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Mr Moore said:
Jesus, I just saw this one too. Sounds heavenly.

Matthew Halsall – Oneness | Sounds of the Universe

UK jazz trumpeter, Matthew Halsall, drops a set of archive recordings from sessions back in 2008. Deep meditative spiritual-jazz music released via his own…
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Been listening to this album all week. It's beautiful. Haven't heard a trumpet player fit in so well with spiritual jazz so well.
 
Get your wallets out:

Makaya McCraven - In the Moment Deluxe Edition
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In the Moment Deluxe Edition, by Makaya McCraven

28 track album
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phramenma said:
Get your wallets out:

Makaya McCraven - In the Moment Deluxe Edition
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In the Moment Deluxe Edition, by Makaya McCraven

28 track album
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I sold a handful of records this week for a tasty chunk of cash, so I feel like I can justify this purchase! Pricy but fantastic music and the International Anthem pressings tend to be really good.

Cheers for sharing it, like @Mr Moore I have been wanting this for ages!
 
I hope this is the right place to add my request...

I've received my first Tone-Poet pressing yesterday (Lee Morgan - Cornbread), and I'm stunned, the whole package is superb. The gatefold cover, the quality of the vinyl, and most importantely the sound. For me it is fantastic.

I'm really just starting to get into jazz, and with every new record my fascination increases. Good for my vinyl collection, bad for my wallet.

I do have quite a good stereo system, which on one hand delivers superb sound quality, however, on the other side is quite revealing in terms of bad pressings, bad recordings, bad mastering or any other issues with the source material. Saying that I need and want good pressings to fully enjoy the whole package. And I do not collect records just for the sake of having a big valueable collection, no, I get myself albums/recordings for the sake of listening to them.

Long story short, I'm looking for good affordable pressings of some albums on my want-list, preferably M/NM. I hope you guys can help me out. I already learned the hard way with labels like DOL and WaxTime, and with the crappy BlueNote 75th anniversary series. That stuff won't end up anymore in my collection. I know about Speakers Corner Records, Analogue Productions, Music Matters and some japanese pressings. But most of those are out of my financial reach at the moment, unfortunately.

At the moment I'm looking for following albums:
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Dexter Gordon - Go
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Would be awesome to get some recommendations here... thanks in advance...
 
papaharzi said:
I hope this is the right place to add my request...

I've received my first Tone-Poet pressing yesterday (Lee Morgan - Cornbread), and I'm stunned, the whole package is superb. The gatefold cover, the quality of the vinyl, and most importantely the sound. For me it is fantastic.

I'm really just starting to get into jazz, and with every new record my fascination increases. Good for my vinyl collection, bad for my wallet.

I do have quite a good stereo system, which on one hand delivers superb sound quality, however, on the other side is quite revealing in terms of bad pressings, bad recordings, bad mastering or any other issues with the source material. Saying that I need and want good pressings to fully enjoy the whole package. And I do not collect records just for the sake of having a big valueable collection, no, I get myself albums/recordings for the sake of listening to them.

Long story short, I'm looking for good affordable pressings of some albums on my want-list, preferably M/NM. I hope you guys can help me out. I already learned the hard way with labels like DOL and WaxTime, and with the crappy BlueNote 75th anniversary series. That stuff won't end up anymore in my collection. I know about Speakers Corner Records, Analogue Productions, Music Matters and some japanese pressings. But most of those are out of my financial reach at the moment, unfortunately.

At the moment I'm looking for following albums:
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Dexter Gordon - Go
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Would be awesome to get some recommendations here... thanks in advance...
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For guaranteed good quality presses at decent prices of these classic titles I really have found the Japanese imports the best way to go. I look out for them on eBay and they tend to run between £20-£30 each (often less if they are missing the OBI and/or insert) in the UK when they crop up. King are suggested to be superior to Toshiba but I've honestly found them both to be stellar in both sonics and packaging.
 
Music on Vinyl have a good Mingus,some of the Blue Note 75 were alright, but I don’t have any of those other records on BN75, if you get from amazon you can always return if they are a dud. You could pick up most of those titles on CD for cheap if you don’t want to spend the big money for Audio pressings, maybe that’s an option and if you find something that you love than spring for a good pressing of that, or listen on YouTube /streaming if you just want to check out a particular album.
papaharzi said:
I hope this is the right place to add my request...

