Vinyl Me Please Anthology

Selaws said:
It was only a matter of time.

Going to be interesting how this one will play out. I wonder if its going to be a mix of classics with a couple of contemporary releases thrown into the mix. Im definitely going to be interested in this but it all depends on their picks if I already have any of them.
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Yeah I'm intrigued at which titles they go with, in particular which John Coltrane title they put in it. So many have been reissued (or scheduled to be reissued) lately. Maybe Live at Birdland? I don't think that has been reissued to vinyl yet.
 
TCell said:
Yeah I'm intrigued at which titles they go with, in particular which John Coltrane title they put in it. So many have been reissued (or scheduled to be reissued) lately. Maybe Live at Birdland? I don't think that has been reissued to vinyl yet.
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I'm more curious if they go with albums that don't have master tapes anymore...Chad at AS said they had a lot more on their list of proposed titles for the AS Impulse series but they don't have access to the master tapes so they crossed them off the list.

Also would QRP press this with the AS series already being done there? Seems like competition almost. Hoping RTI presses it at least.
 
TCell said:
In the AMA he made it sound like a bigger name label, so Impulse! makes the most sense. I know Acoustic Sounds has a bunch of Impulse! records coming in their series, but there are lots still out there.

A cross section of the label that hasn't had recent reissues would be great, something like:

Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson - The Great Kai & J.J. (Because it's Impulse #1)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Further Definitions
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, El Doud
Albert Ayler - In Greenwich Village
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile (I know we all have it, but they would likely put in a current contemporary artist, and this could use a new vinyl remaster and a nice clean pressing would be great.)

There's lots of other great artists/albums from Impuse! that would be awesome too...Pharoah Sanders, Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef, Max Roach, Diana Krall, et al.
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Well, I called these as a cross-section of Impulse! back in June, so I'll stay with these as my guesses.

Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson - The Great Kai & J.J. (Because it's Impulse #1)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Further Definitions
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, El Doud
Albert Ayler - In Greenwich Village
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
 
TCell said:
Well, I called these as a cross-section of Impulse! back in June, so I'll stay with these as my guesses.

Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson - The Great Kai & J.J. (Because it's Impulse #1)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Further Definitions
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, El Doud
Albert Ayler - In Greenwich Village
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
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as much as i want it, i would be absolutely shocked if they got Ptah...I really doubt Impulse would leave all that money on the table to put such a desired and needed reissue into a limited VMP box set.

Mingus plays piano is awesome though. And would love some Pharoah Sanders.
 
TCell said:
Well, I called these as a cross-section of Impulse! back in June, so I'll stay with these as my guesses.

Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson - The Great Kai & J.J. (Because it's Impulse #1)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra - Further Definitions
John Coltrane - Africa/Brass
Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, El Doud
Albert Ayler - In Greenwich Village
Chico Hamilton - The Dealer
Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
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Anything Alice Coltrane has been really hot for the past few years so it would be a big win for them to include one of her albums.

I feel like it would benefit from one of Sonny Rollins' releases (On Impulse! is my favourite!) and I have always had a soft spot for Archie Shepp's Four For Trane. There's also Pharoah Sanders and Gil Evans. A big inclusion would be The Blues And The Abstract Truth.

Damn, I don't envy having to cut this one down to a handful.
 
Selaws said:
Anything Alice Coltrane has been really hot for the past few years so it would be a big win for them to include one of her albums.

I feel like it would benefit from one of Sonny Rollins' releases (On Impulse! is my favourite!) and I have always had a soft spot for Archie Shepp's Four For Trane. There's also Pharoah Sanders and Gil Evans. A big inclusion would be The Blues And The Abstract Truth.

Damn, I don't envy having to cut this one down to a handful.
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Sonny Rollins - On Impulse! and Oliver Nelson - Blues & The Abstract Truth both just had reissues with the Acoustic Sounds Series. Never say never with VMP, but I can't imagine they'd do those.
 
