Verve Record Club

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Verve Record Club

Sounds promising. RKS & RTI.

• $47 – Month to month

• $135 – 3 months ($45 a month)

• $258 – 6 months ($43 a month)

• $492 – 12 months ($41 a month)

Discover the Next Evolution in Jazz Vinyl Collecting with the Verve Record Club​

Verve and Impulse Records are thrilled to introduce the Verve Record Club — a must-have membership for any jazz vinyl aficionado.

This is your exclusive pass to own some of the most legendary recordings in jazz history, newly reissued with the highest fidelity, along with rare, previously unreleased material you won’t find anywhere else.

Our inaugural release in February will be the John Coltrane Quartette album, Coltrane, followed by Nina Simone’s High Priestess of Soul and Louis Armstrong’s Hello, Dolly.

Future releases will spotlight more icons, including Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, Ahmad Jamal, and Sarah Vaughan, along with treasures from Verve, Impulse!, Mercury, CTI, Decca, MGM, and other legendary labels.

All titles will be newly mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI and packaged in deluxe tip-on jackets.

The Verve Record Club is your gateway to a richer, deeper musical experience, where timeless music meets unmatched quality.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Oh man. RKS! Very cool.

 

[RHANDMJ]

I see this as several things.

1. A repudiation of Chad and his very limited knowledge/taste.

2. Squeezing Chad out the middle.

3. A recognition that VMP isn't a force any longer and won't get decent catalog titles.

4. An attempt to lock down customers in a market that is saturated and who are becoming more selective as a result.

If they say 'AAA' I believe it. Very large sections of true analog masters in the Verve/Impulse/Universal catalogs went up in smoke. Universal sent out a worldwide request for any and all copy tapes sent to international affiliates. So many, but by far not all, have good 2nd or 3rd gen copies available. RKS can get great sound from them.

 

[MikeH]

I see this as several things.

1. A repudiation of Chad and his very limited knowledge/taste.

2. Squeezing Chad out the middle.

3. A recognition that VMP isn't a force any longer and won't get decent catalog titles.

4. An attempt to lock down customers in a market that is saturated and who are becoming more selective as a result.

If they say 'AAA' I believe it. Very large sections of true analog masters in the Verve/Impulse/Universal catalogs went up in smoke. Universal sent out a worldwide request for any and all copy tapes sent to international affiliates. So many, but by far not all, have good 2nd or 3rd gen copies available. RKS can get great sound from them.

The “newly mastered from tape” vs “cut from tape” makes me think this series is not AAA…

As for point 1, all of the titles so far seem like Chad picks. Tons of vocal jazz listed so far.

I’ll wait for reviews on this but for the price, I think it’s pretty wild especially if they aren’t AAA.