There was a time in the late 80’s and early nineties when I was crazy about Blue Note. The album covers – artwork and graphics, the heavy, heavy vinyl and equally robust sleeves, the liner notes and most of all that brilliant hard-bop.
I have 38 of these. How about you?
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz146/spwilko/FreddieHubbard_HubTones_zpsioofy9ef.jpg
http://www.udiscovermusic.com/the-50-greatest-blue-note-albums
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26 here. All zeroes and ones these days, unfortunately, though I have a few vinyls in storage back in Blighty.
You have 38 copies of Hub-Tones?! Respect.
Twelve. A mere dilettante.
Some years ago I won this watch – I think it may have been a Mojo crossword.
It’s broken but this thread has reminded me it’s time to look into getting it fixed.
Hmmm … I only have 19.
A fine list. I would’ve liked to have seen Grant Green’s “Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark” in there, but perhaps that wouldn’t count because it’s a compilation of sorts.
Some odd choices in the list: Robert Glasper? Decent record…but hardly a “classic.”
Last time I looked, can still pick the majority of these up on CD for three quid a pop at Fopp. Even some of the vinyl is around the tenner mark. I’ve got around 30 on CD – used to have a decent vinyl collection as well, but like all my good stuff seems to have been sold along the way…
And it’s a 9 from the Languedoc…
Oh, and “The Best Blue Note Album in the World Ever” (available at an Eel Market near you) is a brilliant 2cd introduction into this wonderful world
Been a very long time since I listened to any, or even thought about buying them, but I have 13 of those. They’re still amazing covers though aren’t they? The Wayne Shorter is probably my favourite. There’s a moment on the title track as I recall, where the trumpet starts its solo and the drums pick up the pace underneath that used to just make the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.
13 as a dabbler with intent: I will search for some of these, as I often find I don’t know where to start.
My most recent blue note purchase was a 2nd US3 recording, which is as good fun as the other, being rap with decent tunes, being all lifts from blue note classics. Deal breaker to a purist, I’m sure, but that’s not me.
Some of the greatest music ever made. Not too much to quibble over except I too would leave out the Robert Glasper and, perhaps, the Cassandra Wilson. Replacements would be : Sonny Rollins Vol 2, with a fantastic version of Monk’s ‘Misterioso’ (should be in everyones collection IMHO) and Dexter Gordon’s ‘Doin’ Allright’ (if only for ‘Society Red’). If I could have a later Blue Note to reflect the label’s more funky years I would have Grant Green’s ‘Live At The Lighthouse’.
Gosh! It turns out I have 31. Cecil Taylor is a difficult listen. I’m surprised it ranks so high.
Thanks for your contributions. There are personal favourites of mine missing from the list but I am pleased to see Tina Brooks represented – a sadly neglected artist in his day and True Blue and another- Back to the Tracks only seeing a release in the early nineties
Wot? No “Pressure Sensitive”? Gah.
Seems I have 24, all CD, & many nice Rudy Van Gelder editions from those nice Fopp folks.
Can’t argue with the selection, except I’d have included a couple more Hank Mobleys – perhaps Roll Call, for instance & put Art Blakey at Birdland ( 1& 2) higher up the list. Have a day waiting for the boiler man to arrive so fancy spinning a few of these while I sit in my duffle coat. Niiice.
46 – not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing. And the ones I don’t have are more recent releases.
The Cassandra Wilson album (great as it is) doesn’t really belong there – it was released at a time when the “Blue Note” trademark was just one of many labels from the parent company, and it was applied randomly to various jazz releases (even Elvis Costello released a record on Blue Note).
And my personal favorite is missing from the list – “Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims” (BLP 1530).
Yes, of course Norah Jones’s “Come Away with Me” album (from 2002) is on Blue Note.
It’s sold 26 million copies.
I assume that makes it the best-selling Blue Note album of all time … unless anyone can come up with one that’s sold more.