Bill Evans - Riverside Recordings

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Here it is: THE Audiophile Jazz Fan's box set to end all box sets - All Of Bill Evans' Riverside releases cut at 45 RPM PLUS The Cannonball Adderley Know What I Mean? release for which Evans was such an important contributor!

"hese are, for the most part, extraordinary-sounding recordings, better than any you're likely to find. If you love the music, you should consider the purchase." — Fred Kaplan, Stereophile, Nov. 1, 2017

Of everything Analogue Productions has reissued, nothing has come close in sales or accolades to the 45-RPM versions of Bill Evans titles from his Riverside catalog. And now we've compiled all of them into one irresistible box set package. Includes facsimiles of each original jacket along with an 18-page booklet detailing Evans' career and Riverside era.

Titles Included: New Jazz Conceptions, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Portrait In Jazz, Explorations, Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Waltz For Debby, Moonbeams, Know What I Mean?, Interplay, How My Heart Sings! and At Shelly's Manne-Hole.

Now pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI!

Mastered by Steve Hoffman & Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering AAA analog from original  master tapes

 

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Side 1

MINORITY (5:20) (Gigi Gryce)

YOUNG AND FOOLISH (5:48)

(Horwit-Hague)

Side 2

LUCKY TO BE ME (3:35)

(Comden, Green-Bernstein)

NIGHT AND DAY (7:12)

(Cole Porter)

EPILOGUE (:38)

(Bill Evans)

Side 3

TENDERLY (3:29) (Walter Gross)

PEACE PIECE (6:37)

(Bill Evans)

Side 4

WHAT IS THERE TO SAY? (4:49)

(Harburg-Duke)

OLEO (4:04)

(Sonny Rollins)

EPILOGUE (:38)

(Bill Evans)

Explorations

Side 1

ISRAEL (6:08)

(John Carisi)

HAUNTED HEART (3:25)

(Deitz-Schwartz)

Side 2

BEAUTIFUL LOVE (5:03)

(Gillespie-King-Van Alstyne-Young)

ELSA (5:05)

(Earl Zindars)

Side 3

NARDIS (5:48)

(Miles Davis)

HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? (3:30)

(Irving Berlin)

Side 4

I WISH I KNEW (4:39)

(Gordon-Warren)

SWEET AND LOVELY (5:50)

(Arnheim-Tobias-Lemare)

Portrait In Jazz

Side 1

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (3:17)

(Mercer-Arlen)

AUTUMN LEAVES (5:22)

(Mercer-Kosmo-Prevert)

Side 2

WITCHCRAFT (4:30)

(Leigh-Coleman)

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (4:50)

(Heyman-Young)

PERI’S SCOPE (3:11)

(Bill Evans)

Side 3

WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? (4:33)

(Cole Porter)

SPRING IS HERE (5:01)

(Rodgers & Hart)

Side 4

SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME (4:48)

(Morey-Churchill)a

BLUE IN GREEN (5:18)

(Davis-Evans)

At Shelly’s Manne-Hole, Hollywood

Side 1

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (4:34)

(Rodgers, Hart)

THE BOY NEXT DOOR (5:14)

(Youmans, Harbach, Greene)

Side 2

WONDER WHY (5:05)

(Brodszky, Cahn)

SWEDISH PASTRY (5:35)

(Barney Kessel)

Side 3

OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY (4:41)

(G & I Gershwin)

‘ROUND MIDNIGHT (8:50)

(Monk, Williams)

Side 4

STELLA BY STARLIGHT (4:50)

(Young, Washington)

BLUES IN “F” (5:05)

(Chuck Israels)

How My Heart Sings!

Side 1

HOW MY HEART SINGS (4:56)

(Earl Zindars) Zindars Publ. Co.-BMI

I SHOULD CARE (4:53)

(Cahn-Stordahl-Weston) Cahn Music/

Hanover Music/Stordahl Music-ASCAP

Side 2

IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY (6:57)

(Dave Brubeck) Derry Music Co.-BMI

WALKING UP (4:54)

(Bill Evans) TRO-Acorn-BMI

Side 3

SUMMERTIME (5:56)

(Gershwin-Heyward-Gershwin) Chappell

& Co., Inc./Gershwin Publ.-ASCAP

34 SKIDOO (6:19)

(Bill Evans) TRO-Acorn-BMI

Side 4

EV’RYTHING I LOVE (4:11)

(Cole Porter) Chappell Music-ASCAP

SHOW-TYPE TUNE (4:23)

