Just got Adam's Apple (2 months after this video) and you're so right. It is such a pleasant surprise to me, who also had not heard one note of it. It's awesome. Your reaction in this vid definitely got my attention. I'm beyond stoked that I pulled the trigger and bought it. The sound is sublime, the music is very accessible and both are skillfully rendered.
Hi Dan, I'm so happy when I hear comments like this, that you gave a chance to something I was excited about and it met all your expectations. That makes doing this all worthwhile and encourages me to continue. That's is so awesome, enjoy! Great to hear from you always.
@@ThePressingMatters it is uncanny how your tastes and mine are so similar. And, we're at a similar spot in our jazz journey, I have a hunch. Because of our previous overlap, your reaction definitely tipped the scale immediately. Thanks for the videos!
@@dank.6942 I know, that's so cool that we are essentially on the same page with regard to jazz. It's so great to making friends here on the channel, that's one aspect of this I love. I have no one locally I can share my passion with - no one I know locally is into audio or vinyl, but I've started to make connections a bit outside of the Miami area.
Thank you for the very nice report of your impressions - yours match with mine. Acoustic Sounds 'We Get Requests' was a must for me, and it is no disappointment. SQ for me is a 8.5/10 (what is excellent!) Unity was new to me, so I first listed to the digital version on Qobuz, before I decided to skip the vinyl. On 'Adam's Apple' I had high expectations after listening to the digital version. I can only agree with you: It is amazing!!!
Thank you, I'll pull Unity out every so often to see if something clicks. Sometimes it's just a matter of mood for these things to hit me the right way.
@@ThePressingMatters I'm enjoying the journey of exploration just like you. The Wayne Shorter you mentioned was a surprise for me when I had a listen tonight. I find there's a lot of groupthink around the rerelease schedules which is hard to break free from or, rather, its hard to avoid listing the usual suspects. I really like the Tord Gustavsen Trio on ECM. Rare on vinyl, the album 'The other side' sounds great, very mellow if that's your thing. More avant garde, Roland Kirk's Bright Moments is on Pure Pleasure. Oh Yeah by Mingus on Speakers Corner. All the Sam Records stuff. Some japanese pressings by Kenny Dorham and Wynton Kelly that have been out of print at AP. Literally avant garde, Visions of Light by the Ismael ensemble, the comp We Out Here, and Kokoroko are all fine examples of contemporary London-based Jazz. Jim Hall's Concierto is lovely, not sure how the Pure Pleasure Reissue stacks up. Charlie Haden's Nocturne is recent if you like a little latin inflection. I could go on...!
Have you thought about joining some of the livestreams? there's some good jazz-oriented stuff, obviously much harder to get a classical conversation going.
Yep. Nicely done for a quasi-jazz neophyte… Adams Apple, The Soothsayer, Speak No Evil, Ju-Ju, Night Dreamer, all superlative stuff from Shorter!! And whoever said ‘We Get Requests’ is on the edge of dinner/lounge jazz knows his stuff! Petersons other more straight-bop stuff on Verve and Mercury is better to me. Thus endeth the lesson.
Hi John, Welcome to the channel! Thank you for your comment - I'm hoping we see the albums you mentioned in the Tone Poet or Classic Series. I'll trust your word on these. I get that We Get Requests might not rock your world, but for me it was very pleasant if not particularly challenging! I'm so glad you found the channel and hope you'll share your insight in future discussions!
I think you will love Gene Ammons AP series, if you can still get them, that's what got me into Jazz, now I am really enjoying whole lot of other Jazz Musicians, and I have been listening to Jazz everyday for 2.5 years now, unbelievable.....
Thank you for your suggestion. That one is next on my Prestige "must buy" list. Several people who have noticed my emerging taste in jazz have suggested that record. I'm glad to be exploring this important genre, it a logical next step after rock and classical. Thanks again for your comment and for tuning into this video today.
For those who like their Jazz infected ( in a good way) with keyboards.You should check out some old 1970s/80s Jazz Fusion albums by David Sancious. You've heard him before. He was on many Bruce Springsteen albums; remember the ending of Rosalita? He was Springsteen's keyboardist, his early stuff and then some of his later albums. He formed his own band David Sancious & Tone. I like Transformation and Just As I thought. I didn't warm to The Bridge & Forest Of Feelings on first listen, but they will get more chances. He's an amazing keyboard player and very well recorded with often amazing dynamics . He has a fairly lengthy Discography. Tomorrow I'll talk about another great Fusion keyboardist.
I wasn't aware of this artist, perhaps because I'm not deep into Springsteen, but I'll see if he's on any streaming services and take a listen. Thanks so much for the info - I love when you share this stuff with me, and it's great for others reading the comments. I'll be looking for your next comment!
