jamieanderson1968
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might have to put my Vault subscription to use and pick these up
The Blue Note Thread
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MikeH
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The third man ones are sold out I believe. But the indie and general releases should be available still
jamieanderson1968
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Both the black and coloured are listed as available on the TMR webstore.
MikeH
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I’m anxiously awaiting mine…ordered Grant and Electric Byrd but guessing they won’t ship until Grant Green comes out…
I did hear about pressing dimples in Electric Byrd from one person…which sounds on par for Third Man’s plant. But glad to hear you think they sound good! I might have to grab the Thad Jones too.
MikeH
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Sorry meant the Third Man variant. Those seem long gone? There were 4 variants of each:
*third man variant (yellow and black splatter) limited to 313 copies
* blue note web store variant (blue and white I think?) - limited to 313 copies
*indie variant (diff color for each)
*black
I’ve always had better luck with smaller pressings at Third Man which is why I grabbed the TM variants but hoping this series is good overall
jamieanderson1968
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Gotcha.
MikeH
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I will say....this is the 2nd review I've read about people needing to adjust bass on their systems with these pressings....which seems a bit strange. Someone else said they needed to turn their subwoofer off.
I don't think the bass was pumped in mastering, I think it may be a case of what we usually hear with BN has the bass a bit temprered.
MikeH
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Annoyingly, since i ordered Byrd with Grant Green, looking like I may not get these until NOVEMBER.
zdkaiser
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BN Classics list dropping tomorrow.
Jimmy Smith Midnight Special is on the list for 9/15 release date. As is Horace Silver's Blowin
Jimmy Smith Midnight Special is on the list for 9/15 release date. As is Horace Silver's Blowin
MikeH
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Why must third man do this?? Also completely wrong label. Shouldn’t be stereo (this is a mono recording). And shouldn’t be a liberty label.
MikeH
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Honestly, who sees this and is like YES! Now THIS is cool! Except for Jack White obviously
MikeH
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Found this one out in the wild today. Not familiar with it but when I see Hutch, I buy.
Yeah this really bothered me. It’s so tacky.
zdkaiser
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Russ I
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Should have been a deal breaker for Blue Note.
To be honest, I didn't notice the 'stereo' error. But this is a collaboration, so it will obviously be co-branded. That's the way collaborations between brands works.
The yellow did not bother me at all, in fact, I found it a nice touch. So yes, I did fing it kind of cool, and thought the co-branding was done respectfully but uniquely.
Originals and various later reissues have the authentic BN label if that is a deal-breaker.
The most important thing for me - they sound fantastic.
The yellow did not bother me at all, in fact, I found it a nice touch. So yes, I did fing it kind of cool, and thought the co-branding was done respectfully but uniquely.
Originals and various later reissues have the authentic BN label if that is a deal-breaker.
The most important thing for me - they sound fantastic.
MikeH
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Which version did ya happen to get?
MikeH
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I just think there’s a tasteful way to do the collaboration. Plastering yellow over everything seems to be the Third Man idea of showing their involvement. These aren’t as gross as the yellow alternate VBR covers but still just kinda gross to me. Bootleg labels change the color of the BN label.
I don’t think the Thad sounds great. But am waiting on Byrd as I heard that one sounds much better.