The Blue Note Thread

zdkaiser said:
Ha ha. I just saw that! And here I purchased a used DMM pressing a month or two ago. Guess I'll have to double-up with the KG cut.
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Yea I'm tempted to sell my From The Original Master Tapes one since they go for an insane price now...but I'll probably hold onto it and get the Classics too.

I just bought the MMJ of Evolution a few months ago. oops.
 
I was excited for the Lou Donaldson then remembered I bought the AP 45 version when I went crazy buying any Blue Note AP I could find a couple years ago. Interesting that a good number of these were Music Matters 45s like Evolution, Adam's Apple, Point of Departure, and Unity.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I used to dig me some Charlie Hunter back in my college days. Haven't listened to him in years but will definitely pick that up.
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one of the few i'm not familiar with in the list.

i think i'm in for:
Ronnie Foster – Two Headed Freap
Sonny Clark – Dial ‘S’ For Sonny
Larry Young – Unity
Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple

I have MMJs or early pressings of the other titles I'd want
 
mdmost said:
I was excited for the Lou Donaldson then remembered I bought the AP 45 version when I went crazy buying any Blue Note AP I could find a couple years ago. Interesting that a good number of these were Music Matters 45s like Evolution, Adam's Apple, Point of Departure, and Unity.
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MMJs will get reissued in the Classic series. I think the Tone Poets are completely ignoring all titles that were done by MMJ. Maybe they break that rule, but seems like Joe wants no part of redoing those titles.
 
Jeff Lerner said:
I used to dig me some Charlie Hunter back in my college days. Haven't listened to him in years but will definitely pick that up.
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I'm very interested in that Charlie Hunter record as well. I am not familiar with the album, but I have been listening to him a lot lately with Garage a Trois (and his other various live acts). Also, cool to see Jay Lane on that album on drums. Have seen him perform live many times with Les Claypool/Primus. I didn't realize Lane was on any Blue Note releases.
 
mdmost said:
I was excited for the Lou Donaldson then remembered I bought the AP 45 version when I went crazy buying any Blue Note AP I could find a couple years ago. Interesting that a good number of these were Music Matters 45s like Evolution, Adam's Apple, Point of Departure, and Unity.
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I have MMJ 45rpm of Unity, Point of Departure, and Evolution. I didn’t buy any of them at original retail price, but they’re all currently worth more than what I paid (although the that could change w/ this announcement by BN), at least in the short term), and I’ve been selling my 45rpm sets if/when a 33rpm AAA becomes available.

Will have to consider whether to do that with these. Unity is my favorite BN album art, so having a gorgeously packaged version of that will probably be worth keeping. Likewise, Evolution is one of my favorite BN releases period, and i may wait to see reviews on the Classics version before deciding bc the MMJ 45rpm sounds incredible.
 
The stars here folks - Ronnie Foster - Two Headed Freap, George Braith - Extensions and Stanley Turrentine - Common Touch. Don't miss any of them!

Ronnie Foster is best known for his stint with George Benson during his prime WB period (Breezin).

Braith is the template for Rahsaan Roland Kirk in many ways and it a very under-appreciated player.

The Turrentine is pre-CTI soul jazz of the highest order.
 
Portland Sheriff said:
I have MMJ 45rpm of Unity, Point of Departure, and Evolution. I didn’t buy any of them at original retail price, but they’re all currently worth more than what I paid (although the that could change w/ this announcement by BN), at least in the short term), and I’ve been selling my 45rpm sets if/when a 33rpm AAA becomes available.

Will have to consider whether to do that with these. Unity is my favorite BN album art, so having a gorgeously packaged version of that will probably be worth keeping. Likewise, Evolution is one of my favorite BN releases period, and i may wait to see reviews on the Classics version before deciding bc the MMJ 45rpm sounds incredible.
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I'd hold off selling your other copies. These Optimal pressings have been spotty. Almost every BN Classics release has had some complaints about non-fill. I've experienced it as well. My first copy of Henderson's Inner Urge was plagued non-fill, but the replacement copy was clean.
 
RHANDMJ said:
Braith is the template for Rahsaan Roland Kirk in many ways and it a very under-appreciated player.
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I agree that Braith is underappreciated and this release should be picked up for sure.

However, isn't it the other way around? I was always under the impression that Kirk "pioneered" the style of playing.

Although all credit to Braith for inventing the monstrous Braithophone!!

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Can't believe Blue Note would let Music on Vinyl scoop them on this album, rather than put it out as a Tone Poet or Classics. No offense to Charlie Hunter or Joe Lavano in the new batch of Classics - those are great albums too - but this album literally defined the "Rebirth" of Blue Note in the 90s.
 
MikeH said:
one of the few i'm not familiar with in the list.

i think i'm in for:
Ronnie Foster – Two Headed Freap
Sonny Clark – Dial ‘S’ For Sonny
Larry Young – Unity
Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple

I have MMJs or early pressings of the other titles I'd want
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RHANDMJ said:
The stars here folks - Ronnie Foster - Two Headed Freap, George Braith - Extensions and Stanley Turrentine - Common Touch. Don't miss any of them!

Ronnie Foster is best known for his stint with George Benson during his prime WB period (Breezin).

Braith is the template for Rahsaan Roland Kirk in many ways and it a very under-appreciated player.

The Turrentine is pre-CTI soul jazz of the highest order.
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Ghost said:
I got some streaming to do! Woo!
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some nice tinge of early fusion on that Foster!
 
TCell said:
Can't believe Blue Note would let Music on Vinyl scoop them on this album, rather than put it out as a Tone Poet or Classics. No offense to Charlie Hunter or Joe Lavano in the new batch of Classics - those are great albums too - but this album literally defined the "Rebirth" of Blue Note in the 90s.
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Exactly! Would love the Tone Poet treatment on this but in the meantime I will definitely buy the MOV version.
 
Selaws said:
I agree that Braith is underappreciated and this release should be picked up for sure.

However, isn't it the other way around? I was always under the impression that Kirk "pioneered" the style of playing.

Although all credit to Braith for inventing the monstrous Braithophone!!

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I guess so, although Kirk really didn't make much headway until later and Braith had the exposure of Blue Note. Hard to say who is really the pioneer, as there were obscure players putting two horns in their mouth much earlier. Braith is a more straight up player in many ways, and that Braithophone is so cool!!
 
RHANDMJ said:
Now that the next round of BN Classics have been announced, I might just sell my Music Matters 45 copies of Adams Apple, Evolution, Point of Departure and Unity if anyone wants to pry them out of my hands.

Holding on to my original RVG Common Touch though!
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How much for the Adams Apple?
 
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