@@ThePressingMatters Springsteen is a musical genius and a lyrical genius too. I think I have gotten more philosophical insights listening to Springsteen's music than even Bob Dylan's. The album Born To Run is his mass market favorite, but his best albums are really The Wild The Innocent & The East Street Shuffle and Darkness On The Edge Of Town. I didn't know of I really liked Springsteen until I discovered the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album. On side 1 try Candy's Room, Racing In The Street, and The Promised Land. The tracks are one right after another in that order, in succession on side 1. I never knew a song like Racing In The Street, about the kind of guys who putz around with their cars could actually be so philosophically deep, and explore people's giving up on life and their dreams. When there were millions of people losing their good paying steel mill jobs and factory jobs back in the 1980s due to no limit on foreign imports, Springsteen questioned whether the government cared anything about people dreams, having a house and being able to support their families. He was a real spokesman for the common man, and with so many people losing their jobs, homes and their way of life, he donated lots of money to local meals for the poor places. He proves that your your Average Joe can be pretty deep. A lot of it came from his youth and living on the street in some tough neighborhoods in Jersey. In fact that's what the entire The Wild The Innocent... album is all about. It's a true musical and lyric masterpiece about the common man.
@@sidesup8286 Those two albums are the ones that I have considered getting over the years. I guess I need to seek them out now! I probably was put off by the mega smash albums, but I do like a few later things and own Tunnel of Love, which I like a lot.
@@ThePressingMatters Those 2 Springsteen albums are true classics in more ways than one. Not a bad track on either of them. The Wild The Innocent... even has tonal variety as he uses many instruments, even a tuba on the track about Circus life. The album is so serious in places and he injects great humor in other places. It is also very well recorded. A Brazilian pressing showed up here in the states, and even though it wasn't in nearly as good a condition as my U.S. pressing, it sounded cleaner, with every note sounding purer. Less bright also. South American pressings must be great; some of them.
You might want to try the Chet Baker reissues on Sam or Craft. Also, Impex and Pure Pleasure do some nice AAA reissues. Bill Evans Trio 64 and Trio 65 are also very good in the Acoustic Sounds series. The OJC (Original Jazz Classics) series from Fantasy was AAA until about 15 years ago - in the 80s/90s, they pressed hundreds of Prestige, Riverside, Galaxy, and Contemporary titles that can still be found at reasonable;e prices and they sound outstanding.
I discovered the great Chet Baker reissues from Craft. Picked up three so far. My favorite is Chet. A top record for me. Good suggestion! I'll try out a Sam release soon too. I did pick up those two Trio albums and they are great - also have the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debbie, and portrait in Jazz. I enjoyed Eastern Sounds, Monks Dream and Mingus Ah Um One Steps. I like the Duke Ellington Indigos and the one with Johnny Hodges Side by Side. Looking to get Legrand Jazz from Impex. My collection is growing rapidly! Thanks for the suggestions! I have several Kind of Blue, and I'm really hesitating on adding the UHQR 45 at that price. Crazy, as I have the Classic 45.
Thanks Tony, it's definitely a new road for me, and I probably wouldn't have taken it so soon had it not been for these current reissue campaigns. The combination of the great labels, artists, all analog remastering by the best in the business, and generally great pressing quality has sold me. The glossy Stoughtons are icing on the cake.
Scott. Great take on these records. I completely relate to your position on jazz and agree it takes some listening to get into the “experimental “ stuff. I too like the easier listening releases and go to those releases more often when listening. I will pick up Adam’s Apple knowing you got into it immediately. Thanks
Thank you, Sir, for your comment! It's been an interesting journey, and as I move through it, my taste continues to evolve. I definitely started with easy to get into titles like Getz Gilberto, Time Out, and Kind of Blue, and vocal albums such as those by Ella and Billie. So delving head first into Blue Note has had a few challenging titles but overall a very rewarding experience. I found I liked the soul jazz titles, organ jazz, guitar stuff like Grant Green and Kenny Burrell. Love most of the classics of course too. Great time to explore for sure!
Hi. I've been listening to unity recently. Again I have to agree with you. It's really noisy. The horns drown out the organ. I miss the laid back vibe of into somethin. It's missing Grant Green. Maybe I'll warm to it eventually. I really like wayne shorter. I've not heard Adams apple yet I've just picked it up. I have listened to speak no evil, schizophrenia and etcetera. Etcetera is amazing. I loved it on first listen. Interesting compositions. Lots going on but doesn't sound thrown together. It doesn't sound like it's improvised. It just sounds right. Anything with herbie hancock on you know it's going to be good.
I got a mid-70s pressing of Adam's Apple a couple months ago that sounds excellent. It's definitely my favorite album from Wayne Shorter, it's the only one of his records I've heard where he goes for a more full tone on his sax for pretty much the whole record. To my ears he usually leans more into a pitchy sound I'm not always in the mood for (maybe that's what they call "multiphonics"). Herbie Hancock is great on it too, I really love when he's a sideman
You describe perfectly why I am attracted to the sound of this album over some others of his I've heard. I like the sound of the sax when it's more full and rounded. Just a great group of musicians and memorable tunes. My favorite of his by far.
Great video, always entertaining. I was surprised to hear you say this was your first Wayne Shorter, did you not pick up the blue note classic “Speak No Evil”? I really recommend getting Wayne Shorter’s first album on Blue Note “Night Dreamer” you can pick up a BN75 (mastered by Bernie Grundman)of that which sounds excellent and super cheap.