I've received my first Tone-Poet pressing yesterday (Lee Morgan - Cornbread), and I'm stunned, the whole package is superb. The gatefold cover, the quality of the vinyl, and most importantely the sound. For me it is fantastic.

I'm really just starting to get into jazz, and with every new record my fascination increases. Good for my vinyl collection, bad for my wallet.

I do have quite a good stereo system, which on one hand delivers superb sound quality, however, on the other side is quite revealing in terms of bad pressings, bad recordings, bad mastering or any other issues with the source material. Saying that I need and want good pressings to fully enjoy the whole package. And I do not collect records just for the sake of having a big valueable collection, no, I get myself albums/recordings for the sake of listening to them.

Long story short, I'm looking for good affordable pressings of some albums on my want-list, preferably M/NM. I hope you guys can help me out. I already learned the hard way with labels like DOL and WaxTime, and with the crappy BlueNote 75th anniversary series. That stuff won't end up anymore in my collection. I know about Speakers Corner Records, Analogue Productions, Music Matters and some japanese pressings. But most of those are out of my financial reach at the moment, unfortunately.

At the moment I'm looking for following albums:
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Dexter Gordon - Go
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Would be awesome to get some recommendations here... thanks in advance...
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papaharzi said:
I hope this is the right place to add my request...

I've received my first Tone-Poet pressing yesterday (Lee Morgan - Cornbread), and I'm stunned, the whole package is superb. The gatefold cover, the quality of the vinyl, and most importantely the sound. For me it is fantastic.

I'm really just starting to get into jazz, and with every new record my fascination increases. Good for my vinyl collection, bad for my wallet.

I do have quite a good stereo system, which on one hand delivers superb sound quality, however, on the other side is quite revealing in terms of bad pressings, bad recordings, bad mastering or any other issues with the source material. Saying that I need and want good pressings to fully enjoy the whole package. And I do not collect records just for the sake of having a big valueable collection, no, I get myself albums/recordings for the sake of listening to them.

Long story short, I'm looking for good affordable pressings of some albums on my want-list, preferably M/NM. I hope you guys can help me out. I already learned the hard way with labels like DOL and WaxTime, and with the crappy BlueNote 75th anniversary series. That stuff won't end up anymore in my collection. I know about Speakers Corner Records, Analogue Productions, Music Matters and some japanese pressings. But most of those are out of my financial reach at the moment, unfortunately.

At the moment I'm looking for following albums:
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Dexter Gordon - Go
Hank Mobley - Soul Station
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Would be awesome to get some recommendations here... thanks in advance...
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I would certainly check out the current Blue Note 80 series, they’re really good pressings and cheap. Not to purposely go against what @kafunis has said but I personally wasn’t a fan of the BN75 series, they had a lot of issues in sound quality but fortunately they seemed to have upped their game for the BN80.

I completely agree with @Mr Moore, I have a handful of King and Toshiba pressings and they are all unbelievably good. It’s possible to add an alert to eBay and you will get daily emails when new listings are added, so try that and when they pop up for a good price you will be one of the first to know.

I would also add that, especially with Blue Note, a lot of early pressings play incredibly well even with heavy surface marks. As long as the marks aren’t deep, they often are minor in terms of the audio, even with a system that picks up these things. That allows you to pick up records in lower conditions for much cheaper. I often pick up records on certain labels that are considered g+ or vg that play 1 or 2 grades up. Also, unless you prefer the whole package to be in top condition, look out for early pressings which have the record itself in decent condition but with a lower grade sleeve. It’s all about the music after all.
 
Yes Japanese pressings from the 70’s are great as well, but you mention that you were aware of them but felt they were out of your price range, well worth looking out for and should be quite a bit cheaper without obi.
 
The BN80 and Tone Poets have been a godsend for newbie jazz people like me. I say start there and find a couple of musicians you connect with (for me it's Tina Brooks) and then splurge on one of the audiophile versions of theirs.
 
Yes, that’s right, I haven’t got any of the BN80s yet, I’ll probably grab a couple eventually, Indestructible , the Tony Williams and a co ouple f others when I see them cheap. The Tone Poets are certainly a great product and good to see some less popular titles getting air time rather than another pressing of Moanin /Afro Cuban etc.
jamieanderson1968 said:
The BN80 and Tone Poets have been a godsend for newbie jazz people like me. I say start there and find a couple of musicians you connect with (for me it's Tina Brooks) and then splurge on one of the audiophile versions of theirs.
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