MUSIC MATTERS BLUE NOTES, cutting a bunch more the week after next!!

Keep 'em coming Steve!

 

Steve, you're teasing us - so many goodies to come.

 

Steve,
Are these tapes for titles not in the 64 listed on the Music Matters web site?

 

Thanks for the quick reply.

 

Photograph those tape boxes! We want to see!

 

yes please....i'd love to see them as well...digital camera make life so easy...

 

Could it be they playback the tapes on the wrong tape machine?

So they all get a characteristic sound from that, let alone the strange equalization - and on the RVG series compression - added afterward?

 

Don't mean to threadcrap here, but wow! If I have enough money, Capitol Records will just send me a crate full of master tapes so that I can decide if I feel like issuing them? Obviously you guys all have a track record here, but wow! Well, now I know what to do when I win the lottery!

Geoff

 

Be nice to know if Mobley's 'Slice of the Top' was in one of those crates and makes the cut list for a future MM SACD release? Sadly, that great session -- originally released as a BN Connoisseur -- is way oop and usually difficult to acquire for less than an arm and a leg.

 

Steve, can that be due to some A/D converters that are being used or is it more complicated then that or just an EQ issue?. Thanks.

 

That is a damn good album.

 

Hello!

I hope the Clifford Brown release is in that crate!!! I can't wait to hear Brownie with the Hoffman/Gray treatment. Peace. Robert

 

Hi Robert,

I don't want to get into a discussion just yet about titles, since we need to go through these and see what is OK and what isn't. HOWEVER, since you specifically asked, and just this once, yes, the Clifford Brown tapes are there. I'm as eager as you to hear them, along with all the rest!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Joe

 

Joe,
Can I surmise that Music Matters will be releasing more than the originally listed 64 titles?

 

Yes, you can Robert. So many great titles in that catalog! We're like kids in the candy store!

 

You and me both brother Steve! To hear the great Brownie in true High Fidelity, you're basically talking about these incredible Blue Note sides along with his work on EmArcy. By the way, two of the EmArcy LPs have been re-issued in fine form by Speakers Corner: Study In Brown and Clifford Brown All Stars. For you Brownie fans out there don't miss these and certainly do not miss our Clifford Brown Memorial Album, which is a combination of two Blue Note ten inch LPs in one set.

Steve, the perfect holiday celebration to me is hanging out with you, Kev and Ron will all of these juicy tapes!

Oh man! I'm getting all excited!

cheers

Joe

 

Did someone say Clifford Brown!?

Oh my gosh.....let's hope we have some good tapes here folks!

I agree with you there Joe, The SC of Both All Stars and A Study In, are great. And don't forget about the Clifford Brown with Strings on the JPN Universal, I think it is very good. I love that album.

 

Steve-

When you "evaluate" do you cue up the tapes, and then sit in the sweet spot and listen to the entire tape?

Do you sit still and listen for 45 minutes?

Are you taking notes?
Listening for the condition of the tapes/ thinking about possible EQ decisions?



Clay

 

Thanks, Joe, but I'm Dave not Robert.

 

Interesting. Is there some sort of coordination with AP about who gets what titles? How do you avoid overlaps and hard feelings?

 

Hello!

Thanks for the response Joe! Brownie still has the ability to make the hair on my neck stand up. I would give a kidney for a Hoffman/Gray 45RPM of the Helen Merrill session with Brownie on Emarcy! Peace. Robert