Hi Paul, thank you so much for watching and commenting. I realized when I filed Adams Apple that of course I had Speak No Evil! I even covered it in a very early video. Doing these videos off the cuff without a script, I sometimes forget something here or there. Speak No Evil is on my turntable now for a fresh listen. Absolute classic. Thank you for your recommendation of Night Dreamer. I actually was in a forum earlier and someone mentioned they hoped to see it in the Classic or Tone Poet series. I will take a look for the 75th in the meantime. I really appreciate any suggestions, your perspective is valued here by myself and the other commenters.
@@ThePressingMatters - Hi, Scott. I'm glad you're giving Speak No Evil a listen because it is truly a gem. And since you like Adam's Apple, give Wayne Shorter's, The Soothsayer a listen. I think you'll enjoy it too Unity doesn't do it for me so I'll pass on it. For me, the Blue Note titles (Bop/Hard Bop) are my "Jazz Club" music. I go to it when I'm looking for that Jazz venue feel, not for when I'm looking for a more intimate/emotional/relaxing/soul touching connection to the music. I have many other titles for that. Ahhhh, Sarah Vaughan or Bill Evans. Love Grant Green too. I'm trying gather a few of his albums now. Wes Montgomery is my man though! Also, We Take Requests is very good, it's not among his best work in my opinion. If you haven't already, check out Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson. Nice! Lastly, from what little I know of your listening preferences, Dexter Gordon's, One Flight Up is right up your alley!! Enjoy and look forward to your next video. Cheers!
@@ab2abblank607 You're right! One Flight Up is in my top 5 Tone Poets! Excellent. I'd love to get some Wes Montgomery. Why no reissues? I have the Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson in my wishlist. I can appreciate the hard bop titles but it's not what I love. Love vocal jazz albums, Sarah, Billie, Ella. I've covered a few favorites, Billie's Body And Soul 45, All Or Nothing At All 45. You might check out those two videos. I loved doing them because I was ecstatic about both of those!
@@ab2abblank607 Seems that you probably have a large collection, but if there is any reissue you would like me to cover, please let me know - I'd be happy to.
@@ThePressingMatters - Hey Scott. If you want to have some fun, try Katanga! by Curtis Amy and Dupree Bolton! You're in for a real treat!! Another little known gem under the Blue Note banner is Moment of Truth by Gerald Wilson. Great, great music! Enjoy!
We Get Requests was the 3rd or 4th jazz album I ever purchased. I was still getting into jazz at the time. It definitely contributed to my journey into loving jazz. I haven’t listened to it in a while. Time to break it out again. I haven’t heard the other titles but I’m going to give them a stream to see if they are albums I will buy.
Hi, welcome back! It's an album I would definitely recommend for someone just getting into jazz, so easy to love, and great sound to boot! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Anything else you can think of along those lines? Looking for my next purchase!
@@ThePressingMatters Some friends have laughed a bit when I recommended A Boy Named Charlie Brown as a good starter album when they asked me. A few others are pretty well known as “starter” jazz albums, KOB, Time Out, Getz Gilberto. I think many Bill Evans albums can work too. The first that comes to mind is Trio 64. If any there are any others you would recommend I would love to check them out.
@@quikspecv4d Those we're all my starter albums. I added Jazz Samba and Jazz Samba Encore shortly thereafter, The Billie and Ella albums on Verve came next, then into the current reissue series. Are you into vocal jazz albums?
@@ThePressingMatters I do like vocal jazz albums. I have quite a few. Not sure why I don’t think of them when recommending starter albums. Maybe I should rethink that.
No just preordered on Amazon with Prime. Get it pretty much on release day. I really prefer Amazon for these because I do return for exchange if there's problem. Prices can be great if you can wait til after release date. They usually drop quite a bit. There are always links for what I'm discussing in my description box.
I really like all three. I have the 45 of Regrets and it sounds phenomenal. Never heard Unity before the Classics reissue but loving it right on first listen. Agree with you, I pick up everything with Grant Green. Enjoyed the video.
Thank you. Definitely looking forward to Feelin' The Spirit! I just got a new set of tubes in my preamp and We Get Regrets sounds even better than when I did the video.
Enjoyed the video Scott. By the way, you have one of the best backgrounds of anyone doing record videos. The greenery is nicer than seeing the usual contrived spines of records in the background. I like good organ jazz too, as should most audiophiles, as the enormous air volume of the organ is a real audiophile delight if your system sounds airy and expansive; which it should. Some other great Jazz guys who made some great organ/ensemble recordings are Dr. Lonnie Smith, whose best known album is called Spiral. And there's another guy, whose name is almost identical, who is also a great Jazz organist: Lonnie Liston Smith. Some unique artists just have such a distinctive sound, that you just know its them within a a few seconds. Lonnie Liston Smith is one of those artists. His music is so relaxing, yet never boring and he uses little percussion instruments for effect throughout most of his music. His music is really interesting, and if anyone ever can be said to have their own sound, it's him. Speaking before of air volume. I had lived in places that have an 8 foot ceiling, a 9 foot ceiling and I think a 10 foot ceiling. The image height and overall sense of limitless expansion is always better with higher ceilings. If you've been living and playing your stereo somewhere that has 10 foot ceilings, it is a real major let down sonically, moving to someplace with an 8 foot ceiling. I just made an lp LOT find with still sealed blues records on old labels like Yazoo. Not my cup of tea to listen to usually, but finding old rare records is one thing, but finding them still sealed is really surprising.
