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Just got these very good sounding Chet Baker lp's.
 
They're on a French reissue label, Sam Records. Sam Records only uses the original mastertapes for remastering. For the artwork, they only use the original photography, drawings,...
 
They're not that cheap at about $34 a piece, but totally worth it!!
 
http://www.samrecords.fr/
 

 

 
About Sam Records Sam Records is an independent, one-man record label based in Paris, France and founded in 2011 by Fred Thomas. This label is devoted to reissuing jazz records recorded and produced in France during the 50’s and 60’s.   My two great interests are jazz music and photography. In 2006 i got to know the American musician Nathan Davis personally and made a decision : I would re-release a recording by Davis from 1965 in the best possible quality available. The search for the copyright owner of the cover photo led me to Jean-Pierre Leloir, a legendary photographer who had captured on film what went on music-wise in Paris over many years. I was to be able to find who had the master tape, then have an agreement with the owner and then produced my very first LP reissue.   Five years later, i decided to found Sam Records. I didn’t know the music industry, but it was clear for me to try to do the best reissues possible – find the master tapes and the (original) photography.   While so many labels confine themselves to re-mastering digital versions (read: CDs) and reproducing the original artwork by simply scanning the cover, Sam Records uses only master tapes and re-creates record covers using the original photographs, paintings and/or drawings. That generally involves some painstaking detective work, so it’s a job for conscientious professionals, not corner-cutting amateurs.    Re-mastered from the original master tapes. Limited édition 180 gr vinyl pressed by Pallas in Germany. Facsimile reissue using the original photo (if still available). Double insert using an original photo by JP Leloir.  
Each record has been visually checked to prevent defects.

Went to the new location of Lagniappe Records in Lafayette, LA this weekend. Picked up this masterpiece for a whopping $30ish. It's so good. The Latin influence, especially flute, is not my favorite. But it grooves in parts (see youtube below). It's mono too which is very nice.

I got all of these yesterday.  Between the mail and what I picked up at a local shop, it was an epic day.  Everything is original pressings.
 

One more song from the record coming on Monday! Keep an eye out.

It's #56 of 100 on white vinyl and isn't a 10". It's real. I grew up in Brooklyn and my brother is 15 years older than me. He went to a ton of shows in the mid/late 80's through the 90's until moving to the west coast in 2002.

Lucked out this weekend and had an exceptional Jazz haul. I purchased the bulk of a buy from Half Price Books with several beautiful condition Blue Notes. 
 
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (BL 1595)
 
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Jazz Impressions of Eurasia (Stereo) It took me forever to find this in my area for some reason.
 
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
 
Miles Davis/Thelonius Monk - Miles and Monk at Newport (RSD)
 
Ramsey Lewis Trio - The In Crowd
 
Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (I have the MOV version, but I had to pick up the original pressing.)
 
Miles Davis - Circle in the Round
 
Joe Henderson - Page One (Seeing this in the store gave me heart palpatations. I grabbed it, and stared at it like it might disappear. This is probably my most valuable piece now.)
 
Thelonius Monk & John Coltrane - Monk & Trane

I'm living the life here. My local record store carries Sprecher. I get the Ravin' Red alot! Haven't tried the cream soda yet, I'm too much a creature of habit

I'm jealous, I see you're on their home turf. It can be tough to find the stuff down here. Ended up buying a whole case of their cherry cola from Jet a while back.

Thanks! On a related note, I thought I could share this little story: Caspian are also authors of one of my greatest show experiences ever, in 2009 there was a festival in the city of Metz in France where basically the whole city was closed down with shows and art expositions everywhere, and Caspian played outside, at midnight, under a freaking bridge! It wad truly awesome.Some pics:

Finally got some speaker stands to complete my set up.

Some more for you guys:
 

I bought a house and moved in yesterday. Got the furniture today so this is what the record room (living room) looks like. Hate to have it as a pano since my record area is a portion of the room, but I'm really excited!
 

Picked this up today - local was playing the cd in store and they had the vinyl box set - reallllll good shit! 16 year old jazz prodigy from the 60's, modal/post-bop/vocal jazz. Each album has unique qualities. Set blends in some nice spiritual jazz vibes too.
 

Didn't even know this existed. When Life For Rent and No Angel were reissued by Classic Records in 2003, they had plans for both of them to release them as a part of their Clarity series, where they press them as single sided 4LPs on clear, 200 gram vinyl, all with etched b-sides. That never happened, but the test pressings for them still exist and sound incredible. Still need to find the No Angel boxset, but it's insane to be able to own this. Somebody on eBay has sold a few, must have worked for Classic Records or something.

My more recent jazz purchases.  Sort of all over the place style-wise, but they're all great!  I think I'm going to be picking up a few more Music Matters releases soon as well.
 

But doesn't Topshelf know that my body is ready? 

I just hate reading long-ass posts about "what a great score" someone got when it turns out to be a pretty meh "score" in the end. Black Sabbath is rad, but yeah...most of that stuff is the same "goodwill bin" stuff he was so excited about it not being.

Very happy with the Bobby Jaspar boxset I got in the mail today. It's a Spanish issue from 1988. Contains 3 lp's and a 7".
Bobby Jaspar is one of the most famous Belgian jazz musicians ever. Played with Miles Davis and the likes...
 

 

 

 

I'd love to see Numero dive into the world of avant-garde/spiritual jazz.  I bet they could dig up some good stuff.

Looks like Stuart from MadTV.