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Art Blakey and The New Jazzmen – Live In Paris ’65 – Sam Records 180 Vinyl LP
A never-before released Art Blakey 1965 live recordings. First official release with the full permission and cooperation of the Art Blakey Estate & INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel).
Art Blakey, Live in ’65 boasts an exceptional one-hour concert from Paris in 1965. This performance showcases one of the few undocumented Blakey bands, the New Jazzmen, featuring Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, Reggie Workman on bass, Nathan Davis on sax, and, of course, Blakey on drums.
Bud Shank – Barefoot Adventure – Impex Records 180g Vinyl LP
Ben Webster – At the Renaissance – Concord Records 180g Vinyl
Recorded live at The Renaissance in Hollywood, CA on Oct 14 1960, Ben Webster “At the Renaissance” was released on Contemporary Records.
Featuring with Saxophonist Webster are Jim Hall (guitar), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Red Mitchell (bass), and Frank Butler (drums).
This new edition, released as part of the Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a tip-on jacket.
Steely Dan – Gaucho – Analogue Productions SACD
In their review of Gaucho, Rolling Stone proclaims, “Steely Dan have perfected the aesthetic of the tease. Their sound is as slippery as their (lyrical) irony.”
Gaucho — the seventh studio album by Steely Dan released in November 1980 — and Grammy-winner for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording, was also nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan – Mofi 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl Mono LP
The Understated Debut That Launched A Peerless Career: Bob Dylan Is The Clearest Connection To The Singer-Songwriter's Folk Roots
Pressed On Mofi Supervinyl For Reference Playback: Mobile Fidelity 33Rpm Supervinyl Mono Lp Features The Direct Sound Dylan Intended
1/4" / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mono) – Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Series 45 rpm 180g Vinyl
Sonny Rollins – East Broadway Run Down – Impulse (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl
Seeking to offer definitive audiophile grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded, Verve's Acoustic Sounds vinyl reissue series utilizes the skills of top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings. All titles are mastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co. in high-quality gatefold sleeves with tip-on jackets.
The releases are supervised by Chad Kassem, CEO of Acoustic Sounds, the world's largest source for audiophile recordings.
Teddy Edwards and Howard McGhee – Together Again!!!! – Contemporary Records (Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g Vinyl
Another Howard McGhee cut, Together Again!!!! (recorded just before Maggie's Back in Town!!), is a collaboration between McGhee and his old friend, saxophonist Teddy Edwards. Also featuring Phineas Newborn, Jr on piano, the sultry, otherworldly "Misty" is a spectacular entwining of each musician's superpowers and the golden mean of musicianship led the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings to declare that Together Again!!!! is "one of the best mainstream albums of its day."
This new edition, released as part of the Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series, features (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at QRP, and presented in a Stoughton Printing tip-on jacket.
Wilson Pickett – The Exciting Wilson Pickett – Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) 180g 45rpm 2 LP Vinyl
Limited edition clear vinyl LP Wilson Pickett's The Exciting Wilson Pickett Part of Atlantic Records' 75th Anniversary vinyl collection
The Exciting Wilson Pickett! launched four crossover hit singles (including 2 No. 1s!) for the artist on its way to landing at No. 3 on the Billboard R&B charts and No. 21 on the Popular Albums chart in 1966. The chart-toppers are "In The Midnight Hour," "Land of a Thousand Dances" "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" and "Ninety-nine and a Half (Won't Do)." The deeper album cuts hold significant appeal as well and include standards "Something You Got," "Barefootin'" and "Mercy Mercy" as well as several original tunes with Memphis Soul greats Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and David Porter.