Wow what a great find, those blues records are so rare, and sealed?! That's amazing! I was just talking room acoustics with a friend of mine last night and we were discussing exactly what you say about ceiling height and image size. Good observation. I'm stuck with 8ft for the moment :-( I've got one Lonnie Smith record so far, the recent All In My Mind. I'm sure the early stuff is great too. He turned me on to organ jazz. Thank you for mentioning the background setting. I think the change looks great too. I was hoping someone would notice. I don't feel a need for a wall of records. I take just a shift of angle, and I love it. Thank you for the great observations.
@@ThePressingMatters LL Smith was very popular in Jazz Fusion radio programs in the 1970s and into the 1980s. They wouldn't announce who the various artists were till after they played about 3 tracks, and they'd tell you what you just listened to. He was the one guy that you knew who it was within the first half minute or less. His music from that era was great. I see he did at least one recording for Novus, a company that produces audiophile level recordings without any audiophile price premium.
@@hubtunes9607 I have Feelin The Spirit on preorder. Have you ever heard it? I haven't sampled it, I want to be surprised. I thought Latin Bit was maybe a step below others I've heard.
If you like that Wayne Shorter, you might also like his tone poet ETC. It’s the closest musically from his catalog (even though Adam’s Apple is the most upbeat).
I've heard that is a great one, but I missed that Tone Poet, I think it was the first one. Hope it comes back at some point. I had forgotten that I have Speak No Evil, which took me a bit to get into but I now love. A classic for sure. Are there other suggestions you might have for me? I appreciate your perspective. Thank you for your comment and for watching!
@@ThePressingMatters sure! Love your output. BTW We Get Requests is a great album beyond its genre, and I agree with you that Into Somethin’ is a better Larry Young album. Real classics in todays video. Something off track which is very relatable is The Sorcerer by Gabor Szabo or if you don’t have it by now, Jazz Samba by Stan Getz (while I also have the DCC stereo, I recommend getting the mono 1st pressing). Cheers ✌️
@@doravidan9261 You know I had a Gabor Szabo album, and it might be in my storage. It's called Spellbinder. I hope I still have it. I'm going out to the garage storage today to do some filming for my downsizing video part 2. Did you see the intro, Downsizing Dilemma? Maybe I'll find it out there! I do have a copy of Jazz Samba, but it needs an upgrade. Definitely love those bossa nova titles.
@@ThePressingMatters yeah I’ve seen the video :) I think downsizing will be the 2023 issue on the vinyl community post Covid lockdown and vinyl buying rush. Don’t know that specific Szabo title but I’ll check it out. The one I wrote you about is a live concert and has a very good mood to it. I’ll be sure to check your next video 👍
@@doravidan9261 I was able to easily skim off about 100 thrift store titles today. I feel accomplished! It's amazing how much I want to hold on to some of the junk. But I'm trying to be firm about it. I'll show those in the next vid. You're gonna laugh! I bet someone says 'oh no you can't throw THAT one out" :-)
I hope that you don't mind, but I wanted to post this supremely hilarious video title/link here. It is honestly THE funniest video I've seen concerning the Mobile Fidelity 'Scandal' If for some reason you do not appreciate my doing this, please accept my humble apology in advance. There is nothing in the actual content that would offend anyone, with the exception of some strong language used in some of the subtitles. It is a clip taken from some movie about Hitler. Otherwise, it is just a good natured and I think extremely funny take on the MOFI situation. Here is the title in case I will not be allowed to post a link here: "MOFI: the Downfall of Mobile Fidelity - Hitler Reacts" I really think you and others will find this very funny. There are some GREAT references to Fremer and Guttenberg. I'll see if I can post the link in a reply to this post in case it is automatically removed. I REALLY hope you like it! 😊
@@ThePressingMatters Thank you most kindly Sir, that is very nice of you! 😊 It LOOKS so far like the link is still there, but if it goes away, I have listed the actual title of the video here on UA-cam so that you can easily find it. Thanks again for being so nice, it honestly is VERY funny!
Just got Adam's Apple (2 months after this video) and you're so right. It is such a pleasant surprise to me, who also had not heard one note of it. It's awesome. Your reaction in this vid definitely got my attention. I'm beyond stoked that I pulled the trigger and bought it. The sound is sublime, the music is very accessible and both are skillfully rendered.
Hi Dan,
I'm so happy when I hear comments like this, that you gave a chance to something I was excited about and it met all your expectations. That makes doing this all worthwhile and encourages me to continue. That's is so awesome, enjoy! Great to hear from you always.
@@ThePressingMatters it is uncanny how your tastes and mine are so similar. And, we're at a similar spot in our jazz journey, I have a hunch. Because of our previous overlap, your reaction definitely tipped the scale immediately. Thanks for the videos!
