Here's three of my favorites ...
1. Dave Bruebeck's "Jazz in the USA"
Paul Desmond's playing on this mono record is among the best of Desmond. I bought my first copy back in the 50's when it first came out. That was when the Bruebeck Quartet was converting a lot of DooWop and R&B fans over to jazz. Even after listening to this recording for over 60 years, I never get tired of it. Its that good. I have a bunch of copies, including a white label promo. I tend to give them away to audiophile/music loving friends just to show them what good mono sounds like .. and to turn them on to Desmond, of course.
2. Miles Davis' "Round Midnight."
This is another record that was never released in stereo. The mono sound is so good it puts miles' muted trumpet right in front of your nose. A fantastic record and well worth the hunt. I bought mine back in the early 70's at a used record store for .75 cents.
3. "Little Band, Big Jazz"
This is on the budget label known as Crown. It features Conte Condoli on trumpet and Stan Levy on drums. The sound and performance is demo quality ... and its in stereo. Again, I have a number of copies. The best sounding one is on red vinyl. Hmm ... try to find that one.
Those are only three of my desert island records. I have thousands of LPs. Most likely, they eventually will once again end up in used record stores and thrift stores. My kids and grand kids could care less. All of the music they own exist on their IPADS. So sad ...
1. Dave Bruebeck's "Jazz in the USA"
Paul Desmond's playing on this mono record is among the best of Desmond. I bought my first copy back in the 50's when it first came out. That was when the Bruebeck Quartet was converting a lot of DooWop and R&B fans over to jazz. Even after listening to this recording for over 60 years, I never get tired of it. Its that good. I have a bunch of copies, including a white label promo. I tend to give them away to audiophile/music loving friends just to show them what good mono sounds like .. and to turn them on to Desmond, of course.
2. Miles Davis' "Round Midnight."
This is another record that was never released in stereo. The mono sound is so good it puts miles' muted trumpet right in front of your nose. A fantastic record and well worth the hunt. I bought mine back in the early 70's at a used record store for .75 cents.
3. "Little Band, Big Jazz"
This is on the budget label known as Crown. It features Conte Condoli on trumpet and Stan Levy on drums. The sound and performance is demo quality ... and its in stereo. Again, I have a number of copies. The best sounding one is on red vinyl. Hmm ... try to find that one.
Those are only three of my desert island records. I have thousands of LPs. Most likely, they eventually will once again end up in used record stores and thrift stores. My kids and grand kids could care less. All of the music they own exist on their IPADS. So sad ...