Bill Evans Scott LaFaro Paul Motian, Hooray Rare Original Trio Performances 2LP
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Jul 27, 2012 Sold Date
Jul 20, 2012 Start Date
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The Bill Evans/Scott LaFaro/Paul Motian Trio--Hooray and Rare Original A Rare Original Bill Evans, Alto Records AL 719. Hooray for Bill Evans Trio, Session 113.
These rare recordings are live performances from Birdland in 1960, originating from radio broadcasts.
Recording History: All the recordings of Evans, LaFaro & Motian playing together were recorded on eight days over a period of one year and eight months (LaFaro was killed in a car crash on July 6, 1961): Oct 28 1959--Sung Heroes--Tony Scott Quartet Dec 28 1959--Portrait in Jazz March 12 1960--Rare Original  March 19 1960--Rare Original April 30 1960--Rare Original & Hooray May 7 1960--Hooray Feb 2 1961--Explorations June 25 1961--Walz for Debby, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, More from the Vanguard  Exactly half of those dates are documented only on the two LPs Rare Unique and Hooray.
Playlist for Rare Original Bill Evans: March 12th on the Books (actually Autumn Leaves) 3/12/60 Fingerology (actually Our Delight) 3/12 Ides of March (Beautiful Love) 3/12 Five (theme) 3/12 March 19th Improvisations (Autumn Leaves) 3/19 Nardis 4/30 Blue & Green 4/30
Playlist for Hooray for Bill Evans Trio: Billy Bounces Light 4/30 Autumn Leaves 4/30 All of You 5/7 Come Rain or Come Shine 5/7 Speak Low 5/7
Rare Original Sound Quality: Excellent... The sound quality of this recording has been disparaged so I was very pleasantly surprised listening to it. Obviously, given that it originated as radio broadcasts they are not on the level of Waltz for Debby, etc. But they are more than fully acceptable--without distortion and excellently engineered. In particular, the mike-placement is excellent, all three voices are in correct balance and Scott LaFaro's solos are loud and clear, the interaction with Evans beautifully preserved.
Vinyl: Near Mint Minus... There are a couple of ticks and one slightly louder click on Side A, Side B played flawlessly. No surface noise at all, clearly a rarely-played record. A couple of very light sleeve scuffs and a very, very light, completely non-sounding and insignificant hairline on the B-side. No spindle marks, perfect labels, rarely played.
Covers: Excellent... Some embedded age-related discoloration on the non-laminated front cover. The back cover (with the same graphic) is laminated and is very clean. (They obviously got it backwards, the laminated graphic should have been on the front, but...) No real defects at all--no splits, fraying or ring-wear, a very nice cover.
Hooray Sound Quality: Very Good Plus...Not as good as Rare Unique, and not as well engineered. Overall very acceptable nevertheless. The mike-placement is such that the piano is a bit back-grounded. One compensation for that is that LaFaro's bass is upfront and center and it is great to have his epoch-making playing so clearly discernible.
Vinyl: Very Good Plus... Visually the record is quite good with just some scuffs, nothing of real concern. The labels are perfect and there are no spindle marks. There is zero surface noise. However there are not infrequent low-volume (and a few medium-volume) ticks on the first half of the  A Side. May well come from having used an inferior grade of vinyl, with the defects baked in. Side B is very nice with just a few scattered ticks. Far from ideal, but nevertheless a completely listenable and enjoyable record.
Covers: Excellent... A laminated but blank white back cover, a non-laminated front cover with some age-related discoloration. No splits, fraying or ring-wear, in very-fine condition. (In an indubitably unintended innovation, the slit for the record is along the top instead of along the side.)
Combined shipping is always available with no mark-up--you just pay for what it costs to ship (and of course the more disks the less per record).
Packaging includes new audiophile inner sleeves, new outer sleeves, cardboard padding, bubble-wrap and a thick cardboard record box.
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