@@dank.6942 I know, that's so cool that we are essentially on the same page with regard to jazz. It's so great to making friends here on the channel, that's one aspect of this I love. I have no one locally I can share my passion with - no one I know locally is into audio or vinyl, but I've started to make connections a bit outside of the Miami area.
Thank you for the very nice report of your impressions - yours match with mine.
Acoustic Sounds 'We Get Requests' was a must for me, and it is no disappointment. SQ for me is a 8.5/10 (what is excellent!)
Unity was new to me, so I first listed to the digital version on Qobuz, before I decided to skip the vinyl.
On 'Adam's Apple' I had high expectations after listening to the digital version. I can only agree with you: It is amazing!!!
Thank you, I'll pull Unity out every so often to see if something clicks. Sometimes it's just a matter of mood for these things to hit me the right way.
Well done. Thank you for the recs. You have been spot on
Thank you for checking out this video. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate your comments, always.
Adding the album titles is a helpful touch. Nice summary.
Thank you, yes I always try to provide that. Glad you liked it! Do you have any jazz suggestions for me?
@@ThePressingMatters I'm enjoying the journey of exploration just like you. The Wayne Shorter you mentioned was a surprise for me when I had a listen tonight. I find there's a lot of groupthink around the rerelease schedules which is hard to break free from or, rather, its hard to avoid listing the usual suspects. I really like the Tord Gustavsen Trio on ECM. Rare on vinyl, the album 'The other side' sounds great, very mellow if that's your thing. More avant garde, Roland Kirk's Bright Moments is on Pure Pleasure. Oh Yeah by Mingus on Speakers Corner. All the Sam Records stuff. Some japanese pressings by Kenny Dorham and Wynton Kelly that have been out of print at AP. Literally avant garde, Visions of Light by the Ismael ensemble, the comp We Out Here, and Kokoroko are all fine examples of contemporary London-based Jazz. Jim Hall's Concierto is lovely, not sure how the Pure Pleasure Reissue stacks up. Charlie Haden's Nocturne is recent if you like a little latin inflection. I could go on...!
Have you thought about joining some of the livestreams? there's some good jazz-oriented stuff, obviously much harder to get a classical conversation going.
@@lokitio I hadn't really thought about it. Do you have any suggestions? I wouldn't know where to start.
Yep.
Nicely done for a quasi-jazz neophyte…
Adams Apple, The Soothsayer, Speak No Evil, Ju-Ju, Night Dreamer, all superlative stuff from Shorter!!
And whoever said ‘We Get Requests’ is on the edge of dinner/lounge jazz knows his stuff! Petersons other more straight-bop stuff on Verve and Mercury is better to me.
Thus endeth the lesson.
Hi John,
Welcome to the channel! Thank you for your comment - I'm hoping we see the albums you mentioned in the Tone Poet or Classic Series. I'll trust your word on these. I get that We Get Requests might not rock your world, but for me it was very pleasant if not particularly challenging! I'm so glad you found the channel and hope you'll share your insight in future discussions!
I think you will love Gene Ammons AP series, if you can still get them, that's what got me into Jazz, now I am really enjoying whole lot of other Jazz Musicians, and I have been listening to Jazz everyday for 2.5 years now, unbelievable.....
Thank you for your suggestion. That one is next on my Prestige "must buy" list. Several people who have noticed my emerging taste in jazz have suggested that record. I'm glad to be exploring this important genre, it a logical next step after rock and classical. Thanks again for your comment and for tuning into this video today.
For those who like their Jazz infected ( in a good way) with keyboards.You should check out some old 1970s/80s Jazz Fusion albums by David Sancious. You've heard him before. He was on many Bruce Springsteen albums; remember the ending of Rosalita? He was Springsteen's keyboardist, his early stuff and then some of his later albums. He formed his own band David Sancious & Tone. I like Transformation and Just As I thought. I didn't warm to The Bridge & Forest Of Feelings on first listen, but they will get more chances. He's an amazing keyboard player and very well recorded with often amazing dynamics . He has a fairly lengthy Discography. Tomorrow I'll talk about another great Fusion keyboardist.
I wasn't aware of this artist, perhaps because I'm not deep into Springsteen, but I'll see if he's on any streaming services and take a listen. Thanks so much for the info - I love when you share this stuff with me, and it's great for others reading the comments. I'll be looking for your next comment!
@@ThePressingMatters Springsteen is a musical genius and a lyrical genius too. I think I have gotten more philosophical insights listening to Springsteen's music than even Bob Dylan's. The album Born To Run is his mass market favorite, but his best albums are really The Wild The Innocent & The East Street Shuffle and Darkness On The Edge Of Town. I didn't know of I really liked Springsteen until I discovered the Darkness On The Edge Of Town album. On side 1 try Candy's Room, Racing In The Street, and The Promised Land. The tracks are one right after another in that order, in succession on side 1. I never knew a song like Racing In The Street, about the kind of guys who putz around with their cars could actually be so philosophically deep, and explore people's giving up on life and their dreams. When there were millions of people losing their good paying steel mill jobs and factory jobs back in the 1980s due to no limit on foreign imports, Springsteen questioned whether the government cared anything about people dreams, having a house and being able to support their families. He was a real spokesman for the common man, and with so many people losing their jobs, homes and their way of life, he donated lots of money to local meals for the poor places. He proves that your your Average Joe can be pretty deep.
