The original cover for Plugs In has a much lighter background...it does not look so "cut and paste" as this scan does. I noticed that the tape recorder they used did not have the most stable speed--it wavers quite a bit. But the performance is worth it!
I did a trifecta of Tjader albums yesterday. Soul Burst, Several Shades of Jade and El Sonido Nuevo. I can't remember where my CD is of Along Comes Cal--I made that one from a reel tape. It does not sound the best (commercially copied reels are not all that good, I've found), but it is cleaner than any of the LPs I've found (and I have not found many).
Verve really does not have that many more titles to release in order to have his full catalog out there! They should release the rest in the Verve Originals series. Off the top of my head, these are all that remain:
We're currently overhauling http://www.caltjader.com right now. Long way to go, but we'll be adding a lot of content over the next few months.
I did a trifecta of Tjader albums yesterday. Soul Burst, Several Shades of Jade and El Sonido Nuevo. I can't remember where my CD is of Along Comes Cal--I made that one from a reel tape. It does not sound the best (commercially copied reels are not all that good, I've found), but it is cleaner than any of the LPs I've found (and I have not found many).
Verve really does not have that many more titles to release in order to have his full catalog out there! They should release the rest in the Verve Originals series. Off the top of my head, these are all that remain:
- Saturday Night/Sunday Night at the Blackhawk
- In A Latin Bag
- Warm Wave
- Along Comes Cal
- Hip Vibrations
We're currently overhauling http://www.caltjader.com right now. Long way to go, but we'll be adding a lot of content over the next few months.