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291.0. "Stick this in your ear !!" by PUZZLE::ECTOR () Thu Feb 27 1986 22:10

    
    Any jazz fans should not miss out on re-issue stuff from Polygram.
    With each disk you buy, a catalog of what's available is enclosed.
    I hadn't seen some of these in record form in years and was
    unexpectedly surprised when I saw them in disc format. Much of the
    stuff is from the Chicago-based Verve label and everything is
    remastered digitally in Germany at Polygrams labs. I've acquired
    5 discs now (3 Jimmy Smith albums, Oscar Petersen Trio - "West Side
    Story" and "Jazz Samba" by Getz and Byrd). The hiss is negligible
    and the difference from lp to disc is, to say the least, immeasureable.
    I highly recommend any of them. Most were recorded in the late 50's
    to mid-60's time frame, but some stuff - Billie Holiday and Ella
    Fitzgerald et al, are from an earlier era. There's also a series
    called "The silver collection" which guarantees over 60 minutes
    of music on the disc. Other labels included are; another former
    Chicago-based label - Mercury, London, Polydor, EmArcy, Philips,
    and MPS.  Artists include Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, the
    "Velvet Fog" - Mel Torme, early Benson, Art Blakey, Count Basie,
    Chick Corea, Ellington, early Mangione, Toots Theilemans,
    and as an additional treat, some anthologies of various artists
    from all the aforementioned. 
    
    Hope this gives you'all something to spend your money on. Just nice
    to see a parent label really get their act together and make the
    best use of their vaults. I was in heaven when I put Jimmy Smith's
    version of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" on the player. I'd only
    previously heard borrowed scratchy lp copies of this. My downstairs
    neighbors appreciated it too !! I'd like to hear any comments good/bad
    on any of these - so far, I'm real pleased with my 5 and WILL be
    getting more in the near future.
    
    			Cruisin_to_the_TUNES
    				Al