A lot of it came from his youth and living on the street in some tough neighborhoods in Jersey. In fact that's what the entire The Wild The Innocent... album is all about. It's a true musical and lyric masterpiece about the common man.
@@sidesup8286 Those two albums are the ones that I have considered getting over the years. I guess I need to seek them out now! I probably was put off by the mega smash albums, but I do like a few later things and own Tunnel of Love, which I like a lot.
@@ThePressingMatters Those 2 Springsteen albums are true classics in more ways than one. Not a bad track on either of them. The Wild The Innocent...
even has tonal variety as he uses many instruments, even a tuba on the track about Circus life. The album is so serious in places and he injects great humor in other places. It is also very well recorded. A Brazilian pressing showed up here in the states, and even though it wasn't in nearly as good a condition as my U.S. pressing, it sounded cleaner, with every note sounding purer. Less bright also. South American pressings must be great; some of them.
You might want to try the Chet Baker reissues on Sam or Craft. Also, Impex and Pure Pleasure do some nice AAA reissues. Bill Evans Trio 64 and Trio 65 are also very good in the Acoustic Sounds series. The OJC (Original Jazz Classics) series from Fantasy was AAA until about 15 years ago - in the 80s/90s, they pressed hundreds of Prestige, Riverside, Galaxy, and Contemporary titles that can still be found at reasonable;e prices and they sound outstanding.
I discovered the great Chet Baker reissues from Craft. Picked up three so far. My favorite is Chet. A top record for me. Good suggestion! I'll try out a Sam release soon too.
I did pick up those two Trio albums and they are great - also have the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debbie, and portrait in Jazz. I enjoyed Eastern Sounds, Monks Dream and Mingus Ah Um One Steps. I like the Duke Ellington Indigos and the one with Johnny Hodges Side by Side. Looking to get Legrand Jazz from Impex. My collection is growing rapidly! Thanks for the suggestions! I have several Kind of Blue, and I'm really hesitating on adding the UHQR 45 at that price. Crazy, as I have the Classic 45.
Still not that into jazz just not found my just yet . Great video 😬.
Thanks Tony, it's definitely a new road for me, and I probably wouldn't have taken it so soon had it not been for these current reissue campaigns. The combination of the great labels, artists, all analog remastering by the best in the business, and generally great pressing quality has sold me. The glossy Stoughtons are icing on the cake.
Scott. Great take on these records. I completely relate to your position on jazz and agree it takes some listening to get into the “experimental “ stuff. I too like the easier listening releases and go to those releases more often when listening. I will pick up Adam’s Apple knowing you got into it immediately. Thanks
Thank you, Sir, for your comment! It's been an interesting journey, and as I move through it, my taste continues to evolve. I definitely started with easy to get into titles like Getz Gilberto, Time Out, and Kind of Blue, and vocal albums such as those by Ella and Billie. So delving head first into Blue Note has had a few challenging titles but overall a very rewarding experience. I found I liked the soul jazz titles, organ jazz, guitar stuff like Grant Green and Kenny Burrell. Love most of the classics of course too. Great time to explore for sure!
Hi. I've been listening to unity recently. Again I have to agree with you. It's really noisy. The horns drown out the organ. I miss the laid back vibe of into somethin. It's missing Grant Green. Maybe I'll warm to it eventually. I really like wayne shorter. I've not heard Adams apple yet I've just picked it up. I have listened to speak no evil, schizophrenia and etcetera. Etcetera is amazing. I loved it on first listen. Interesting compositions. Lots going on but doesn't sound thrown together. It doesn't sound like it's improvised. It just sounds right. Anything with herbie hancock on you know it's going to be good.
I've heard wonderful things about ETC, but I haven't been able to find a copy. Hope it gets repressed.
I got a mid-70s pressing of Adam's Apple a couple months ago that sounds excellent. It's definitely my favorite album from Wayne Shorter, it's the only one of his records I've heard where he goes for a more full tone on his sax for pretty much the whole record. To my ears he usually leans more into a pitchy sound I'm not always in the mood for (maybe that's what they call "multiphonics"). Herbie Hancock is great on it too, I really love when he's a sideman
You describe perfectly why I am attracted to the sound of this album over some others of his I've heard. I like the sound of the sax when it's more full and rounded. Just a great group of musicians and memorable tunes. My favorite of his by far.
Great video, always entertaining. I was surprised to hear you say this was your first Wayne Shorter, did you not pick up the blue note classic “Speak No Evil”? I really recommend getting Wayne Shorter’s first album on Blue Note “Night Dreamer” you can pick up a BN75 (mastered by Bernie Grundman)of that which sounds excellent and super cheap.
