Ep390: Zev Feldman's 2023 RSD Releases
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Zev Feldman, The Jazz Detective, returns to share his recent tape finds and upcoming releases for Record Store Day 2023.
Topics include:
- Zev Feldman introduction
- Comments on the passing of Amhad Jamal
- Memories of Amhad Jamal reviewing recent recordings
- The process for getting these releases issued
- The stars aligned for 6 RSD releases
- The importance of the Left Bank Jazz Society
- The Left Bank tape archive
- Walter Bishop Jr – Bish at the Bank
- Zev curates releases with booklets, pictures, info
- Shirley Scott: Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank
- Are there photographs of the artists during Left Bank sessions
- Sonny Stitt: Boppin' In Baltimore – Live at the Left Bank
- Chet Baker: Blue Room
- The pictures of Chet Baker
- Some projects take years, some take months
- Vinyl pressing times are getting better, more capacity
- Bill Evans: Treasures – his 10th album with the Bill Evans Estate
- Will he be reissuing some Bill Evans releases?
- Eric Dolphy: Musical Prophet – 2nd pressing
- The differences between the 1st and 2nd pressings
- Any thoughts of reissuing the Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse boxset?
- Having unsalvageable tapes from Max Roach and Clifford Brown
- How often do people reach out to Zev with tapes?
- Would Zev branch away from Jazz?
- Upcoming releases
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | This is Zev Feldman, the Jazz Detective, just taking a moment to remind you that I've got six new releases coming out this record store day, Saturday, April 22nd. |
| 0:09.5 | And I'm talking to Nate about them on the vinyl guide. |
| 0:11.7 | This episode is brought to you by Seams Easy Record Sleeve Repair strips. |
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| 0:20.4 | They're super easy to use and repair those seam splits to make them like new. |
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| 0:28.7 | Seams easy with two zes. |
| 0:31.1 | Seamseseasy.com. |
| 0:33.8 | And now on with the show. |
| 0:37.7 | Ah, well, hot digity dog. |
| 0:39.6 | Hi, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome to episode 390 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:46.1 | And it is Record Store Day Week Eve, and we are highlighting some amazing releases coming out this record store day, April 22nd, |
| 0:55.3 | 2022. |
| 0:56.5 | And today, Zev Feldman, the Jazz Detective, is here once again to give us the skinny on |
| 1:02.2 | six releases he has coming out. |
| 1:05.1 | Artists like Bill Evans, Eric Dolfi, Chet Baker, Shirley Scott, Sunny Stitt, and Walter Bishop, Jr. |
| 1:13.0 | And today Zev talks about each of these releases, why they're important, the journey from |
| 1:18.1 | bringing them from the Island of Lost tapes directly to your turntable and lots more. |
| 1:23.6 | Plus, we talked to Zev about some of his other adventures, some sadly unsalvageable finds, |
| 1:29.3 | finding lost photographs along with the recordings and more. |
| 1:32.3 | Zev is an amazing dude, always positive, always on the hunt for tapes, and keen to talk about |
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