Dave Brubeck Vinyl Records

Although the twelve titles had already been released on LPs that had been recorded in the studio, these records were certainly not known to all those in the audience. In between the numbers on each LP, Brubeck made little 'advertising spots' in short comments, but with such charm and wit that one really cannot be angry with him.

The concert programme begins with "St. Louis Blues" and ends with "Take Five". Luckily, the solos are distributed among all the musicians, so that Paul Desmond and Joe Morello – whose prowess on this evening can only be called 'amazingly good' – justifiably received enthusiastic applause from both the audience and us alike. "Castilian Drums" demonstrates Morello’s wealth of ideas and his grandiose feeling for rhythm; though short, Paul Desmond’s solos ("Southern Scene" is a good example!) are compelling, highly melodic, lyrical and possess a unique tone – as such they are immediately recognisable.

How fortunate that the twelve brilliantly improvised numbers are now available once again on vinyl, having been recorded live at the legendary Carnegie Hall 60 years ago.

Musicians:

• Dave Brubeck (piano)
• Paul Desmond (alto saxophone)
• Eugene Wright (bass)
• Joe Morello (drums)

Recording: February 1963 Carnegie Hall, New York
Production: Teo Macero

About Speakers Corner

At the beginning of the 90s, in the early days of audiophile vinyl re-releases, the situation was fairly straightforward. Companies such as DCC, Mobile Fidelity, Classic Records and, of course, Speakers Corner all maintained a mutual, unwritten ethical code: we would only use analogue tapes to manufacture records.

During the course of the present vinyl hype, many others have jumped on the bandwagon in the hope of securing a corner of the market. Very often they are not so ethical and use every imaginable source to master from: CDs, LPs, digital files, MP3s – or employed existant tools from the 80s and 90s for manufacturing.

A digital delay is gladly used when cutting a lacquer disc because tape machines with an analogue delay have become quite rare and are therefore expensive. When cutting the lacquer, the audio signal is delayed by one LP revolution against the signal, which controls the cutter head, and for this a digital delay is very often employed. Of course, the resultant sound signal is completely digital and thus only as good as this delay.

We should like to emphasise that Speakers Corner Records on principle only uses the original master tape as the basis for the entirely analogue cutting of lacquer discs. In addition, the pressing tool is newly manufactured as a matter of principle. We have one digital recording in our catalogue (Alan Parsons / Eye In The Sky“), but even in this particular case we used the analogue tapes for cutting.

We only employ existing tools for manufacturing if an improved result is not forthcoming, e.g. the title Elvis Is Back, which was mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray, or several titles from our Philips Classics series, which in any case Willem Makkee cut from the original masters at the Emil Berliner Studios in the 90s. It goes without saying that we only used the mother and that new tools were made for our production.

To put it in a nutshell: we can ensure you that our releases are free from any kind of digital effects – excluding the exception above – and that the lacquer discs are newly cut.

This comprehensive 18-track, 2LP set from Vinyl Passion collects all of the jazz great's most revered material and interpretations including his jazz standards "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke" as well as a handful of iconic tracks from his 1959 masterpiece Time Out in "Take Five," "Blue Rondo A La Turk," "Three To Get Ready" and "Kathy's Waltz" among many more!

Track Listing:
LP1
1. Body And Soul
2. Out of Nowhere
3. The Song Is You
4. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
5. Jeeper's Creepers
6. A Fine Romance
7. Stompin' For Mili
8. The Duke
9. In Your Own Sweet Way

LP2
1. Summer Song
2. When You Wish Upon a Star
3. Kathy's Waltz
4. Three To Get Ready
5. Take Five
6. Blue Rondo A La Turk
7. Somewhere
8. It's A Raggy Waltz
9. Unsquare Dance

*Bonus Track

Dave Brubeck, championed when unknown yet scorned when he gained success with bandmember Paul Desmond's 'Take Five', is one of the most experimental jazz pianists in the history of the genre.

His love for poly-rhythms & poly-tonality comes out in this 1962 masterpiece.

Along with the help of Paul Desmond, Joe Morello and Eugene Wright, Countdown: Time in Outer Space is considered as one of Brubeck's most adventurous albums.

Music On Vinyl is now re-issuing Countdown for the first time since its original release!

1. Castilian Drums
2. Fast Life
3. Waltz Limp v
4. Three's A Crowd
5. Danse Duet
6. Back To Earth
7. Fatha

Brubeck's classic quartet, with Paul Desmond (Alto sax), Gene Wright (bass), Joe Morello (drums), recorded live in Copenhagen during their 1958 goodwill tour of Europe sponsored by the US State Department.