Hi Paul, thank you so much for watching and commenting. I realized when I filed Adams Apple that of course I had Speak No Evil! I even covered it in a very early video. Doing these videos off the cuff without a script, I sometimes forget something here or there. Speak No Evil is on my turntable now for a fresh listen. Absolute classic. Thank you for your recommendation of Night Dreamer. I actually was in a forum earlier and someone mentioned they hoped to see it in the Classic or Tone Poet series. I will take a look for the 75th in the meantime. I really appreciate any suggestions, your perspective is valued here by myself and the other commenters.
@@ThePressingMatters - Hi, Scott. I'm glad you're giving Speak No Evil a listen because it is truly a gem. And since you like Adam's Apple, give Wayne Shorter's, The Soothsayer a listen. I think you'll enjoy it too
Unity doesn't do it for me so I'll pass on it.
For me, the Blue Note titles (Bop/Hard Bop) are my "Jazz Club" music. I go to it when I'm looking for that Jazz venue feel, not for when I'm looking for a more intimate/emotional/relaxing/soul touching connection to the music. I have many other titles for that. Ahhhh, Sarah Vaughan or Bill Evans.
Love Grant Green too. I'm trying gather a few of his albums now. Wes Montgomery is my man though!
Also, We Take Requests is very good, it's not among his best work in my opinion. If you haven't already, check out Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson. Nice!
Lastly, from what little I know of your listening preferences, Dexter Gordon's, One Flight Up is right up your alley!!
Enjoy and look forward to your next video. Cheers!
@@ab2abblank607 You're right! One Flight Up is in my top 5 Tone Poets! Excellent. I'd love to get some Wes Montgomery. Why no reissues? I have the Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson in my wishlist.
I can appreciate the hard bop titles but it's not what I love. Love vocal jazz albums, Sarah, Billie, Ella. I've covered a few favorites, Billie's Body And Soul 45, All Or Nothing At All 45. You might check out those two videos. I loved doing them because I was ecstatic about both of those!
@@ab2abblank607 Seems that you probably have a large collection, but if there is any reissue you would like me to cover, please let me know - I'd be happy to.
@@ThePressingMatters - Hey Scott. If you want to have some fun, try Katanga! by Curtis Amy and Dupree Bolton! You're in for a real treat!! Another little known gem under the Blue Note banner is Moment of Truth by Gerald Wilson. Great, great music! Enjoy!
We Get Requests was the 3rd or 4th jazz album I ever purchased. I was still getting into jazz at the time. It definitely contributed to my journey into loving jazz. I haven’t listened to it in a while. Time to break it out again. I haven’t heard the other titles but I’m going to give them a stream to see if they are albums I will buy.
Hi, welcome back! It's an album I would definitely recommend for someone just getting into jazz, so easy to love, and great sound to boot! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Anything else you can think of along those lines? Looking for my next purchase!
@@ThePressingMatters Some friends have laughed a bit when I recommended A Boy Named Charlie Brown as a good starter album when they asked me. A few others are pretty well known as “starter” jazz albums, KOB, Time Out, Getz Gilberto. I think many Bill Evans albums can work too. The first that comes to mind is Trio 64. If any there are any others you would recommend I would love to check them out.
@@quikspecv4d Those we're all my starter albums. I added Jazz Samba and Jazz Samba Encore shortly thereafter, The Billie and Ella albums on Verve came next, then into the current reissue series. Are you into vocal jazz albums?
@@ThePressingMatters I do like vocal jazz albums. I have quite a few. Not sure why I don’t think of them when recommending starter albums. Maybe I should rethink that.
You got those blue note albums right away, my delivery estimate is not until next week. Did you pay extra for faster shipping?
No just preordered on Amazon with Prime. Get it pretty much on release day. I really prefer Amazon for these because I do return for exchange if there's problem. Prices can be great if you can wait til after release date. They usually drop quite a bit. There are always links for what I'm discussing in my description box.
I really like all three. I have the 45 of Regrets and it sounds phenomenal. Never heard Unity before the Classics reissue but loving it right on first listen. Agree with you, I pick up everything with Grant Green. Enjoyed the video.
Thank you. Definitely looking forward to Feelin' The Spirit! I just got a new set of tubes in my preamp and We Get Regrets sounds even better than when I did the video.
Enjoyed the video Scott. By the way, you have one of the best backgrounds of anyone doing record videos. The greenery is nicer than seeing the usual contrived spines of records in the background. I like good organ jazz too, as should most audiophiles, as the enormous air volume of the organ is a real audiophile delight if your system sounds airy and expansive; which it should. Some other great Jazz guys who made some great organ/ensemble recordings are Dr. Lonnie Smith, whose best known album is called Spiral. And there's another guy, whose name is almost identical, who is also a great Jazz organist: Lonnie Liston Smith. Some unique artists just have such a distinctive sound, that you just know its them within a a few seconds. Lonnie Liston Smith is one of those artists. His music is so relaxing, yet never boring and he uses little percussion instruments for effect throughout most of his music. His music is really interesting, and if anyone ever can be said to have their own sound, it's him.
Speaking before of air volume. I had lived in places that have an 8 foot ceiling, a 9 foot ceiling and I think a 10 foot ceiling. The image height and overall sense of limitless expansion is always better with higher ceilings. If you've been living and playing your stereo somewhere that has 10 foot ceilings, it is a real major let down sonically, moving to someplace with an 8 foot ceiling.
