That's one that I was very happy to find a sealed 'rare groove' series 90s reish for $3 (that and Wilson's 'Love Bug', same deal).
These are nice records, but not really $50 nice.
I like those Rare Groove re-presses, they are usually super-cheap when you find them now, and I get some BN raers on vinyl for pennies...Blue Note did another set of reissues around the same time (mid-90's) of bop stuff that were high-end 180 gram textured-cover joints. I remember at the time finding them at the Tower Records near me, stashed on a shelf of CD box sets in the Jazz section, getting ignored - I think I bought their entire stock...I have Don Cherry "Symphony for Improvisers" and Dexter Gordon "Go" in that series, and they are very nice pressings, worth looking for.
That's one that I was very happy to find a sealed 'rare groove' series 90s reish for $3 (that and Wilson's 'Love Bug', same deal).
These are nice records, but not really $50 nice.
I like those Rare Groove re-presses, they are usually super-cheap when you find them now, and I get some BN raers on vinyl for pennies...Blue Note did another set of reissues around the same time (mid-90's) of bop stuff that were high-end 180 gram textured-cover joints. I remember at the time finding them at the Tower Records near me, stashed on a shelf of CD box sets in the Jazz section, getting ignored - I think I bought their entire stock...I have Don Cherry "Symphony for Improvisers" and Dexter Gordon "Go" in that series, and they are very nice pressings, worth looking for.
it's crazy to think about the amount of recorded material they collected over the years, from some of their brightest talents in their primes, and they never got around to releasing them till decades later. i wonder if there is still any unreleased blue note stuff from the 50's,60's, or early 70's?
yeah, The Phantom is a great one. It's not usually given the accolades typically handed out to other classic Blues Noes by the people who write books about these sorts of things, but for my money it's a fantastic album that holds up. The sound is kind of mellow, Brazilian influenced, a little on the exotica side (title cut), but with this deep, darker vibe to it. Plus Bobby Hutcherson, of course. It's out there on cd if you don't want to drop the $50+, but I don't think it's ever gotten the high profile reissue treatment, which is a shame.
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I like those Rare Groove re-presses, they are usually super-cheap when you find them now, and I get some BN raers on vinyl for pennies...Blue Note did another set of reissues around the same time (mid-90's) of bop stuff that were high-end 180 gram textured-cover joints. I remember at the time finding them at the Tower Records near me, stashed on a shelf of CD box sets in the Jazz section, getting ignored - I think I bought their entire stock...I have Don Cherry "Symphony for Improvisers" and Dexter Gordon "Go" in that series, and they are very nice pressings, worth looking for.
I'm not much of a Blue Note dude, I like prestige and fantasy more.
YEah I think 50 is a lot for that record. It wasn't a $50 record a couple years ago. I knocked it down to $45 for the customer who picked it up.
Still, a far cry from the ~$100 Young Allowance paid. Shit like that fucks up the game!
The Phantom! YES!!!
yeah, The Phantom is a great one. It's not usually given the accolades typically handed out to other classic Blues Noes by the people who write books about these sorts of things, but for my money it's a fantastic album that holds up. The sound is kind of mellow, Brazilian influenced, a little on the exotica side (title cut), but with this deep, darker vibe to it. Plus Bobby Hutcherson, of course. It's out there on cd if you don't want to drop the $50+, but I don't think it's ever gotten the high profile reissue treatment, which is a shame.
Christo Redentor isn't on it, though.
Both Vol. 1 & 2...here's 2:
There are many more...I'll add some more later