Now THIS Is What I Call Eek-clectic!

Sunday, September 08, 2013

Tom Hull A+'s

Working on the A+'s as determined by Tom Hull [http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/a-jazz.html]
MOG playlist (what I don't already have on CD): http://mog.com/m/playlist/2956931?ci=40000

A+'s I have on CD:
Armstrong, Louis 16 MOST REQUESTED SONGS CD Columbia/Legacy 1994 Xgau: A; Hull: A+
Armstrong, Louis HOT FIVES & SEVENS 4CD JSP 1925-30 Hull: A+
Armstrong, Louis PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN 4CD Columbia/Legacy 1994 Xgau: A+; Hull: A+
Carter, James CHASIN' THE GYPSY CD Atlantic 2000 Xgau: A; Hull: A+
Coleman, Ornette SHAPE OF JAZZ TO COME, THE… CDR Atlantic 1959 Hull: A+
Coltrane, John LOVE SUPREME, A… CDR Impulse! 1964 Hull: A+
Coltrane, John LOVE SUPREME, A… CDR Impulse!/amazon 1964 Hull: A+
Davis, Miles TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON, A… CD Columbia/Legacy 1992 Xgau: A+; Hull: A+
Davis, Miles, Quintet 'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT CD Columbia 1955 Hull: A+
Davis, Miles, Quintet 'ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (in The Perfect Jazz Collection 2) CD Columbia/Legacy 1955/2010 Hull: A+
Ellington, Duke ELLINGTON AT NEWPORT 1956 (complete) 2CDR Columbia 1999 Hull: A+
Ellington, Duke FAR EAST SUITE CDR Bluebird 1966/2003 Hull: A+
Ellington, Duke FAR EAST SUITE, THE…: Special Mix CD Bluebird 1966/1995 Hull: A+
Ellington, Duke NEVER NO LAMENT: The Blanton-Webster Band 3CDR Bluebird 2003 Hull: A+
Fitzgerald, Ella FIRST LADY OF SONG 3CD Verve/PolyGram 1993 Hull: A+
Fitzgerald, Ella KEN BURNS JAZZ CD Verve 2000 Xgau: A+, Hull: A+
Holiday, Billie & Lester Young MUSICAL ROMANCE, A… CD Columbia/Legacy 2002 Xgau: A+; Hull: A+
Jordan, Louis BEST OF LOUIS JORDAN, THE… CD MCA 1975 Xgau: Core; Hull: Hull: A+
Mingus, Charles MINGUS AH UM CDR Columbia 1959 Hull: A+
Mingus, Charles MINGUS AH UM (in The Perfect Jazz Collection 2) CD Columbia/Legacy 1959/2010 Hull: A+
Pullen, Don BREAKTHROUGH CDR Blue Note 1986 Xgau: A; Hull: A+
Rollins, Sonny G-MAN CD Milestone 1987 Xgau: A+; Hull: A+
Rollins, Sonny SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS CD OJC/Prestige 1956/1987 Hull: A+
Rollins, Sonny SILVER CITY: A Celebration of 25 Years on Milestone 2CD Milestone 1996 Xgau: A+; Hull: A+
Silver, Horace VERY BEST, THE… CD Blue Note 2005 Xgau: A; Hull: A+
Sinatra, Frank SONGS FOR SWINGIN' LOVERS CD Capitol 1955 Hull: A+
Tatum, Art GROUP MASTERPIECES, THE COMPLETE PABLO… 6CDR Pablo 1990 Hull: A+ (Vol. 8)

Haven't found (easily--and cheaply):
Duke Ellington Early Ellington [1927–34, RCA]
Coleman Hawkins The Bebop Years [1939–49, Proper, 4 CD] -- but have as separate playlist: http://mog.com/m/playlist/1801407?ci=40000
Johnny Hodges Passion Flower [1940–46, RCA]
Jimmy Rushing The You and Me That Used to Be [1971, RCA]

Friday, August 09, 2013

mykel's cassettes

I think I might pick up this: http://goo.gl/1VjAEV. Or maybe I'll try out the deck I already have first. I've barely ever used it. I can listen to cassettes on my "home theater" system attached to the TV. Also in the car I inherited from my mother-in-law after they took away here license. I have quite a few old cassettes too, the vast majority not worth digitizing, but it might be fun to mosey around with them. My digital turntable is an Ion too, and I like it fine (probably fooling myself), even with the software it came with.
This particular batch of cassettes, I haven't figured out what all it is, but only the Warren G and Joy Division strike me as things I have other choices for listening. But the tapes themselves look to be in decent shape, even if the packaging has aged.

Here's what I've tracked down:
First one I took down to try out in my tape deck turned out to be this:
RABBI ZALMAN SCHACHTER:
Aging To Saging
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Salomi has been at the forefront of a pioneering renewal of Jewish spirituality in the contemporary world. A modern master of the methods of transformational psychology, he uses prayer and meditation, movement and song, storytelling and philosophical discourse, to present the central teachings of Hasidism and Kabbalah along with the other universal spiritual truths gleaned from Sufi, Buddhist, Shamanic, Native American and traditional religious sources. Reb Zalman currently works with students through his "Wisdom School," a dynamic example of the path of the heart.

1 Audio Cassette.

#A615-90.

$9.00

[http://www.photosynthesis.com/Philosophy_Religion.html] So it's actually still available, and there's a video version too. The bit I listened to the audio quality was great, and I'm interested in the hearing the whole thing.

Others:

Swans: White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. Can stream: http://mog.com/m/album/10748899?ci=40000.

academy 23: relationships [http://www.discogs.com/Academy-23-Relationships/release/368381]

more info: http://killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/post86/?p=41. This looks like it's only been on vinyl, and it the Kill You Pet Puppy site recommends it.

union carbide: in the air tonight [can stream: http://mog.com/m/album/44412035?ci=40000]; there's more than just this on the tape, though. It looks like only the first side was recorded over. Second side of the tape is this:

sic: final show can be watched! http://youtu.be/sBPjYbVliYc

I'll keep updating this post as I track down more of these, meanwhile pics of individual cassettes can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdrummbks/sets/72157635089200960/.

###