TCell said:
Sonny Rollins - On Impulse! and Oliver Nelson - Blues & The Abstract Truth both just had reissues with the Acoustic Sounds Series. Never say never with VMP, but I can't imagine they'd do those.
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Ah great point, I forgot about that series! Plus they have Shepp's Attica Blues as Classics so they won't go back to that particular title.

Imagine if they DONT include a Coltrane record :ROFLMAO:
 
Selaws said:
Ah great point, I forgot about that series! Plus they have Shepp's Attica Blues as Classics so they won't go back to that particular title.

Imagine if they DONT include a Coltrane record :ROFLMAO:
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Maybe Alfie by Sonny Rollins makes it in?

I'm also not sure which Coltrane record they do considering the missing tapes. Does Crescent have a forthcoming reissue?

I kinda hate playing the guessing game because I'm almost always disappointed.
 
MikeH said:
Maybe Alfie by Sonny Rollins makes it in?

I'm also not sure which Coltrane record they do considering the missing tapes. Does Crescent have a forthcoming reissue?

I kinda hate playing the guessing game because I'm almost always disappointed.
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Maybe they aren't going with the original tapes on this one. It would pretty crazy for them to compile an Impulse! box without him.......although stranger things have happened from VMP.

Yeah, I totally get you on that one. It's a case of building the perfect box in your mind and unless they tick off each release then you are never going to be fully happy.
 
Selaws said:
Maybe they aren't going with the original tapes on this one. It would pretty crazy for them to compile an Impulse! box without him.......although stranger things have happened from VMP.

Yeah, I totally get you on that one. It's a case of building the perfect box in your mind and unless they tick off each release then you are never going to be fully happy.
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The main thing that gives me pause about this set is Chad Kassem pretty much saying that they wanted to do tons of impulse titles but couldn't because they weren't happy with the state of the tapes/there weren't any tapes. AS has been trying to do more Impulse titles for years so not sure what VMP would magically do to press albums that AS couldn't. It's part of why Chad had to use old metalwork on a lot of those AS reissue records.

I feel like to tell the story of Impulse, you have to include at least:

*John Coltrane
*Alice Coltrane
*Mingus
*McCoy Tyner
*Ray Charles
*Chico Hamilton
*Ellington
*Ahmad Jamal
*Albert Ayler
*Archie Shepp
*Pharoah Sanders

then you have maybe Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Elvin Jones (would love them to do Heavy Sounds with Richard Davis), Freddie Hubbard, Gabor Szabo, JJ Johnson, Charlie Haden (seems like a VMP kinda pick), and newer stuff like Comet is Coming or Sons of Kemet. There's such a huge array of important albums and incredible artists. I think I'd take Impulse's catalogue over Blue Note's even...
 
Selaws said:
Ah great point, I forgot about that series! Plus they have Shepp's Attica Blues as Classics so they won't go back to that particular title.

Imagine if they DONT include a Coltrane record :ROFLMAO:
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The only way there isn't a John Coltrane record is if they have a Coltrane Anthology planned, but even then one would think they would include a Coltrane record in The Story of Impuse! seeing as he was the driving force of the label.

I actually wonder if they do two John Coltrane records. Like an early, accessible album like Africa/Brass, and then a late period Spiritual / Free jazz one, like Expression.
 
Yeah sooooooo not sure what I expected, but due to all of the QC issues lately I had built up a significant amount of store credit and decided to use it to buy the Philly International set. One big purchase and then I’m out.

I bought it yesterday! Then today they send out the email that it’s delayed until February. It was supposed to ship out this month. Did they really not know until today, that it would be delayed by 3 months! I get that supply chain issues are beyond their control but, come on.

Tried to make a clean break and got fucked again.

I guess the bright side is that if that Impulse set has the goods I can cancel the PI set and get it.
 
NewsFedora said:
They probably knew for a while that there'd be a delay but waited until they had a firm estimate before making the announcement.
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Yeahhhhhh probably. There is always a problem and always an excuse.

If you wrestle with pigs you get dirty. Not sure why I thought I could make a clean brake. Should have known better!
 
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