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Monday, July 19, 2010

0072 Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes [The Jazz Couriers in Concert] FLAC 7(39.38)

















Contributed by Gonzo

Ronnie Scott - tenor
Tubby Hayes - tenor
Terry Shannon - piano
Phil Bates - bass
Bill Eyden - drums

01 What is This Thing Called Love
02 Some of My Best Friends are Blues
03 The Serpent
04 Guys and Dolls
05 Time Was
06 Speak Low
07 Cheek to Cheek

Label: MFP 1072
Recorded: February 16 1958 Dominion Theatre
Lineage: LP>FLAC
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19 comments:

  1. Mr Pinkwhistle19 July 2010 at 11:16

    I have this same issue - must be one of the very few lps on the 'Music for Pleasure' label worth owning! Given the recording conditions and equipment available at the time, Gonzo has given us the best sound we are likely to hear. As you say anyway, it's the music that counts. It's obvious to mention, but you can't have enough Tubby.

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  2. Anonymous19 July 2010 at 12:51

    Great stuff again gonzo, many thanks. Already have these tracks (mp3) from the 'Some Of My Best Friends Are Blues' CD, but your lossless rip is most welcome.

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  3. grumpy19 July 2010 at 14:45

    Superb, thank you Gonzo! (And I find the sound perfectly acceptable).

    Incidentally another MFP of worth was the Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter, I'm certain there are a few more.

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  4. BritJazz19 July 2010 at 16:39

    jazzuk - except Guys and Dolls. Is that the one on England's Late Jazz Great Tubby Hayes (IAJRC 50)? Tom Lord says TEMPO(E)TAP22 and Music for Pleasure(E)MFP1072.

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  5. Anonymous19 July 2010 at 17:23

    This is the cd I have an mp3 version of, including Guys and Dolls

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Some-Best-Friends-Are-Blues/dp/B0029P4578

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  6. BritJazz19 July 2010 at 17:34

    Yes, my MP3 VBR version is missing that track, don't know why. Still, have it now from the LP - much better.

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  7. Jazzjet19 July 2010 at 17:46

    That sleeve is particularly nostalgic. Thanks Gonzo.
    Did anyone catch Tubby Hayes in the horror flick 'Dr Terror's House of Horrors' over the weekend on BBC TV?

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  8. bluebird19 July 2010 at 20:15

    Re Tubby Hayes MFP lp

    'Dr. Terror' is around quite cheaply on dvd and worth it for Tubbs appearance alone.
    The story goes that he was so drunk in one of the nightclub scenes, the one around the table with Alan Ganley and Kenny Lynch, that he had to be held upright by persons off-screen.
    The music from that film has recently been released by Trunk Records on a 3 track ep with a great sleeve picture but the first pressing is out of print already. There is a second pressing still available but with a plain sleeve.

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  9. Anonymous19 July 2010 at 21:06

    You can watch that flick on this link

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5223006333131173641#

    The Tubby Hayes/Roy Castle episode starts at about 40mins in. Apparently Roy Castle actually mimes the trumpet part to a recording of trumpeter Shake Keane.

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  10. Wallofsound20 July 2010 at 19:05

    Thanks. More Tubby always welcome.

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  11. stringbender20 July 2010 at 20:08

    Thanks indeed for posting this wonderful LP. This group really had a great spirit!

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  12. Baron25 July 2010 at 00:36

    Thanks Gonzo ... THayes - what a musician he was ... MFP label had a Kid Ory lp and a superb Chris Barber at the London Palladium feat Joe Harriott (Swonderful duet Joe & Ian Wheeler is Wonderful!) Baron VB

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  13. Bhowani30 July 2010 at 17:57

    1000 thanks Gonzo !

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  14. Anonymous9 September 2010 at 19:06

    Thank you! I did only have a por mp3 version of it. I do love it
    Berni

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  15. Anonymous9 December 2011 at 21:00

    Thread well past its comment by date, but if its of any interest I have recently acquired a Tempo copy 1st press and I regret to say the sound is prety good - Decca's finest engineering and pressing

    http://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/the-jazz-couriers-in-concert-tempo-1958/

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  16. BritJazz10 December 2011 at 09:00

    @Anonymous - no run out date for comments. If your copy will furnish a version better than Gonzo's, would you consider contributing it here? We could put it up as an alternative. I'm listening to Gonzo's now and, notwithstanding our initial warning about the download, it does sound pretty good. We are always happy to offer improvements if we can, however.

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  17. Anonymous10 December 2011 at 15:29

    Would be happy to but I do not have the equipment to create FLAC from vinyl. I use a cheap Maplins USB TT to create samples from vinyl in MP3 for my blog . Its not audio grade quality but a small file size suitable for streaming live from a webpage. My Linn amplification is not designed to output to a computer and I don't like to to mess with it! I don't have those tweaking skills like Gonzo. Notwithstanding the quality of Tempo pressings, I don't think downgrading to MP3 will do it any favours.
    Thanks for putting up all that Tubby stuff I have not heard before. Never been particularly a British jazz fan before, and the vinyl is just not in my price league, but I am keeping my ears open from now on.

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  18. BritJazz11 December 2011 at 09:57

    @jazzholic - thanks for the thought anyway and for being on the lookout.

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  19. Rodney5 June 2015 at 14:27

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