s pricey even with a discount, but damn is it also really, really good. I’m through 6 of 8 sides, and the vinyl is flat, silent, dynamic, and most of the music is great. Highly recommend if it’s something you don’t want to splurge on but could put on a holiday wish list.
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JMI-17: This is the big one. The culmination of something, we’re not sure what. Questlove’s association with David Murray goes back decades, to a live performance in London and an appearance on an early Roots record. Questlove’s association with Ray is somewhat more recent but no less profound. As Q
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I think i posted that one in the Target sale and it is indeed excellent.
 
I had the pleasure of discussing some upcoming reissues over lunch yesterday with the head of Universal "Decca British Jazz Explosion". We spent a decent amount of time running through all of the potential reissues, I offered up a few more suggestions, and talked through a rough release schedule. Some really great and rare releases coming up in the next year or so, plenty to look forward to. It was really great to chat with someone that's as much of a British jazz nerd as I am, and we shared a lot of anecdotes and details about various musicians and albums.

I've previously loaned them 2 of my albums which resulted in the Joe Harriott Quintet "Movement" reissue and another upcoming release. I loaned them another yesterday which will be scanned (jacket and labels) for the reissue which is all rather exciting. I was given a couple of copies of the Harriott reissue and was happy to see that I was given thanks in the liner notes!!!

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Selaws said:
I had the pleasure of discussing some upcoming reissues over lunch yesterday with the head of Universal "Decca British Jazz Explosion". We spent a decent amount of time running through all of the potential reissues, I offered up a few more suggestions, and talked through a rough release schedule. Some really great and rare releases coming up in the next year or so, plenty to look forward to. It was really great to chat with someone that's as much of a British jazz nerd as I am, and we shared a lot of anecdotes and details about various musicians and albums.

I've previously loaned them 2 of my albums which resulted in the Joe Harriott Quintet "Movement" reissue and another upcoming release. I loaned them another yesterday which will be scanned (jacket and labels) for the reissue which is all rather exciting. I was given a couple of copies of the Harriott reissue and was happy to see that I was given thanks in the liner notes!!!

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Looking forward to more of this series. LOVE the Harriott!
 
Selaws said:
I had the pleasure of discussing some upcoming reissues over lunch yesterday with the head of Universal "Decca British Jazz Explosion". We spent a decent amount of time running through all of the potential reissues, I offered up a few more suggestions, and talked through a rough release schedule. Some really great and rare releases coming up in the next year or so, plenty to look forward to. It was really great to chat with someone that's as much of a British jazz nerd as I am, and we shared a lot of anecdotes and details about various musicians and albums.

I've previously loaned them 2 of my albums which resulted in the Joe Harriott Quintet "Movement" reissue and another upcoming release. I loaned them another yesterday which will be scanned (jacket and labels) for the reissue which is all rather exciting. I was given a couple of copies of the Harriott reissue and was happy to see that I was given thanks in the liner notes!!!

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Amazing. Really looking forward to the upcoming releases. I was wondering if they’d decided to stop the series as it’s been a while (or at least feels that way).

I got the Joe Harriott. Sounds great, the image looks great so they must have down a great job with the scan, does it look much different to your original?

They seem to have aimed for a cheaper retail price this time, meaning the cover isn’t up to quite the same quality as the previous titles. Do you know if hey intend to continue some with the higher quality flip backed sleeves? I suppose it’s a bit like the approach to the Tone Poet titles vs the Classic releases.
 
Andy said:
Amazing. Really looking forward to the upcoming releases. I was wondering if they’d decided to stop the series as it’s been a while (or at least feels that way).

I got the Joe Harriott. Sounds great, the image looks great so they must have down a great job with the scan, does it look much different to your original?

They seem to have aimed for a cheaper retail price this time, meaning the cover isn’t up to quite the same quality as the previous titles. Do you know if hey intend to continue some with the higher quality flip backed sleeves? I suppose it’s a bit like the approach to the Tone Poet titles vs the Classic releases.
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The reason I've been helping Universal with loaning my original pressings is because their archives flooded several years ago (it was located on at Southbank and the river flooded). They have a very loose list of albums on their radar to reissue and while they technically don't need permission from the artists/families of the artists, they still want to reach out to them for approval. They don't always own the rights to session photos so they also have to reach out to whoever owns them. There are layers of these loopholes to jump through and I get the impression that there might have been delays in the series when it came to ticking all of the boxes for the 'second wave' of them.

The Harriott reissue does look a bit saturated alongside the original. I imagine the scanner is of such a high quality that it would be exact, so there must have been a reason they edited it like this. Its also listed as stereo which is interesting as the original was only ever released as mono.

Im not too sure about their plans on sleeves for the future, but I can ask the question. I've been chatting with them back and forth about the potential albums coming up next year and should be meeting them again in a couple of weeks.

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Selaws said:
The reason I've been helping Universal with loaning my original pressings is because their archives flooded several years ago (it was located on at Southbank and the river flooded). They have a very loose list of albums on their radar to reissue and while they technically don't need permission from the artists/families of the artists, they still want to reach out to them for approval. They don't always own the rights to session photos so they also have to reach out to whoever owns them. There are layers of these loopholes to jump through and I get the impression that there might have been delays in the series when it came to ticking all of the boxes for the 'second wave' of them.

The Harriott reissue does look a bit saturated alongside the original. I imagine the scanner is of such a high quality that it would be exact, so there must have been a reason they edited it like this. Its also listed as stereo which is interesting as the original was only ever released as mono.

Im not too sure about their plans on sleeves for the future, but I can ask the question. I've been chatting with them back and forth about the potential albums coming up next year and should be meeting them again in a couple of weeks.

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Sounds like there's a few great stories around how they've put the series together would make a great article or maybe podcast.

Fascinating to see the side by side sleeve design, I wonder if it's maybe an issue with the printing as opposed to a design choice, but defiantly looks washed out in comparison.

The really interesting thing is the stereo variant, is the new release actually a stereo mix? I'm. away from home at the minute, and from memory couldn't tell, I just enjoyed the music on the first few listens.
 
Andy said:
Sounds like there's a few great stories around how they've put the series together would make a great article or maybe podcast.

Fascinating to see the side by side sleeve design, I wonder if it's maybe an issue with the printing as opposed to a design choice, but defiantly looks washed out in comparison.

The really interesting thing is the stereo variant, is the new release actually a stereo mix? I'm. away from home at the minute, and from memory couldn't tell, I just enjoyed the music on the first few listens.
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Honestly, we chatted for about an hour but it could easily have been double or triple that had time allowed for it.

I listened to it earlier and it is a stereo pressing which is really interesting. Sounds pretty great to me as well!
 
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