Etcetera [VINYL]

I would recommend this seller and the Tone Poet records from Blue Note are amazing. Great pressings and the quality of the sleeve and photos are fantastic.

Very impressed with the Tone Poet LP. In the same class as Music Matters (well Joe Harley is on board), Analogue Productions and Impex. Wayne Shorter always produces great music and this no exception. Highly recommended.

Top album, great tunes, though first delivery has some surface marks/noise that I wouldn’t expect at this price

It was all right. Thanks.

If you should buy only one "Tone Poet Series", choose this one ! No doubt on it !I've been buying around nearly 20 records from "Tone Poet" and "80 Series" these last weeks, and this one is sounds really amazing, music and pressing ! Thanks Blue note for this !Another advice if i should is Jackie Mc Lean "Fickle Sonance" from 80 Series, i love it ! What a nice surprisePS : don't even loose yout time reading reviews from some old angry men from SteeveHof ... forum wich just realize nom they paid 100$ for a Music Matters exemplary while we can now get same quality for third of this price, there is no problem to be heard if tou don't search for them

Recorded in 1965 but not released until 1980. What’s wrong with this – why was it delayed by 15 years? The answer is probably lost in the mists of time. Apparently, this was released with little fanfare back in 1980. So Blue Note turns 80 this year (2019) and they wanted a series of “audiophile” releases to celebrate this anniversary. They’d seen the high quality Jazz releases by “Music Matters” and wanted something similar directly from the Blue Note back catalogue. So they enlisted the help of Joe Harley to produce a “Tone Poet” series that is identical to the quality of the “Music Matters” releases apart from the vinyl used is not the “SRX Vinyl”. This is the first in the “Tone Poet” series.First off the packaging. It is gorgeous – glossy cover, double gatefold with large photos of the band members inside. And the original 1980 notes on the reverse. This is not some scanned in slightly dull cover you see on some jazz re-releases.The music – there are many reviews out there from jazz experts so I have little to add. It is superb.The sound – absolutely amazing. On “Barracudas (General Assembly)” there is a section with just the bass from Cecil McBee and a little bit of drumming from Joe Chambers. There is no background noise, no hiss, nothing. Just the two instruments. The aim was not to re-create the “first pressing” sound which seems to be the nirvana Blue Note enthusiasts are after. Instead, they wanted to re-create the sound on the master analogue tapes as best they could.Finally, the price. Costing 80% more than a standard vinyl record it would be remiss not to mention this. This is one disc with no extra takes etc. The great sound quality and packaging arguably makes it is worth paying the extra. If over your lifetime you spin this 36 times then it is well worth a pound a listen!

This excellent, but neglected quartet album by the distinctive saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter(b. 1933) was recorded in New Jersey on June 14, 1965 but, inexplicably, not issued until around 1980.With Shorter(tenor sax) were a superb rhythm section of Herbie Hancock(piano); Cecil McBee(bass) & Joe Chambers(drums).Wayne Shorter had served a year with the Miles Davis Quintet when he recorded these five tracks(including four originals) and his tenor playing has a brooding, mysterious quality. Highlights include the haunting title-track and two lengthy exotic pieces, Gil Evans' 'Barracudas' & Shorter's 'Indian Song'.'Etcetera' is an inventive and atmospheric modern jazz album which deserves to be more widely known.