![]() At about the same time you’re reading this issue AP will be releasing a string of impressive titles on LP and SACD.įrom the Verve catalog look for 45rpm pressings of The Soul Of Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges’ Blues A-Plenty, and Oscar Peterson’s West Side Story. And for those who prefer silver discs, we’ve also included SACDs.Ĭhad Kassem and his team in Salina, Kansas, are among the busiest in the audiophile reissue biz-and have been for roughly 30 years. Here, in alphabetical order, are their planned releases. To give you a glimpse of the musical treasures to come today as well as over the next many months we surveyed the major players in the audiophile record business. The number and quality of today’s reissues- especially in the red-hot two-45rpm-LP category-make it clear that the decisions facing most music buyers today are just as overwhelming as those once faced by that teenage music lover who once found few things as exciting as a trip to Tower Records. On the other hand, spend some time perusing the online, or print catalogs, from the likes of Acoustic Sounds, Elusive Disc, and Music Direct and it’s arguable that the well-heeled audiophile has never had it better. Oh, yes, and like the old Tower stores the walls are plastered with posters. The best vintage stuff either never sees the shelves or is very pricey, but they do have a fine selection of new vinyl, CDs, and DVDs. Today’s few remaining brick and mortar record stores-even the best of them, such as Amoeba that’s today’s go-to place in this town-can’t compare. I vividly recall each of the different rooms for the classical, jazz, and rock LPs, the seemingly endless import bins, which always seemed cooler somehow, than domestics, and the difficulty in deciding what I couldn’t afford to spend my busboy’s tips on at any given visit. For a teenage kid with wide musical interests this was like a visit to the proverbial candy store-on steroids. ![]() Recorded July and August 1957 in Hollywood.As soon as I was old enough to drive I would make regular treks from my parents’ house on the Peninsula to what for many years was one of the country’s great record stores, Tower Records at Columbus and Bay Streets in San Francisco. Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!.Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound!.The backing, with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Louis Bellson substituting for Buddy Rich, remains, as in the first album, quiet, discreet, swinging." - Norman Granz, from the original liner notes of Ella and Louis Again About all that can be pointed out, I suppose, is that we've again selected some of the best product of some of the best songwriters of our age. The 'again' obviously means they've already done one album together and beyond that, what can you say about two people like Ella and Louis? I doubt that there's anyone today who loves music, who doesn't know Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. "There isn't much one can say about an album whose title is Ella And Louis Again. With stellar support from the Oscar Peterson Trio and drummer Louie Bellson, and a repertoire that digs deep into the Great American Songbook, these two masters offer a textbook example of how this music should be sung-and swung. No last names are necessary, and no explanation is needed for why this was a musical match made in jazz heaven.Įlla and Louis Again was recorded a year after the classic Ella and Louis, and it is a triumphant reunion - the level of artistry is just as high, the magic just as potent. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound & Cut from the Absolute Original Analog Master Tapes!Įlla and Louis.
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