Track Listing:
1. Wonderful Copenhagen
2. My One Bad Habit Is Falling In Love
3. Tangerine
4. The Wright Groove
5. Like Someone In Love
6. Watusi Drums

Originally released on Fantasy in 1952, this special exclusive Record Store reissue pressing faithfully reproduces the original 10” vinyl package right down to the red colored vinyl! Features legendary sidemen Bill Smith, Paul Desmond, David Van Kriedt, Dick Collins, Bob Collins, Ron Crotty, and Cal Tjader!

Track Listing:
1. The Way You Look Tonight
2. Love Walked In
3. What is This Thing Called Love
4. September in the Rain
5. Prelude and Fugue on Bop Themes
6. Let's Fall in Love
7. Ipca

*Bonus Track

Includes Bonus Track

Track Listing:
1. Ode to a Cowboy
2. Summer Song
3. Yonder for Two
4. History of a Boy Scout
5. Plain Song
6. Curtain Time
7. Sounds of the Loop
8. Home at Last
9. Two Sleepy People*

*Bonus Track

LP2
1. Arthur Blythe Down Santiago Way
2. Oscar Brown Jnr* Signifyin' Monkey
3. Mel Tormé Comin' Home Baby
4. Herbie Mann Watermelon Man
5. Dave Pike Why Not
6. Gerry Mulligan Get Out Of Town
7. Dave Brubeck Take Five
8. Mongo Santamaria La Bamba

1. In The Lurch
2. One Moment Worth Years
3. They Say I Look Like God
4. Since Love Had Its Way
5. Swing Bells
6. Blow Satchmo
7. Finale

Heavyweight direct metal mastered 180 gram vinyl LP pressing. Wax Time.

Track Listing:
1. Oh Susanna
2. When It Is Sleepy Time Down South
3. Little Rock Get Away
4. (I Dream Of) Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
5. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
6. Darktown Strutters Ball
7. Noboby Knows The Trouble I've Seen
8. Happy Times
9. Darling Nellie Gray
10. Southern Scene

Respect is due to the excellent musicianship of altoist Paul Desmond, bassist Eugene Wright, drummer Joe Morello and of course the maitre himself, pianist Dave Brubeck.

Track Listing:
1. It's A Raggy Waltz
2. Bluette
3. Charles Matthew Hallelujah
4. Far More Blue
5. Far More Drums
6. Maori Blues
7. Unsquare Dance
8. Bru's Boogie Woogie
9. Blue Shadows In The Street

Tunes like “It’s A Raggy Waltz” and “Unsquare Dance” allow Brubeck to show off his virtuosity, making some extremely difficult music seem absolutely effortless. A true classic! Also featuring the bonus track, “Slow And Easy” which was not released until 1996.

Track Listing:
1. It's A Raggy Waltz
2. Bluette
3. Charles Matthew Halleluiah
4. Far More Blue
5. Unsquare Dance
6. Far More Drums
7. Maori Blues
8. Bru's Boogie Woogie
9. Blue Shadows In The Street
10. Slow And Easy (A.K.A. Lawless Mike) (Bonus)

Time Further Out continues the Dave Brubeck Quartet's exploration of unusual time signatures that began on the ensemble's definitive 1959 album Time Out. Accompanied by an all-star cast, the esteemed pianist arranging tunes according to the number of beats per bar, in the process rewriting rhythmic rules and dance steps. In fact, the tracks are ordered by the number of beats per bar, starting with "It's a Raggy Waltz" and "Bluette" in 3/4, "Charles Matthew Hallelujah" in 4/4, "Far More Blue" and "Far More Drums" in 5/4, "Maori Blues" in 6/4, "Unsquare Dance" in 7/4, "Bru's Boogie Woogie" in 8/8, and concluding with "Blue Shadows in the Street" in 9/8.

Like the original Time Out album, Time Further Out's cover features a work of modern art: a painting by Spanish artist Joan Miro. Mastered from the original analog tape by George Marino at Sterling Sounds in New York and pressed at RTI in Camarillo, California, this record has never sounded so alive or immediate. A must-have jazz benchmark.

Track Listing:
1. It's A Raggy Waltz
2. Bluette
3. Charles Matthew Hallelujah
4. Far More Blue
5. Far More Drums
6. Maori Blues
7. Unsquare Dance
8. Bru's Boogie Woogie
9. Blue Shadows In The Street

'Time Out' is the 1959 album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz (mainly waltz or double-waltz time, but also 9/8, and most famously 5/4). Although the album was intended as an experiment and received negative reviews by critics upon its release, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums ever! Obviously, timing is everything!

