BLUE NOTE RECORDS 75th ANNIVERSARY VINYL INITIATIVE
Blue Note will commence an extensive 100-album vinyl reissue initiative on March 25 with the release of five classic titles (Art Blakey Free For All, John Coltrane Blue Train, Eric Dolphy Out To Lunch, Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil, and Larry Young Unity). The vinyl releases are set to continue monthly and will also include modern classics from Blue Note’s recent catalog such as Joe Lovano Quartets: Live At The Village Vanguard, Jason Moran Soundtrack To Human Motion, Terence Blanchard Flow, Medeski Martin & Wood Combustication, and Cassandra Wilson Traveling Miles. Click here for the full list of vinyl releases.
Blue Note President Don Was says, “Two years ago, we began remastering the jewels of the Blue Note catalog in hi-def resolutions of 96k and 192k. In order to develop a guiding artistic philosophy for this delicate endeavor, we donned our lab coats, ran dozens of sonic experiments and carefully referenced every generation of our reissues. Ultimately, we decided that our goal would be to protect the original intentions of the artists, producers and engineers who made these records and that, in the case of pre-digital-era albums, these intentions were best represented by the sound and feel of their first-edition vinyl releases. Working with a team of dedicated and groovy engineers, we found a sound that both captured the feel of the original records while maintaining the depth and transparency of the master tapes… the new remasters are really cool!
While these new versions will become available in digital hi-def, CD and Mastered for iTunes formats, the allure of vinyl records is WAY too potent to ignore. This year, Blue Note – along with our friends at Universal Music Enterprises – is launching a major 75th Anniversary vinyl Initiative that is dedicated to the proposition that our catalog should be readily available at a low cost, featuring high quality pressings and authentic reproductions of Blue Note’s iconic packaging. Although this program begins in celebration of Blue Note’s 75th Anniversary, our catalog runs so deep that we will faithfully be reissuing five albums a month for many years to come!”
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For Record Store Day in April, Blue Note will also reissue the label’s first two releases as limited edition 12” vinyl: Meade “Lux” Lewis “Melancholy”/”Solitude” (BN1) and Albert Ammons “Boogie Woogie Stomp”/”Boogie Woogie Blues” (BN2). Other catalog releases, including a 75-track digital bundle spanning Blue Note’s entire history, will be announced shortly.
Quelle:
http://www.bluenote.com/news/blue-note-announces-75th-anniversary-vinyl-in
Die Reissues von BN1 und BN2 hätte ich natürlich gerne, aber dass in dieser plattenladentechnisch desolaten Stadt jemand sich darum kümmert, am RSD auch Jazz dazuhaben, bezweifle ich sehr.
Die Vinyl „batches“:
AVAILABLE MARCH 25, 2014
ART BLAKEY – FREE FOR ALL
WAYNE SHORTER – SPEAK NO EVIL
JOHN COLTRANE – BLUE TRAIN
ERIC DOLPHY – OUT TO LUNCH
LARRY YOUNG – UNITY
AVAILABLE APRIL 22, 2014
ORNETTE COLEMAN – AT THE „GOLDEN CIRCLE“ STOCKHOLM, VOL. 1
HERBIE HANCOCK – MAIDEN VOYAGE
SONNY ROLLINS – A NIGHT AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – SOMETHIN‘ ELSE
DEXTER GORDON – OUR MAN IN PARIS
AVAILABLE MAY 27, 2014
Horace Silver – Song For My Father
McCoy Tyner – The Real McCoy
Grant Green – Idle Moments
Hank Mobley – Soul Station
Madlib – Shades Of Blue
AVAILABLE JUNE 24, 2014
Dexter Gordon – Go
Lee Morgan – Cornbread
Bobby Hutcherson – Total Eclipse
Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
Medeski Martin & Wood – Combustication
AVAILABLE JULY 29, 2014
Kenny Burrell – Midnight Blue
Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