(Bill Evans) TRO-Acorn-BMI

Interplay

Side 1

YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC (7:03)

(Dietz-Schwartz) (ASCAP)

Side 2

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (5:42)

(Washington-Harline) (ASCAP)

I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN (6:30)

(Ruth Lowe) (ASCAP)

Side 3

INTERPLAY (8:11)

(Bill Evans) (BMI)

Side 4

YOU GO TO MY HEAD (5:02)

(Gillespie-Coots) (ASCAP)

WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS (6:24)

(Moll-Koehler-Barris) (ASCAP)

Moonbeams

Side 1

RE: PERSON I KNEW (5:42)

(Bill Evans) TRO-Acorn-BMI

POLKA DOTS AND MOONBEAMS (4:57)

(Burke-Van Heusen) Bourne Co./Music Sales Corp.-ASCAP

Side 2

I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY (2:39)

(Styne-Cahn) SBK Feist Catalog-ASCAP

STAIRWAY TO THE STARS (4:48)

(Parish-Malneck-Signorelli) SBK Robbins Catalog-ASCAP

Side 3

IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW (4:24)

(Dameron-Sigman) SBK Robbins Catalog-

ASCAP

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING (6:03)

(Rodgers-Hammerstein) Williamson Music

ASCAP

Side 4

IN LOVE IN VAIN (4:56)

(Kern-Robin) T.B. Harms, Inc.-ASCAP

VERY EARLY (5:04)

(Bill Evans) TRO-Acorn-BMI

Waltz for Debby

Side 1

MY FOOLISH HEART (4:56)

WALTZ FOR DEBBY (6:54)

Side 2

DETOUR AHEAD (7:35)

Side 3

MY ROMANCE (7:11)

Side 4

SOME OTHER TIME (5:02)

MILESTONES (6:37)

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

Side 1

GLORIA’S STEP (6:05)

(Scott LaFaro) Orpheum Music-BMI

MY MAN’S GONE NOW (6:21)

(G. & I. Gershwin) Chappell Music-ASCAP

Side 2

SOLAR (8:51)

(Miles Davis) Prestige Music-BMI

Side 3

ALICE IN WONDERLAND (8:32)

(Fain-Hilliard) Walt Disney Music-ASCAP

Side 4

ALL OF YOU (8:20)

(Cole Porter) Chappell Music-ASCAP

JADE VISIONS (3:46)

(Scott LaFaro) Orpheum Music-BMI

Know What I Mean?

Side 1

WALTZ FOR DEBBY (5:14)

GOODBYE (6:12)

Side 2

WHO CARES? (take 5) (5:53)

VENICE (2:51)

Side 3

TOY (5:05)

ELSA (5:48)

Side 4

NANCY (WITH THE LAUGHING FACE) (4:07)

KNOW WHAT I MEAN? (re-take 7) (4:55)

New Jazz Conceptions

Side 1

I Love You

Five

I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

Side 2

Conception

Easy Living

Displacement

Side 3

Speak Low

Waltz for Debby

Our Delight

Side 4

My Romance

No Cover, No Minimum

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 20 person(s) rated this product.

Impeccable posted on 03/14/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: SAGNI Astounding sonics, depth, eerie presence, transportive, not only can you see the cigarette packages littering the tables at the Village Vanguard, you can see the brands: Luckies, Camels—you get the drift, all that mood and atmosphere underpinned with some of the greatest musicianship of the 20th century. A no brainer, and among the 22 discs, not a pop,click—nothing but blissful sound waves. Kudos Analogue Productions!

Absolutly MUST HAVE! posted on 03/13/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: Argument This is one of those box set that everyone should have. You don't have to like jazz, or Bill Evans to enjoy this box set, if you like good music you would love it.

What A Treasure posted on 02/21/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: Rich Not cheap but wow. If you're a Bill Evans fan or just appreciate great jazz and great sound this box set won't disappoint despite the price tag. I waited many years before finally pulling the trigger on this set and I'm blown away by the quality of the recordings. Thank you Acoustic Sounds!

Stupendous posted on 02/11/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: Emil Kraft Absolute masterwork. My God thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone that worked on this vinyl project and made this available to us.

10/10 posted on 01/29/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: Churchill’s liver I wanted this box set for years and when I finally achieved that goal I felt somewhat deflated for some reason. Once I put waltz for Debby and then explorations, it all fell into place and I was blown away with it all. The sound is phenomenal and you really are in the room with Bill and the gang. I think the reason I felt deflated was the worry it won’t live up to my expectations which it did and then some.

