|
|
Post by gst on Apr 20, 2015 15:05:47 GMT
Well I asked this question over at Jazz Collector, but never received a response so I thought I'd try here:
"Does anyone know if Transition records had different weights? I recently picked up Jazz by Sun Ra and it feels lighter and more flexible than my other records on the Transition label (including the compilation). Thanks."
Does anyone else have a copy of this record? The cover and book seem legit, but I'm wondering if the record could be a boot.
|
|
|
|
Post by gregorythefish on Apr 20, 2015 16:50:05 GMT
i own no transitions, but i do know that planty of other labels, such as impulse, had vinyl weights that shifted by 30 or more in either direction. transition were limited runs and were made of styrene, which has a different density and therefore different weight than other labels' records of the time. i doubt it is a boot. are the labels still attached?
|
|
|
|
Post by gst on Apr 20, 2015 17:13:03 GMT
i own no transitions, but i do know that planty of other labels, such as impulse, had vinyl weights that shifted by 30 or more in either direction. transition were limited runs and were made of styrene, which has a different density and therefore different weight than other labels' records of the time. i doubt it is a boot. are the labels still attached? Labels are still attached although just hanging on like most Transitions  Perhaps it's a second pressing. Might have to get LJC on the case! |
|
|
|
Post by dottorjazz on Apr 20, 2015 19:30:55 GMT
Jazz in Transition: 137 gr. Cecil Taylor, Jazz Advance: 159 gr. Sun Ra, Jazz by Sun Ra: 144 gr. Donald Byrd, Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill: 144 gr. Donald Byrd, Byrd's Eye View: 121 gr. Attachment Deleted  |
|
|
|
Post by gst on Apr 20, 2015 20:00:06 GMT
Jazz in Transition: 137 gr. Cecil Taylor, Jazz Advance: 159 gr. Sun Ra, Jazz by Sun Ra: 144 gr. Donald Byrd, Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill: 144 gr. Donald Byrd, Byrd's Eye View: 121 gr. Thanks dottorjazz. So does your Jazz by Sun Ra feel like styrene or vinyl? |
|
|
|
Post by dottorjazz on Apr 21, 2015 7:19:23 GMT
I feel it different from other Transition: surely is more flexible, it's halfway between vinyl and styrene.
|
|
|
|
Post by gst on Apr 22, 2015 14:14:37 GMT
I feel it different from other Transition: surely is more flexible, it's halfway between vinyl and styrene. Thanks. Mine is pretty flexible, but does that a bit of that styrene sound when you tap it. |
|
Perhaps it's a second pressing. Might have to get LJC on the case!
