Posts Tagged "Vinyl Spotlight"

Vinyl Spotlight: The Cats (New Jazz 8217) Second “Blue Label” Pressing


When I lived in Albany, New York, the East Greenbush library had a killer selection of classic jazz CDs, and the 1989 Original Jazz Classics reissue of this album was one of them. Flipping through the racks, this album piqued my interest because of its super-hip cover and the name “John Coltrane”. I became more familiar with this album over the years and acquired the Original Jazz Classics LP a few years… More→

Vinyl Spotlight: Thelonious Monk, Misterioso (Recorded on Tour) (Columbia 2416) Original Mono Pressing


As big of a Thelonious Monk fan as I am, I don’t collect original pressings of Monk LPs. There are several reasons for this: 1. Some of Monk’s most inspired recordings were for Blue Note in the late ’40s and early ’50s. As a result, they are not high-fidelity and I don’t find myself seeking out older recordings like this on vinyl. 2. Though Monk’s… More→