I've been quite selective but the fact that I don't seem to have bought anything approach a dud makes me think I should have another look at the ones I skipped.
I've been quite selective but the fact that I don't seem to have bought anything approach a dud makes me think I should have another look at the ones I skipped.
The one I really missed out on was the Lee Morgan at the lighthouse - i know its not a tone poet, but I really wanted this and had it ordered at my local dealer, but Blue Note let him down and I missed it - damn. Keeping it on my wantlist but am not hopeful (Tony - take pity if one ever passes in front of you.... )
no - I have downloaded from Amazon prime, so have a virtual copy, and have the original 2lp on Vinyl. Not bought a CD for about 3 years........Have you got the CD box? I bought that and I’m perfectly happy with it. To be honest I think I’d have been disappointed with the vinyl as the bass sound is just so poor (it is a naff experimental amplified acoustic bass, the amp mic’d up). The CD box gets you everything and sounds as good as it can (the other instruments are great, the tubby boxy amplified thrum of the bass is the only issue).
58 Tone Poets have been released to date so far if you count the Ornette box set as one.Discogs says I’ve got 28 of them, so I’m definitely missing some.
Graham,Hancock’s lovely modal playing (Euterpe) reminds me of another frequently overlooked personal favourite of his - Inventions and Dimensions. The MM is superb, and it was available as a BN80 a couple of years ago - probably still is.
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Seems like Blue Note are taking full advantage of the popularity of the Tone Poet series by now auctioning off Test pressings of the earliest releases. You do get a sealed actual release version as well as the test pressing if you win. So for those who missed out on Wayne Shorter’s Etcetera and are prepared something exclusive :
https://store.bluenote.com/pages/auction?utm_campaign=214660_BNR - 6.15.22 Auction (Wayne Shorter)_231870_US&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dotmailer&dm_i=4YWU,4LMS,1YCQY3,MA2U,1
Worth pointing out test pressings very seldom hold any value beyond a similar condition first pressing of the title unless they are an obviously different or withdrawn cut (e.g. a track was swapped, a different mix, something like the legendary ‘RL’ cut of LZII or whatever). That’s *way* over value as-is!
I really like buying test pressings just because they're a bit different. And in some cases they can have value - I sold a Napalm Death test pressing for approx x10 the regular release even though it was VG grade. I've seen Sonic Youth test pressings make $100s. It feels like a market that's quite hard to predict.
From an audiophile perspective they are attractive in that you can be sure they are fresh off a clean new pair of the first-press stampers
True - but there are also many rejected test pressings, rejected for a whole host of reasons (cut too high, cut too low, vinyl not high enough grade, inconsistent quality, etc). Probably not the case with these TPs though.
In most respects different equates to more valuable.