Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns – MoFi 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP Box Set
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The Hissing of Summer Lawns is personal protest music and barbed social commentary as only Joni Mitchell can deliver. The follow-up to her most commercially successful album pursues adventurous jazz-dictated directions, abstract impulses, and tough-minded lyrics that stand in contrast to much of her prior work.
Joseph Bonner – Impressions Of Copenhagen – Pure Pleasure Records 180g Vinyl LP
Originally released by Theresa in 1992, this frequently exquisite set features the McCoy Tyner-inspired piano of Joe Bonner on four originals, Cal Massey’s Quiet Dawn, and Lush Life.
Bonner and a rhythm section are joined by a string quartet, trumpet, trombone, and flutist Holly Hofmann (the leader provided the arrangements) for music that is both lyrical and often passionate.
Bonner is an underrated talent, and this is one of his finest recordings
Judee Sill “Heart Food” – Intervention Records 180g Vinyl
Julie London – Latin In A Satin Mood – Analogue Productions 200g Vinyl
Analogue Productions has brought back Julie London sings Latin In A Satin Mood in dramatic, deserving fashion. Remastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, and plated and pressed on 200-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, the crispness and vibrancy of this recording is spectacular.
Exotic and Latin albums were big deals in the 1950s and early '60s, and singers as diverse as Dean Martin, Lena Horne, and Peggy Lee were recording with castanets and bongo drums. Like Peggy Lee, London combines a restrained vocal approach with jazz phrasing and a cool attitude with icy sex appeal on this album of relaxing Latin standards. Julie does look beautiful on the cover, and the backup male "mariachi-esque" serenade ads to the romantic ambiance.
K.D. Lang – Ingenue (Limited Numbered 180g One-Step Edition) Sire Records Vinyl LP
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This is the definitive-sounding audiophile version of k.d. lang's second solo album Ingénue. Upon release the album charted at No. 18 in the US, No. 13 in Canada, No. 3 in the U.K. and Australia and No. 1 in New Zealand. Nominated for six Grammy Awards with the breakout single, "Constant Craving" winning a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "Miss Chatelaine" and "The Mind Of Love" were follow-up singles.
Keb’ Mo’ – Keb’ Mo’ Pure Pleasure Records
Keb' Mo's self-titled debut is an edgy, ambitious collection of gritty country blues. Keb' Mo' pushes into new directions, trying to incorporate some of the sensibilites of the slacker revolution without losing touch of the tradition that makes the blues the breathing, vital art form it is. His attempts aren't always successful, but his gutsy guitar playing and impassioned vocals, as well as his surprisingly accomplished songwriting, make Keb' Mo' a debut to cherish.
Kenny Burrell – Guitar Forms – Acoustic Sounds Verve 180g Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve
1966 Grammy nominee for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance — Large Group or Soloist with Large Group, and Best Album Cover — Photography.
A cornerstone of any jazz library. Kenny Burrell's concept for this album was to demonstrate a variety of jazz guitar styles. And he does so, masterfully. Of particular interest "Moon and Sand" by Burrell and the Gil Evans Orchestra showcases an engaging guitar performance with a Latin combo.
Kenny Burrell – K.B. Blues – Blue Note Tone Poet Series 180g Vinyl
Recorded in 1957, Kenny Burrell’s third session as a leader for Blue Note presented the guitarist’s signature stylings with a crack team of hard boppers featuring Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, and Louis Hayes. Previously only issued on vinyl in Japan this swinging set is given a new shine with this mono Tone Poet Vinyl Edition.
Kenny Burrell and Jackie McLean – Inta Somethin’ – Blue Note Tone Poet 180g Vinyl
Kenny Dorham added stellar entries to the catalogs of Blue Note, Riverside, and New Jazz throughout the 1950s as he solidified his reputation as a leading trumpeter and composer on the jazz scene. He began 1961 in the studio for Blue Note recording his excellent album Whistle Stop and later that year cut his first date for Pacific Jazz, Inta Somethin', a spirited live recording that captured Dorham leading a quintet with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, pianist Walter Bishop Jr., bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Art Taylor at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco.
The band is firing on all cylinders throughout this set of four standards bookended by the Dorham originals "Us" and "San Francisco Beat." A buoyant version of "It Could Happen To You" is performed quartet as a Dorham showcase, while the trumpeter lays out on "Let's Face The Music And Dance" and "Lover Man" to give the spotlight to McLean.
Kenny Dorham – Matador Impex Records Hybrid Stereo SACD
Kenny Dorham – Matador Numbered Limited Edition HQ-180g Vinyl LP
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Limited To 5000 Pressings
• Audiophile 180g Vinyl LP
• 33rpm
• Available on all-analog LP for the first time in nearly 50 years
• First time ever on HQ-180
• Mastered by Chris Bellman from the original analog master tapes
• Original single disc jacket with ribbed paper tip-on over heavy-board stock
• Pressed at RTI
Khachaturian Gayne Ballet Suite 2LP 45rpm 180g Vinyl LSO Fistoulari Everest Classic Records
Rarely has a record label been so influential and so associated with trend-setting recording techniques for its time as Everest Records. Hollywood sound man Harry Belock and audio dealer-engineer Bert Whyte started the label as the stereo era dawned. They acquired 3-channel 35mm magnetic film recording equipment in 1959, and through the early ’60s recorded in this fashion, as did Mercury Records.
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- Limited Edition
- 2LP 45rpm 200 Gram Vinyl
- Cut From Original 35mm Magnetic Film Tapes
- Mastered Using ‘All Tube’ Cutting System
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman
- Classic Records 200-gram Super Vinyl Flat Profile
- Pressed at Quality Record Pressings, QRP USA
- Stoughton Printing tip-on old style covers
- 2 LP’s Packaged in protective clear sleeve
