“You are the primary audience for yourself” (Bill Evans)
Both boxes are superb, the 1984 (33 rpm) compilation as well as the reissues (45 rpm) from the original master tapes.
I just compared them intensively.
The 1984 compilation is a bit softer, the reissues a bit more dynamical (or louder), but this is just a slight difference.
The compilation comes with a wonderful book and contains all songs recorded by Riverside in a loose compilation while the reissues are containing the LPs.
My all time favorite. I wanted to know do you hear the ‘test tone’ in the background of “When I fall in love” on ‘Portrait in Jazz’? Its on OJC-088 and RLP-1162. I would really like to find a version without this tone, which plays through the entire song. I have also never found anyone mentioning it.
I am wondering if it is on the discs or tapes that you have?
Thanks
Norman
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