Tone Poet Blue Notes

I was holding off on San Francisco as well at first, but in the end chickened out as it already sold out on a number of sites. In the end overall I paid about £27 at Amazon (with free prime delivery), but I had a £25 voucher that relieved the pain a little.

It seems most dealers are now charging about £24.50 up for BN Classics plus postage. OK the BN store charges £22 plus £3.50 postage (sold out anyway), but I won’t buy from them because of too many past problems. If I can get into London I’ll buy in person from Honest Jon’s where I usually get a little discount, but that is not always possible,

 

At The Half Note Cafe arrived in today’s mail. Looking forward to comparing it to my 1986 US reissue!

 

I believe that this was a problem with certain batches of Mofi sleeves a while back. People complained of them leaving a powdery white residue on their records.

 

It came out at £25 (with the GG a couple of quid cheaper) and has gone up £5.

 

I didn’t have another pressing of it and had not heard it before. I just took punt based on the line up, but Joe & Kevin have done a great job on an excellent RVG live recording. Gives us your thoughts after you compare.

 

I have quite a few records in these MoFi inner sleeves so I checked through a few and mine look OK. I generally regard these as the best inner sleeves, but they getting a bit expensive now. The Spincare ones mentioned above seem as good, but I wish they marked the open end as they don’t open so easy just using one hand while the other holds the record while not touching the playing area.

 

I agree! The open end is opposite the 'wide end' but then you have to remember that! They are better than the sort with no rice paper insert but no they don't open very easily. I much prefer the sort that comes with the Classic series (for me with my disability) but they don't slide into a Stoughton so well and they are very bulky in a double gatefold or a bigger set. I'm glad I don't have thousands of records for sure.

 

I'm still holding out - hurry up and them up folks

 

The TP of The Remarkable Carmell Jones is now on Amazon for preorder at just over £34. Delivery 3rd March.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BS1DJL7C/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

 

Just listened to both, and it was such a nice reminder of how good the Byrd/Adams/Pearson combo was!

Much prefer the TP over my 1986 DMM version. The TP has smoother, more balanced overall sound, with bass notes sounding much more clear. By contrast, the DMM sounds thinner, even a bit harsh in the treble. I like the DMM version and have played it quite a few times over the years, but it is clearly time to sell it on. I’ll keep my 1963 stereo version of volume 2 in the hope that it someday also gets the TP treatment.

 

Joe Harley has confirmed that Volume 2 is going to be a Tone Poet, but it’s seems it is not likely to get a release til 2025. It seems he and Kevin have now mastered all of the proposed 2024 and have started on 2025. So seems the Tone Poets will going for sometime. Probably longer than me.

 

£140 now - will it keep going down?!

 

Might buy it again. It’s fantastic!

 

I commend Harley for picking the more obscure and less obvious titles for TP but I suspect the Ornette box is not popular. I also passed on it, preferring to just stick with my early pressings of some of the records. Contrast this box with the 12LP Lee Morgan live at the Lighthouse box. Not sure of the number of sets produced in comparison but that one is a lot harder to find. In fact my dealer was only allotted a single box when he actually ordered 3.

 

Mine arrives tomorrow!

I think he is quite brilliant and this box set will be a treat I'm sure.

 

Not a TP but I noticed Sam Records in France have released Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Olympia Concert mastered by Kevin Gray.

https://samrecords.fr/produit/art-blakey-the-jazz-messengers-olympia-concert-fontana-1958/