Comments on: Today on eBay: Tal, Drew, Kenny Dorham, True Blue

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Price Updates: Roy & Diz, Tal, Stone Martin, Drew | jazzcollector.com — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:03:34 +0000

[…] there are still bargains to be found. Also, please take a look at our earlier post on this album Today on eBay: Tal, Drew, Kenny Dorham, True Blue. I had mentioned that my good friend Dan Axelrod was a good friend and protege of Tal, and he shares […]

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:52:33 +0000

Dan: very interesting stuff. Thanks for the info.

By: Dan Axelrod

Dan Axelrod — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:07:12 +0000

THe 12″ contains 4 additional tracks originally issued on a Norgran compilation -Swing Guitars also featuring tracks by Barney Kessel and Oscar Moore. Those 4 tracks weren’t leftovers from another session-they were recorded on April 25,’55 for that compilation, and later used to fill out the TF Album 12″.

Interestingly, the 12″ contains an annoying high pitched audio glitch (leakage from a bias tone)
on several tracks (love nest, my old flame), but the 10″ is clean. The 12″ also contaions a different version of ‘wind and rain’, and like many 12″ reissues, the sound is smoother…more tempered- but the hot high end tone on the 10″ makes the guitar jump off those grooves.

By: Rudolf A. Flinterman

Rudolf A. Flinterman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:33:29 +0000

what is strange about the Tal Farlow album is the fact that, according to Jepsen, the 12″ and 10″ versions contain the same number of tracks. So, either the 12″ is a short one, or the 10″ a vey long one, or they have cut in the tracks of the ten incher. Richard Bock of Pacific Jazz would all the time “doctor” his takes, it was not Norman Granz’ habit, I believe.