Just over 50 years after its original release, we present this timeless album on 180 grams audiophile vinyl.

Track Listing:
1. Blue Rondo A La Turk
2. Strange Meadow Lark
3. Take 5
4. 3 To Get Ready
5. Kathy's Waltz
6. Everybody's Jumpin'
7. Pick Up Sticks

Remastered

'Time Out' is the 1959 album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz (mainly waltz or double-waltz time, but also 9/8, and most famously 5/4). Although the album was intended as an experiment and received negative reviews by critics upon its release, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums ever! Obviously, timing is everything!

Just over 50 years after its original release, we present this timeless album on 180 grams audiophile vinyl.

Track Listing:
1. Blue Rondo A La Turk
2. Strange Meadow Lark
3. Take 5
4. 3 To Get Ready
5. Kathy's Waltz
6. Everybody's Jumpin'
7. Pick Up Sticks

The piece is famous for its distinctive, catchy saxophone melody, as well as its use of unusual 5/4 time — so distinctive, it's a rare jazz track that became a pop hit.

Including the monster hit "Take Five," the Brubeck Quartet's Time Out is a jazz and audiophile classic. Every album collection needs a copy. And now, cut at 45 RPM on 200-gram premium vinyl, pressed at Quality Record Pressings, Analogue Productions brings you the definitive copy.

Why definitive? The dead-quiet double-LP, with the music spread over four sides of vinyl, reduces distortion and high frequency loss as the wider-spaced grooves let your stereo cartridge track more accurately. But it's more than just the vinyl that makes this release so special. For the first time in its history, Time Out is presented here packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket. Inside are eight fantastic black and white images shot during the recording session at Columbia's famous 30th Street Studios.

The jacket is also special — very heavy-duty. It's produced for us by Stoughton Printing featuring a printed wrap mounted to a heavyweight chipboard shell, producing an authentic "old school" look and feel. This jacket is a beauty! Never has Time Out's colorful iconic cover art looked so vibrant.

The record label's sales executives didn't want a painting on the cover when Time Out debuted in 1959 on Columbia Records, Brubeck told an interviewer. An entire album of originals? That wouldn't work either, he was told. Some standards and some show tunes were needed in the mix. Fortunately, Brubeck ignored the conventional wisdom and Time Out became the original classic we know it as today. Brubeck became proof that creative jazz and popular success can go together. 

The album was intended as an experiment using musical styles Brubeck discovered abroad while on a United States Department of State-sponsored tour of Eurasia. In Turkey, he observed a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9/8 time, a rare meter for Western music. 

Paul Desmond, who was Brubeck's alto saxophonist, wrote "Take Five," at Brubeck's urging to try and write a song in quintuple (5/4) time. 

"I told Paul to put a melody over (drummer) Joe Morello's beat," Brubeck explained. As a jazz pianist, Brubeck became a household name in jazz in part due to Time Out's success. Demond's cool-toned alto and quick wit fit in well with Brubeck's often heavy chording and experimental playing. Morello and bassist Gene Wright completed the group. The Quartet traveled and performed constantly around the world until breaking up in 1967 to pursue other musical ventures. 

Time Out peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Take Five" became a mainstream hit, reaching No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 5 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey, the precursor to today's Adult Contemporary charts. The song was included in countless movies and television soundtracks and still receives significant radio play. 

Features:

• 45rpm 200g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• First time Gatefold jacket
• Rare black & white photos from Columbia Studios recording sessions
• Heavy-duty chipboard shell stock by Stoughton Printing
• Cut by Bernie Grundman

Musicians:

• Dave Brubeck, piano
• Paul Desmond, alto saxophone
• Joe Morello, drums
• Gene Wright, bass

This title is not eligible for discount.

Classic album, digitally remastered

'Time Out' is the 1959 album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz (mainly waltz or double-waltz time, but also 9/8, and most famously 5/4). Although the album was intended as an experiment and received negative reviews by critics upon its release, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums ever! Obviously, timing is everything!

Just over 50 years after its original release, we present this timeless album on 180 grams audiophile vinyl.

Track Listing:
1. Blue Rondo Á La Turk
2. Strange Meadow Lark
3. Take Five
4. Three To Get Ready
5. Kathy's Waltz
6. Everybody's Jumpin'
7. Pick Up The Sticks

Side 2
1. PARADIDDLE JOE (J. Morris-F. Parries-J. Pugsley-C. Trotta)
2. LATE LAMENT (Paul Desmond)
3. STRANGE MEADOWLARK (Dave & Iola Brubeck)
4. TRISTESSE (Dave Brubeck)
5. TONIGHT ONLY (Dave Brubeck)