Joe Henderson – Mode For Joe
Cassandra Wilson – Traveling Miles
Kenny Dorham – Afro-Cuban
AVAILABLE AUGUST 26, 2014
Lou Donaldson – Lush Life
Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
Wayne Shorter – Juju
Herbie Hancock – Speak Like A Child
Terence Blanchard – Flow
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Kenny Drew – Undercurrent
Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin‘
Stanley Turrentine – That’s Where It’s At
Freddie Hubbard – Ready For Freddie
Brian Blade Fellowship – Perceptual
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 28, 2014
Horace Silver – Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers
The Three Sounds – Out Of This World
Dianne Reeves – I Remember
Hank Mobley – No Room For Squares
Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Curtis Fuller – The Opener
Joe Lovano Quartets: Live At The Village Vanguard
Lee Morgan – The Sidewinder
Ornette Coleman – New York Is Now
Clifford Brown – Memorial Album
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 30, 2014
Andrew Hill – Black Fire
Jackie McLean – Let Freedom Ring
Anthony Williams – Spring
Grant Green – Street Of Dreams
Bobby McFerrin – Spontaneous Inventions
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27, 2015
Herbie Hancock – Empyrean Isles
Wayne Shorter – Adam’s Apple
Art Blakey – Mosaic
Jason Moran – Soundtrack To Human Motion
Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 24, 2015
Don Cherry – Complete Communion
Elvin Jones – The Ultimate
Robert Glasper – Double Booked
Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2
Sonny Rollins – Newk’s Time
AVAILABLE MARCH 24, 2015
Wayne Shorter – Night Dreamer
Freddie Hubbard – Blue Spirits
Kurt Elling – Flirting With Twilight
Grachan Moncur III – Evolution
Sonny Rollins Vol. 1
AVAILABLE APRIL 28, 2015
Herbie Hancock – The Prisoner
Horace Silver – Cape Verdean Blues
McCoy Tyner – Time For Tyner
Joe Henderson – The State of the Tenor – Live at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 1
Cecil Taylor – Conquistador!
AVAILABLE MAY 26, 2015
Lee Morgan – Search For The New Land
Medeski Martin & Wood – End Of The World Party
Art Blakey – A Night A Birdland, Vol. 1
Bobby Hutcherson – Components
Grant Green – I Want To Hold Your Hand
AVAILABLE JUNE 30, 2015
Donald Byrd – A New Perspective
Cassandra Wilson – New Moon Daughter
Hank Mobley – The Turnaround
Bud Powell – The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 5
Dexter Gordon – One Flight Up
AVAILABLE JULY 28, 2015
Miles Davis Vol. 1
Tina Brooks -True Blue
Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
Joe Henderson – Page One
Jackie McLean – Capuchin Swing
AVAILABLE AUGUST 25, 2015
Donald Byrd – At The Half Note Café, Vol. 1
Art Blakey – A Night A Birdland, Vol. 2
Freddie Hubbard – Breaking Point!
Sonny Clark – Leapin‘ and Lopin‘
Stefon Harris – Black Action Figure
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
Horace Silver – Blowin‘ The Blues Away
Miles Davis Vol. 2
McCoy Tyner – Expansions
Art Blakey – Moanin‘
John Scofield – Time On My Hands
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27, 2015
Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special
Sonny Rollins Vol. 2
Hank Mobley – Workout
Bobby Hutcherson – Happenings
Joe Lovano – Rush Hour
**Release Dates Are Subject To Change**
Da sind einige Überflüssigkeiten dabei, auch ein paar depperte Unterlassungen (Bud Vol. 2, Golden Circle Vol. 2) und natürlich wieder die vinyltypischen halben Sachen (von Sonny Night at the Vanguard braucht man nunmal einfach alles), aber die Vinylisten dürfte das dennoch freuen, ich vermute stark, dass das eine oder andere nicht so einfach zu finden ist?
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