I just made an lp LOT find with still sealed blues records on old labels like Yazoo. Not my cup of tea to listen to usually, but finding old rare records is one thing, but finding them still sealed is really surprising.
Wow what a great find, those blues records are so rare, and sealed?! That's amazing!
I was just talking room acoustics with a friend of mine last night and we were discussing exactly what you say about ceiling height and image size. Good observation. I'm stuck with 8ft for the moment :-(
I've got one Lonnie Smith record so far, the recent All In My Mind. I'm sure the early stuff is great too. He turned me on to organ jazz.
Thank you for mentioning the background setting. I think the change looks great too. I was hoping someone would notice. I don't feel a need for a wall of records. I take just a shift of angle, and I love it. Thank you for the great observations.
Do you think any t type of room treatment can help the issue of 8 ft ceilings?
@@ThePressingMatters LL Smith was very popular in Jazz Fusion radio programs in the 1970s and into the 1980s. They wouldn't announce who the various artists were till after they played about 3 tracks, and they'd tell you what you just listened to. He was the one guy that you knew who it was within the first half minute or less. His music from that era was great. I see he did at least one recording for Novus, a company that produces audiophile level recordings without any audiophile price premium.
@@sidesup8286 I've heard on LLS but have yet to hear a note of his music. I'll have to search some out now!
@@ThePressingMatters There is a best of LLS vinyl LP with a pic of his head on the cover.
I absolutely love UNITY. Probably in my top 3 or 4 Jazz records. Great video as always Scott !
I like it too, and I am pretty sure I'll love it soon enough! Thank you for watching. Have you heard "Into Somethin'?"
@@ThePressingMatters I have it. It too is wonderful. Just a totally different vibe with Grant Green
@@hubtunes9607 I have Feelin The Spirit on preorder. Have you ever heard it? I haven't sampled it, I want to be surprised. I thought Latin Bit was maybe a step below others I've heard.
@@ThePressingMatters You will love feeling the spirit !!
If you like that Wayne Shorter, you might also like his tone poet ETC.
It’s the closest musically from his catalog (even though Adam’s Apple is the most upbeat).
I've heard that is a great one, but I missed that Tone Poet, I think it was the first one. Hope it comes back at some point. I had forgotten that I have Speak No Evil, which took me a bit to get into but I now love. A classic for sure. Are there other suggestions you might have for me? I appreciate your perspective. Thank you for your comment and for watching!
@@ThePressingMatters sure! Love your output. BTW We Get Requests is a great album beyond its genre, and I agree with you that Into Somethin’ is a better Larry Young album. Real classics in todays video.
Something off track which is very relatable is The Sorcerer by Gabor Szabo or if you don’t have it by now, Jazz Samba by Stan Getz (while I also have the DCC stereo, I recommend getting the mono 1st pressing).
Cheers ✌️
@@doravidan9261 You know I had a Gabor Szabo album, and it might be in my storage. It's called Spellbinder. I hope I still have it. I'm going out to the garage storage today to do some filming for my downsizing video part 2. Did you see the intro, Downsizing Dilemma? Maybe I'll find it out there! I do have a copy of Jazz Samba, but it needs an upgrade. Definitely love those bossa nova titles.
@@ThePressingMatters yeah I’ve seen the video :) I think downsizing will be the 2023 issue on the vinyl community post Covid lockdown and vinyl buying rush. Don’t know that specific Szabo title but I’ll check it out. The one I wrote you about is a live concert and has a very good mood to it.
I’ll be sure to check your next video 👍
@@doravidan9261 I was able to easily skim off about 100 thrift store titles today. I feel accomplished! It's amazing how much I want to hold on to some of the junk. But I'm trying to be firm about it. I'll show those in the next vid. You're gonna laugh! I bet someone says 'oh no you can't throw THAT one out" :-)
I hope that you don't mind, but I wanted to post this supremely hilarious video title/link here. It is honestly THE funniest video I've seen concerning the Mobile Fidelity 'Scandal' If for some reason you do not appreciate my doing this, please accept my humble apology in advance. There is nothing in the actual content that would offend anyone, with the exception of some strong language used in some of the subtitles. It is a clip taken from some movie about Hitler. Otherwise, it is just a good natured and I think extremely funny take on the MOFI situation. Here is the title in case I will not be allowed to post a link here: "MOFI: the Downfall of Mobile Fidelity - Hitler Reacts"
I really think you and others will find this very funny. There are some GREAT references to Fremer and Guttenberg. I'll see if I can post the link in a reply to this post in case it is automatically removed. I REALLY hope you like it! 😊
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I'd like to see it, but I don't think links are allowed in comments. They just don't come through. I have no problem with it. See if you can do it.
@@ThePressingMatters Thank you most kindly Sir, that is very nice of you! 😊 It LOOKS so far like the link is still there, but if it goes away, I have listed the actual title of the video here on UA-cam so that you can easily find it. Thanks again for being so nice, it honestly is VERY funny!