Tonight has been a jazz evening with:
Miles Davis, "Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" Prestige 7166-45 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue) - great recording, fantastic sonics.
John Coltrane, "Ballads" Impulse AS-32 (Speakers Corner reissue) - very nicely re-mastered.
John Coltrane, "Live at the Vanguard" Impulse AS-10 (Universal Japan reissue) - perhaps it's the quality of the underlying recording, or the live venue, but not as nicely rendered as the Speakers Corner reissue of "Ballads." Still, a great recording musically in 'Trane's more avant garde vein.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, "The Big Beat" Blue Note 84029-45 (Music Matters 45rpm reissue) - just one word: GET THESE WHILE YOU CAN. This is going to be a great reissue series judging by what I'm hearing in the first two releases of the series. These will not last.
Playing now: Creedence Clearwater Revival from the 45 rpm box set. What? You didn't get this box? You're missing some sonics about as close to hearing the master tape as I can imagine. This is rock music about as well recorded as rock has ever been recorded, and available on vinyl with sonics I couldn't have imagined when I listened to this music so many years ago. Still available.
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