Ain’t nothing but a jazz thing here at eil Towers with some top jazz rare vinyl and CDs coming through the doors over the past week, here’s a few to whet your jazz whistle, see them all here.
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Original pressed jazz rarities…
KEITH JARRETT Solo Concerts:1973 Japanese 7-track triple LP box set recorded live in Bremen on July 12th and Lausanne on March 20th that year, with each album in its own title sleeve, complete with 16-page picture booklet with lots of black &white images, all housed in a great 12½” square title box with obi-strip., more info here
Classic jazz, original and high end audio reissues……
HERBIE HANCOCK Directstep:First issue 1979 Japanese-only ‘Mastersound’ Direct Disk 3-track LP featuring the original version of Shiftless Shuffle & more spaced out & extended renditions of I Thought It Was You & Butterfly, with additional flights of keyboard fancy from Webster Lewis. Housed in a unique gatefold sleeve with die-cut series inner, Japanese insert & obi, more info here
Jazz reissues, new releases and vintage pressings with prices to suit all…..
MILES DAVIS Sketches Of Spain (1972 Japanese SX68 Mark II audiophile issue of the 1960 5-track stereo vinyl LP, picture sleeve complete with Japanese insert & top card obi, still in the original open shrink, more info here
High end audio CDs….
CHET BAKER Eight Classic Albums(2012 UK 84-track 4-CD set featuring eight classic albums, digitally remastered and enhanced for superior quality. Comprises Grey December [originally released in 1953], Chet Baker & Strings [1954], Chet Baker Sextet [1957], Chet Baker Introduces Johnny Pace [1958], Chet Baker Sings [1956], Chet Baker Cool’s Out [1956], Playboys [1956] and Embraceable You [1957]. The four discs are housed in a fold-out digipak picture sleeve – still sealed, more info hereUltimate Jazz, rare originals…..
THELONIOUS MONK More Genius Of Thelonious Monk:Rare limited edition 1985 Japanese-only 12-track mono vinyl LP compilation, part of the ‘The Other Side Of BLP 1500’ series of Blue Note rarities and re-releases issued by Toshiba EMI, Japan in theeighties. Contains ‘Alternate Masters’ of Monk’s legendary first recorded session for the label in 1947 plus two takes of ‘Sixteen’ from 1952, more info here
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