Vinyl Me Please Classics

[johnpisme]

For someone like me who’s starting to delve a lot more into jazz, what 1-3 VMP classics would you recommend? I don’t care if they’re sold out on VMP.

Donald Byrd - Street Lady. You can get a VG+ original pressing for about $20.
Art Blakey - Indestructible is a brand new BN80 that is one of his best albums
The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery These last two you can get on amazon for around $20. All three are great and from different eras and great jumping off points, too.

 

[dhodo]

Donald Byrd - Street Lady. You can get a VG+ original pressing for about $20.
Art Blakey - Indestructible is a brand new BN80 that is one of his best albums
The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery These last two you can get on amazon for around $20. All three are great and from different eras and great jumping off points, too.

Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery is definitely a top album of 2019 contender. Strongly seconded.

 

[supahypeag]

*sigh* I joined too late for Blossom Dearie but that would fit the “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”-style hole in my collection.

 

[Taevis]

Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery is definitely a top album of 2019 contender. Strongly seconded.

Love that album!

 

[supahypeag]

Don’t sleep on Mark de Clive-Lowe’s Heritage Vol. 1. I have returned to that album a bunch since it was N&G record selection zero. Also he was nice enough to drop by here for an AMA.

 

[NewsFedora]

I don't have a complete collection of Classics, but of the 16 I do currently own, here are my personal top 5:

1. Archie Shepp -- Attica Blues
2. Blossom Dearie -- Blossom Dearie
3. The Isley Brothers -- Go For Your Guns
4. Nat Turner Rebellion -- Laugh to Keep from Crying
5. Al Green -- Call Me (although Blakey is a strong contender for this spot)

Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery is definitely a top album of 2019 contender. Strongly seconded.

Co-signed. There have been some incredible new releases this year, and this is near the very top.

 

[stpaulbrowns]

Oh and they have a spreadsheet so you plan your vinyl diet accordingly

For your reference: 2019-20 Jazz Reissues (Needles & Grooves)

 

[trickyseven]

Just cleaned and spun my copy of The Freedom Rider.

If my wife wasn't listening with me I would have bought BN 80 Indestructible before the end of the first track.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Just cleaned and spun my copy of The Freedom Rider.

If my wife wasn't listening with me I would have bought BN 80 Indestructible before the end of the first track.

The Egyptian is my jam.

 

[tvham]

For your reference: 2019-20 Jazz Reissues (Needles & Grooves)

There you go spending my money again...

 

[Turbo]

How many have a full set of Classics?

I had dropped out for 3 months at Carla Thomas - Alice Coltrane - Stan Getz but picked them up in the months following.

 

[AC Slaughter]

The lack of love for Max Roach is C R U S H I N G

 

[wmeugene]

The lack of love for Max Roach is C R U S H I N G

It’s in my Classics Top 10, which is saying a lot considering the high quality of the series and probably my 3rd favorite jazz release after Miles and Blakey.

 

[MadLucas]

How many have a full set of Classics?

**Raises hand**

 

[SherlockOhms]

Quit VMP at the time of the great forum debacle, but the Art Blakey is making me sorely tempted to join again ... GAH!

Aaaaaand I've got a copy - went digging on Discogs, and discovered a new vinyl place just down the road from my house which has taken over the back half of a high end audio equipment shop. The owners tastes are *dangerously* close to mine and I for see me funding his beer habit for quite some time

 

[jamieanderson1968]

How many have a full set of Classics?

Charter member here, even have the secret decoder ring

 

[wmeugene]

How many have a full set of Classics?

I had dropped out for 3 months at Carla Thomas - Alice Coltrane - Stan Getz but picked them up in the months following.

I need to pick up Sister Rosetta through Isley, otherwise I would be a full set.

 

[bdm105]

How many have a full set of Classics?

I had dropped out for 3 months at Carla Thomas - Alice Coltrane - Stan Getz but picked them up in the months following.

 

[Turbo]

I need to pick up Sister Rosetta through Isley, otherwise I would be a full set.

I don't know if it just wasn't your thing (no judgement here), but the Isley Brothers pressing sounds amazing.

 

[wmeugene]

I don't know if it just wasn't your thing (no judgement here), but the Isley Brothers pressing sounds amazing.

Actually I had ducked out for a few months and was drawn back by the Art Blakey. It's the first of the three I don't have that I want to get.