Comments on: Back in Jazz Vinyl Action

By: Gregory The Fish

Gregory The Fish — Tue, 24 May 2016 21:31:07 +0000

Mac,

I guess what’s weird for me is that the inside of Davis’ nostrils seems to be the point of focus.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 24 May 2016 06:58:56 +0000

interesting discussion on Sonny Boy. Tour de Force is an album of extremes, three incredibly fast numbers and two ballads with vocals. I find the fast numbers too fast, it is showing off for nothing, like a boy skating on the ice ring to impress the girls. After the speed, Sonny’s interventions on the ballads are almost a relief. In that sense the album is very balanced. Owners of Sonny Boy will not have this pleasure. I have dug Earl Coleman, ever since Bird made a number or two with him. I have Sonny Boy, of course, but the better album for me is Tour de Force. For sure, Tour de Force is not amongst Sonny’s best. In the same period “Sound of Sonny” on Riverside is on the top of my list, and to be found at very reasonable prices.

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 23 May 2016 23:04:29 +0000

@GtF,

I would say the Davis Cup photo is not dorky, but creepy. I definitely would have other chase titles to spend $1000+ on … if I had that to spend, that is.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 23 May 2016 21:51:42 +0000

Mark – ring wear, a corner clip, and a blob of sticker residue. Far from crisp!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 23 May 2016 21:43:39 +0000

Was the cover on the Brooks super clean? I could see that being a reason for it going above the normal $75ish range as it seems like a cover that’s prone to wear. My first copy had a mint cover in shrink but the vinyl was marked up pretty good. My current copy has clean vinyl but a slightly worn cover. In retrospect should have kept my first copy to make a “perfect” one but alas…oh the problems collector nerds face haha…

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 23 May 2016 20:55:43 +0000

Davis Cup is, in my opinion, good – not great, but good. I’d have a hard time parting with the amount of money it would take to replace my King pressing with an original, however.

I was surprised to see bullsite2000 get nearly $200 for the Roy Brooks on Workshop Jazz. I never thought of it as an album that would get more than $80 at auction.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Mon, 23 May 2016 19:34:19 +0000

GST – that’s a very good point, I never thought of it that way.

By: GST

GST — Mon, 23 May 2016 18:48:22 +0000

@Joe L One could, and Joe Goldberg does on the liner notes, argue Sonny Boy is a better album. As Joe writes, “The track which gave this set its title, Sonny Boy, was recorded at the session which produced a previous Rollins album, Tour de Force. As Ira Gitler commented on the notes to that LP, “At Sonny’s request, Earl Coleman as on hand to sing two very romantic numbers.” It was felt, after the release of the album that the two vocals detracted from the overall feeling of the set. Therefore it was decided to retain the three instrumentals which had appeared on the album, and add the two new discoveries.)”

So although it’s reuses some of the tracks from Tour de Force I tend to agree it feels like a different, and to me better, album.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 23 May 2016 17:39:20 +0000

Al: I wish you a quick recovery.
Davis Cup has more to say for it than you would imagine. Some nice Caribean tinged originals by Walter, worked out well by a more than competent team. I would say that this record is above the average run of the mill Blue Note album,
of which there too many.

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Mon, 23 May 2016 16:01:09 +0000

glad you are well, Al.

i’ve always been under the impression that davis cup was one of the few blue notes whose collectible status was based entirely on being on blue note, though admittedly i haven’t heard it and i just think the cover photo is dorky. at least i’m honest. anyone care to weigh in?

the jazztet is great in all of its forms, and i have only an original mercury stereo pressing of the band that has one skip in it. 🙁 i passed on “meet the jazztet” on argo for $5 in NM/NM one time because I was in a hurry. so sad.