AudioNervosa
Music Ward => Album Reviews => Topic started by: jsaliga on September 23, 2011, 12:59:21 PM
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I've been in a bit of a funk for the past several weeks and I just took a couple of positive steps to deal with it yesterday and this morning. I've been way over worked and way over stressed. So today I cleared my calendar and took the afternoon off. Holy smokes I almost forgot what it was like to listen to music and not have to cram it in with work.
I'm in a good mood today and thought I would give a duplicate record out my collection away. So that is just what I'm going to do. Here is a minty copy of Everybody Digs Bill Evans, on two 45 RPM 180g vinyl LPs cut by Kevin Gray and remastered by Steve Hoffman, courtesy of Analogue Productions. The LPs were pressed at RTI. I bought this from Acoustic Sounds for $50 when it first came out several years ago and then later upgraded to the Complete Bill Evans Riverside Recordings AP 45 RPM boxed set. So this is now a duplicate.
(http://www.indierockfan.net/pics/BillEvans_Giveaway.jpg)
It has been on my turntable once. I will cover the cost of shipping to the lucky winner. All AN members are eligible. To enter the drawing simply post a reply in this thread and ask to be entered. If you post a comment but don't ask to be entered then you will not be entered.
On Sunday at 6:00PM I will put all of the entries into a numbered list in the order they are posted in this thread, and then use Random.org to take a random drawing. The results will be posted here and the winner notified by PM. I'll ship the record out as soon as the winner provides a mailing address.
I only ask one thing of people entering the drawing. I have done these giveaways a few times on other forums in the past and on one occasion the winner took my record and then flipped it a week later on eBay. Please don't do this. I would really prefer to see this album go to someone who truly loves this music and plans to keep it.
--Jerome
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I wish to be entered good sir. :thumb:
Oh, and listen to more music over the weekend, life is to short to be that stressed.
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I would like to be included please Jerome
Thanks .......Bill
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Please count me in!!! :drool:
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Please enter me into your vinyl giveaway contest.
Thanks! :thumb:
SN
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I would love a good copy of this album, count me in.
I have a reissue and it's not bad but it does have surface noise and the CD copy is just OK.
If I win this record you will have pry it out of cold dead hands.
Scotty
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Jerome,
Kindly enter me in your drawing! You have great "taste" in music. I know, I have three of your 45 RPM albums!
Thanks,
Pete
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Jerome
I would like to be entered please.
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Please enter me for drawing, Jerome.
The only flipping I'll do is to change sides!
Thanks
-Mike
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I don't think Evan can be eligible till he figures out how to setup his tt.
I'm just saying.................... 8)
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Woohoo! No better way to get back to spinning more vinyl than to win this little gem. Count me in as well!
That's extremely generous of you Jerome! (hmmm, maybe you should have work funks more often ;-)
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(hmmm, maybe you should have work funks more often ;-)
Lord I hope not. I was seriously thinking about curtailing my participation here and replacing that time with more work-related stress. :duh I finally came to my senses last night and have been jettisoning some of the stress sources and will be replacing them with more music and relaxation. One can only take so many 60 plus hour work weeks in a pressure-cooker environment. It usually is not this bad but I have been spread too thin in recent weeks and it's time to reign it in. I can't get rid of all the stress but I can establish some sensible limits.
--Jerome
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Good for you Jerome... maybe this will exercise some demons. Please enter my name. Thanks, Bryan
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Jerome, it's good to know you took some time off from your troubles, sat down and did what this hobby is exceptional at - relaxing. I would love to own and hear this album. Please enter me in your drawing. This is a very generous offer you are making.
Bob
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Jerome,
Please enter me in your drawing. Maybe I'll have better luck this time. :) Thanks again for running these periodic drawings. Your selections reflect your discerning taste. :clap:
Thanks,
Roy
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Here is the numbered list of entrants.
1. etcarroll
2. eleazar
3. topround
4. StereoNut
5. _Scotty_
6. Triode Pete
7. evan1
8. mfsoa
9. mdconnelly
10. JBryan
11. BobM
12. rajacat
I used Random.org to generate a random number between 1 and 12.
