Music - SuperSonic Recordings Archives - Positive Feedback https://positive-feedback.com/category/music-supersonic-recordings/ A Creative Forum for the Audio Arts Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:49:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 41 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-41/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-41/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:17:06 +0000 https://positive-feedback.com/?p=90100 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 241. Shelly Manne & His Men – At the Blackhawk Vol.1. Contemporary Records – S 7577 (1960), Craft Recordings – CR00601 (2024), Acoustic Sounds Series, 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: hard bop, cool jazz. As the title suggest, this is the first of four volumes of drummer Shelly... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-41/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 40 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-40/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-40/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 21:31:27 +0000 https://positive-feedback.com/?p=88203 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 236. Charlie Mingus, Blues & Roots. Atlantic – SD 1305 (1960), 33 1/3 rpm, Analogue Productions – APA 001-45 (2023), Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series, (2x45 rpm). Genre: experimental big band, avant garde jazz, blues, hardbop, swing. Here is a great album featuring six tracks including the well... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-40/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 39 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-39/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-39/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:54:28 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=81846 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 231. André Hodeir, American Jazzmen Play André Hodeir's Essais. Savoy Records – MG 12104 (mono 1957), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: cool jazz, third stream. French composer, arranger, violinist, and musicologist André Hodeir had two album releases signed under the Savoy label—this is the first, the other being... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-39/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 38 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-38/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-38/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2023 16:53:33 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=78810 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 226. Prince, Dirty Mind. Warner Bothers Records – BSK 3478 (1980), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: funk, new wave, post disco, pop, dance-punk, Minneapolis sound. Recorded in May and June 1980 and released in October, Dirty Mind is Prince's third—and for my tastes—best album regarding composition, arrangements, performance,... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-38/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 37 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-list-part-37/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-list-part-37/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:36:58 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=77103 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 221. Billie Holiday, Songs For Distingué Lovers. Verve Records – MG VS-6021 (1958), Classic Records MG VS-6021 (180g) (1995), Verve Records, UMe, Acoustic Sound Series B0036831-01 (2023) 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: jazz, vocal jazz, small-ensemble swing, bluesy ballads. If ever there was such a thing as a... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-list-part-37/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 36 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-36/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-36/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:33:56 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=75000 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 216. Blondie, "Heart of Glass"/ "Heart of Glass (instrumental)." Chrysalis – CDS-2275 (1978), 12", 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: disco, electro disco, new wave, pop rock. The five-member band fronted by singer Debbie Harry hailed from New York City. Along with Ramones, Television, and Talking Heads, they took part... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-36/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 35 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-35/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-35/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:33:38 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=72732 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 211. Donald Byrd, At the Half Note Cafe (Volume 1). Blue Note – BLP 4060 (mono), BST 84060 (1961), Blue Note Tone Poet Series – B0033842-01 (2023), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: jazz, hard bop, bebop. Will that be black or with milk and sugar? From the patron's... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-35/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 34 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-34/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-34/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:26:06 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=69283 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 206. Bionic Boogie, "Chains"/"Cream (Always Rises to the Top)." Polydor – PRO 066 (1978), 12" 33 1/3 rpm, promo. Genre: disco. Bionic Boogie was the brainchild of American disco producer, musician, and songwriter Gregg Diamond, who rose to prominence in early 1976 with "More, More, More" (Buddah... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-34/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 33 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-33/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-33/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:23:23 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=67349 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 201. Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach, Painted From Memory. Mercury – 314 538 002-2 (1998), CD HDCD only, MoFi – MFSL 1-475 (2017), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: sophisticated jazzy pop, baroque pop, easy listening. Burt Bacharach is the backbone behind some of the biggest hits from the... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-33/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 32 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-32/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-32/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:26:12 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=65598 Five Shades of "Gray" This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 196. Gerald Wilson Big Band, Moment of Truth. Pacific Jazz – ST-61-LA549-G (1962), Blue Note Tone Poet Series – B0033487-01 (2022), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: latin jazz, big band swing, blues, ballads, soul-jazz. Until recently Mississippi-born Gerald Wilson had totally passed under my... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-32/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 31 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-31/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-31/#respond Mon, 30 May 2022 15:02:14 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=63960 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 191. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Unlimited Love. Warner Records – 093624874720 – 093624880653 (2022), (2x33 1/3 rpm). Genre: alternative rock, funk rock. First things first, even though this is the band's twelfth studio album, this is only the third 'Chili Peppers LP in my collection—the other two... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-31/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 30 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-30/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-30/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:52:39 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=62220 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 186. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Masterpieces by Ellington. Columbia Masterworks – ML 4418 Mono (1951), Analogue Productions – APJ 4418-45, 200g (2017), 180g (2021), (2x45 rpm). Genre: jazz, swing, orchestral big band. The title says it all, these are masterpieces by a master of music. I... