I’ve been meaning to write this post for a few months, but life has a habit of getting in the way. Anyway, last month I wrote a post about my experiences with the Craft OJC Series (Old Vinyl, New Bottles, Craft OJCs), and now I shall write about my experiences buying a few “new” titles from the Blue Note catalogue. At the time I brought the Crafts, I bought five records from Blue Note. Two were from the Tone Poet Series: Dexter Gordon Landslide and Sonny Red, Out of the Blue. Two were from the Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series, Hank Mobley, Roll Call, and Horace Silver, Serenade to a Soul Sister. The final record was a new discovery, Horace Silver, Silver in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse. Read more


