hope you do well ...... long time i not seen a new video post from you ....... pretty sure soon it´s time again ...... byebye from berlin/german jazz pianist andreas schmidt
CD's have stability they say. Why is my favourite album of all time looking immaculate and still jumps around and refuses to play in my CD player. CD's sound great. But they are fragile and problematic. Records have many flaws too and annoying pops and clicks if not cleaned regular and deep water cleans in a cleaner but good mastering on a record can sound amazing. But equally poor mastering can sound awful on vinyl. It is a lucky dip. But a shelf of plastic CD's I will pass on as there is no emotion. I could just stream it and not have the clutter.
Blowing like the great Charlie Parker, blinding speed, what note did McLean not know? Pays to study, especially practice, I have an alto, much practice is needed for me to get this great.
Rich - all I can say is I collect ALL labels and I love all jazz. By example, I just nabbed an OG mono John Coltrane “Africa/Brass” on Impulse that sounds spectacular. Whoah! You guessed it RVG in the dead wax. BUT there is nothing like an early pressing of a Blue Note with Rudy’s magic. I rotate in a selection of Blue Note’s weekly on my turntable - increasingly OG, but a lot of represses as OGs are so expensive. But I listen to Sidewinder every week and dance like Alfred Lion. It is the scratchiest piece of vinyl I have, but yet inexplicably the best sounding. Magic. All hail RVG and Blue Note. No apologies necessary.
Rich awesome Sonny Clark Trio find for $25 . I never seen an OJC Rollins plays Bird in the wild . Never knew that about Blue Train the non RVG stereo pressings. Rich I’m definitely on the hunt Mal -1 OJC it’s one I never see the original is way out my budget .
Yes, that Sonny Clark record is in every jazz record shop in Japan, and, like you, I always check the pressing. I waited for a few years to buy it in the hope of getting a good pressing cheaply, but few weeks ago I managed to find a UA stereo pressing for 2,500 Yen. It sounds great, and I thought that was a good deal and was quite pleased with myself ....... until l watched this video!
Hi Rick , lovin this video Picked up a maiden voyage at local pawn shop United artist pressing for $2 Canadian Checked on discogs It was 1977 repress Vg plus , lucky day For me , keep ‘em coming , regards Lorenz🇨🇦
My understanding is stores cut the corners of stock that was sold on clearance that was not returnable. For some reason a lot of Blue Note '70s reissues have cut corners.
Man, Rich! This was killer! It’s only been about 6 months since I’ve returned from Japan and this is making me want to go back even more! Great finds and that Sony Clark Liberty Mono with the RVG for $25?!?!?! A score of a lifetime! As for your question about pairing Liberty/Blue Label-Era jackets and vinyl, I’m for it! Frankensteining is normal in my opinion and I don’t think people should get too riled up. Same thing is said with an Original Jacket with a Liberty/Earless. Anyways, awesome finds and I’m beyond happy for you!
Love the channel, great finds and great prices. Love how particular you are with condition. Funny all the jazz getting bought up again by the western market. The Japanese bought all the jazz and took it over there. The circle of life 😀 I used to own a record store and used to have vans pulling up of Japanese buying all the deep house & techno back in the day
Glad you asked man, I made it! You should check out my modular synth channel @r-omega ☺ You can hear the whole song on my channel, it's called "Ako's Arrival".
When I first started collecting Blue Note, it was Japanese import CDs from Toshiba in the mid-1990s. Each Japanese CD had an insert showing 20 to 25 other Blue Note album covers from the 1500 series and I used to obsess over looking through those. That’s how I built my CD collection. I also had the cover art book and did the same as you. I do have a bunch of blue note vinyl, and most of it is more contemporary pressings, nothing valuable. But I do have a pretty sizable blue note CD collection, and even though it seems very trendy and popular to collect original vinyl copies these days, I still hang onto my CDs and stand by them as vital in my listening to and learning about jazz over the past 30 years.
I had the same thoughts as you a couple of years ago and went from solid state to tubes. I’ve had a couple of newer tube amps but to me many of them sound very much as a solid state amplifier. I’ve had Line magnetic, primaluna evo and Copland. My audio friend lent me a Dynaco Pas 2/Stereo 35 combo. And together with a Klipsch Forte it has unreal musicality! I had very preconceived opinions about older gear but it is really superb. So for me this gives me 1)That warm jazz sound I like 2) A preamp and power amp is better overall than a integrated amp, much more control 3) cheaper alternative and more money for records. Thanks for a very informative channel and good luck with your hifi journey!
Agreed! Contemporary and Stereo Records are great and I’d even say it’s comparable to Blue Note’s fidelity! It’s kinda hard to find clean copies here at least in San Diego but I’d agree with your statement!
I think it's a well-known fact that Roy DuNann was "the king of fidelity" (but he didn't cut records as hot as Rudy and as a consequence Rudy's records have superior SNR). I have heard many Contemporary albums and I don't own any. I keep trying but none of them ever pull me in. Of course, the engineering can be mind-blowing but we have to connect with the music as well. Clearly a lot of people love those records though and I get it.
Rich love this episode I agree Blue Note is tops for me those 50’s & 60’s cut by Rudy Van Gelder are so monumental the covers definitely drew me in . I’m still lusting for OG copy of Hank Mobley Soul Station and John Coltrane Blue Train I doubt I’ll will ever own it over the years collecting I could never afford a copy so the reissues have to do. Online buying is a gamble I’ve been burned a few times but learned . Rich i appreciate your insight on the label thank you.
I love the passion and authenticity Rich! But have to respectfully disagree (and agree with ako-san) with you about Blue Note . It all sounds just too arranged and formulaic ( with notable exceptions of Dolphy and Andrew Hill maybe )
Obsessing over Blue Note to me this is like putting together a library of books focused primarily on the publishing house because you like the quality of the dust covers and typesetting. Blue Note has amazing titles, but if it’s about the music, it seems logical to follow a musician’s catalog through multiple labels.