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-30/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 29 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-29/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-29/#respond Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:53:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=58590 A ray of Sunshine! This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 181. Jimmy "Bo" Horne, "Get Happy"/"It's Your Sweet Love". T.K. Disco – 33 (1977), 12", 45 rpm. Genre: funky disco, Sunshine Sound. Jimmie Horace Horne, Jr.—better known as Jimmy "Bo" Horne—honed his singing style and success to Steve Alaimo and Henry Stone's Alston... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-29/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 28 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-28/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-28/#respond Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:36:57 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=57551 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 176. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears. Columbia – CS 9720 (1968), MoFi ‎– UD1S 2-016 Box (2021), (2x45 rpm), #004348 of 6000. Genre: rock- jazz, jazz passages, jazz rock fusion, groovy soul rock, art rock, psychedelic flirtings, blues, ballad, fanfare, classical. Quick. What is... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-28/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 27 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-27/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-27/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 16:55:43 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=55723 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 171. Pink Floyd, Meddle. Harvest – SHVL 795, IE 064 o 04917 (UK) (1971), MoFi – MFSL 1-190 (1984), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: psychedelic, progressive, experimental rock, heavy rock, art rock, folk rock, acoustic rock, roots rock, space rock, ambient. Meddle may be considered the bridge between... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-27/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 26 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-26/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-26/#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2021 18:05:40 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=54501 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 166. The Doors, Strange Days. Elektra – EKS-74014 (1967), DCC Compact Classics – LPZ-2045 (1992), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: acid rock, psychedelia, psychedelic rock, blues rock, musique concrète (in small doses). The last track on The Doors debut album is titled "The End" but nothing could be... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-26/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 25 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-25/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-25/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:55:30 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=53067 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 161. Diahann Carroll and The André Previn Trio, Porgy and Bess. United Artists Records UAS 5021, United Artists Records UAS 4021 (mono) (Can.) (1959), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: jazz, musical. I loves you Porgy... let me count the ways. There are several interpretations of Gershwin's work—originally considered by... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-25/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 24 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-24/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-24/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2020 17:03:38 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=51437 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 156. Jackie McLean, It's Time!.  Blue Note – BST 84179 (1965), Tone Poet Series – B0031655-01 (2020), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: jazz, hard bop, post bop, free jazz leanings. Previously I had suggested that Tone Poet's remastering of Wayne Shorter's excellent Etcetera (Blue Note LT-1056, B0029357-01) pretty much... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-24/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 23 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-23/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-23/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2020 17:45:00 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=49487 Battle of the Big Bands! This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations The late-1930s to mid-1940s—it was the height of the big band era, as well as the second world war. Call me foolishly nostalgic perhaps but at least during that arduous period, we could lovingly hug and comfort each other, as opposed to... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-23/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 22 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-22/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-22/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:36:52 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=48267 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations "To B, or not to B-Note, that is the question" "It's Poetry In Motion" –Thomas Dolby 146. Wayne Shorter, Etcetera. Blue Note – LT-1056 (1980), Tone Poet Series – B0029357-01 (2019), 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: jazz, post bop, modal, free jazz flirtings. One listen to ETC and... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-22/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 21 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-21/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-21/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:34:16 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=47319 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations "I can't breathe" Eric Garner, George Floyd "We can't breathe" People all over the World "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas "Love Is the Message" MFSB (Gamble & Huff) "RESPECT" Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin "Get up, stand up, stand up for... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-21/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 20 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-20/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-20/#respond Sat, 09 May 2020 16:54:34 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=46600 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 136. Sonny Rollins, The Bridge. RCA – LSP-2527 (1962), Classic Records – LSP-2527 (1996), 33 1/3 rpm, 180g. Genre: jazz, hard bop. Premiering with Prestige in 1953 with a couple of stops and stints at Blue Note, Contemporary, and Riverside, this was Rollins' first of six recordings for... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-20/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 19 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-19/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-19/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:32:17 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=45874 In this Covid 19 pandemic, where many have suggested songs with either soothing or suggestive lyrics to wade through this difficult period, I chose instead to focus on five selections geared more towards escapism, dance and anxiety abandonment. So do yourself a favor, for the next 40 minutes or so, shut off the news, give... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-19/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 18 https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-18/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-18/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:04:18 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=45172 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 126. Zoot Sims and Al Cohn with Cecil Collier, Either Way. Fred Miles – FM-1 (1961), Classic Records JP 1006 (1998) 33 1/3 rpm. Genre: jazz, small combo swing, cool jazz, West Coast, jump blues. Tenor saxophonists Zoot Sims and Al Cohn head a cool swinging rhythm... Read More »

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]]> https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-18/feed/ 0 Top 500 SuperSonic List - Part 17 (Boogie on Down!) https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-17/ https://positive-feedback.com/music-supersonic-recordings/top-500-supersonic-list-part-17/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:17:52 +0000 http://positive-feedback.com/?p=42854 This is an ongoing project by Claude Lemaire of Soundevaluations 121. Various, Thank God It's Friday - Collectors Gift Series. Chocolate City – CCD 20014 DJ + Casablanca – NBD 20116, 20117, 20119, 20120, 20121, 20122, 20123, 20124, 20129 DJ (1978), 10x12", 33 1/3 rpm, single-sided, promo, compilation. Genre: disco Following the immense success of Saturday Night Fever... Read More »

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