You NEED This- Has Some New Kevin Gray Masters posted on 10/10/2022 5 Stars I don't know why this has not generated more interest-but I heard Kevin Gray in an interview last week mention that he recut (or remastered, not clear which or both) some of these recently at Cohearent. So while some of the albums in this edition are the Hoffman/ Gray Acoustech versions from past iterations of this box, a few are fresh new KG products. They are clearly identified in the dead wax. Have not had the chance to A/B them. But even if they had "just" been the old editions, this would be well worth having! Perfect.

The ultimate collection from one of the most important artists of all time posted on 10/09/2022 5 Stars Reviewer: Chris G The music, the mastering, the pressing, the sleeves - everything is just PERFECT here. These are the most seminal recordings from one of jazz's most important artists, remastered by today's preeminent mastering engineers, at 45rpm & pressed on vinyl as silent as any UHQR. Chad's mantra "buy now or cry later" has never been truer. This box was going for 3x retail value mere months ago - don't let this slip away, get it before it's gone. Who knows if we will ever see this 22 disc set released again?

Crazy Good posted on 04/28/2022 5 Stars Reviewer: manorsessions I nearly bled from my eyes as to what I had to pay for this second hand still sealed. Then I listened to it, and it is epic. This is the kind of box set that when everyone is out of the house for the day I sit down with and listen to back to back. This is why you spend good money on hifi gear to get to listen to something like this.

Worth it! posted on 09/23/2021 5 Stars Reviewer: Paul Thought long and hard about this one. For me, it was a lot of money. But, a year later, I can honestly say that I listen to these discs more than any in my collection. The mastering and sound quality is excellent right across the collection. Sunday At The Village Vanguard is the best I've ever heard it sound. Likewise Portrait In Jazz. Beautiful sound, great pressings, high quality album jackets. If you love Bill Evans, this collection is a must have.

Vinyl Perfection posted on 10/27/2020 5 Stars This collection is to be cherished. Analogue Productions generated these vinyl records as close to perfect as is humanly possible. Every note struck by the players is presented flawlessly. Absolutely well worth the $600 price tag. If you love jazz piano and you love Bill Evans...this set is IT!!!

OMG! posted on 11/29/2017 5 Stars Reviewer: Mark Wow! Just received this gigantic box. At first it didn't felt like i really own it. Thick textured box. Well you've got to have it to understand. Unprecedented.

Otherworldly posted on 06/28/2017 5 Stars Reviewer: dmason19@sbcglobal.net I am overwhelmed with the care and attention to detail that went into this project. The pursuit of perfection in every aspect from the labels to the jacket, to the booklet and the box. All of the work to produce an outstanding collection of Bill Evans is evident in every aspect of this project. But above all is the sound. In the over used but understated phrase "It is like having the band right in front of you". The detail of every instrument is just simply there. It is no effort to close your eyes and place each member of the group. I am not a collector of albums. I buy music to listen and go that Zen place in my mind. Every album in this set is simply awesome. If you are a Jazz fan, a fan of Bill Evans this Analog Productions is a master work that will not disappoint.

exquiste - overworldly presentation of Evans Work posted on 07/27/2020 5 Stars These recordings are impeccable. The presence and imaging are so vibrant and engaging. Present is all the work with Scott Lafaro, not just the Vanguard sessions. A great book. Not inexpensive, but a stellar piece of musical history that is incredibly well done. Buy it before it goes out of print. Comparing the SNatVV with the MOFI One Step - the Mofi has slightly more - but in your face detail whereas the AP sounds well balanced - just like it would sound in a club - with the wine glasses clinking. Demand this gets reprinted and buy it Highest recommendation

A dream come true posted on 10/08/2012 5 Stars Reviewer: Lou I have been a life long Evans fan. Was not a able to pick up some of the individually realeased 45s so when the box set came out I was one of the first in line and I wasn't disappointed. The originals were well recorded and the 45s are stunning. The booklet give a great history on Bill. For any Evans fan this is a must have.

This posted on 10/11/2010 5 Stars Reviewer: Mike is insanity The cd box is insane how the on 45rpm's!!!

Superb! posted on 05/15/2010 5 Stars My wife entered my listening room the other day, she usually don`t do that, and ask what are you playing? A record from that big box over there I said, why are you asking? I have never heard such a sound down here she said; the soundstage are so big, so clear and natural, I feel that the mucisians are here in the room, this is incredible she add. After that she stayed in the room with me for another record and she said nothing when she left with a big smile.

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