(http://www.indierockfan.net/pics/Random.jpg)
_Scotty_ is the winner. Congrats. Thanks to all who entered.
--Jerome
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Thanks for being so generous, Jerome! :thumb:
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Thanks again Jerome, I replied to your PM requesting my address. Please let me know if you need any further information.
This should be a lot of fun, in the last 6mos. I have had my phono preamp, line stage and power amp upgraded and vinyl replay has improved in a very substantial way. In many ways it is superior to
all but the most recent 24/96 transfers and it manages to out point them by having a lower noise floor, which CD in my system has yet to equal.
This will make only the third 45 rpm recording I have of audiophile quality. The other two are a D to D Charlie Byrd on Crystal Clear and Denon Demo record which I have seldom played.
I am looking forward to hearing this record and my comments on the experience will be forthcoming.
Scotty
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I'll get your record in the mail by the end of the week. Hope you enjoy it.
--Jerome
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Sorry I missed the opportunity, hey man that was a cool thing to do. :thumb:
charles
SMA
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Thanks Jerome, that was a nice contest. I already have the CDs or else I would have entered too.
Rich
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I am playing side 1 right now and it sounds fantastic. My 20bit CD transfer is crap compared to this version of the recording.
Everything is there, the highs, the lows and an excellent three dimensional sound-stage. This recording has a wonderful dynamic range which is very effectively preserved by the 45 RPM pressing. There is a very low level amount of tape hiss that is audible during the quietest passages, this is as it should be. This implies that there is no jiggery pokery going on with some kind of electronic noise filtering which would also cost us some musical information. Also my copies were very flat!
I will take what I can get,the pressing is dead quiet and once again emphasizes the black background I get from vinyl in my system which I can't seem to get from my digital front end.
I can't thank Jerome enough for having this drawing.
Obviously this 45 RPM pressing of Everybody Digs Bill Evans is Highly recommended.
Scotty
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Jerome that was a great game...thank you :thumb:
I may want to play again... maybe I will offer something for giveaway.
Let me see what I have to offer that I won't miss too much :thumb:
Mike
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Has anybody noticed that Bill appears to hum along to the music during his piano solo on Night and Day. I wonder if he influenced
Keith Jarrett in any way.
Scotty
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Has anybody noticed that Bill appears to hum along to the music during his piano solo on Night and Day. I wonder if he influenced
Keith Jarrett in any way.
Scotty
There were a lot of piano men before Jarrett who would vocalize to their playing. Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, and several other notable players did it. I have mixed feelings about it.
Oscar Peterson was a genuine singing talent, though he hardly ever sang. And you probably wouldn't know that from his vocalizations while playing piano. Sometimes he would scat and at others he could assault your eardrums. The reason Peterson didn't sing much is his singing voice was practically a dead ringer for Nat King Cole. In fact, shortly after Cole's death, Peterson released a record in 1965 on Verve entitled With Respect to Nat, which is a tribute album collecting a dozen songs that were made famous by Cole, with Peterson doing the vocals. He is reunited with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis. It's worth having if you can find a copy.
I have more or less learned to blot out the vocal cacophony of piano men who tend to loose themselves in the music and let their raucous vocal outbursts run wild.
--Jerome
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I remember going to a piano coach back in my college days for a primer on composition and improvisation. One of his first lessons was to make me sing along with my playing. The theory is that the brain finds it very easy to produce a vocal melody and if you are accomplished it is very easy to translate that into the keys you are playing and "follow along". Most reasonably good musicians have relative or pseudo-perfect pitch anyway.
It definitely worked for me. My improv got way more melodic and the composition helped me come up with melodic surprises which triggered other thoughts, keeping it fresh.
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wow,
Jerome- thanks for doing this- I'm pissed that I've been snoozing from this site and didn't make the entry.
Rob S.
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In fact, shortly after Cole's death, Peterson released a record in 1965 on Verve entitled With Respect to Nat, which is a tribute album collecting a dozen songs that were made famous by Cole, with Peterson doing the vocals. He is reunited with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis. It's worth having if you can find a copy.
ALIS couldn't find me a copy in the library system and Amazon had them for a very reasonable price, so I just had to buy one. aa
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000009DGQ