Count Basie - Farmer's Market Barbecue

 

180-gram vinyl

Mastered by Doug Sax from the original analog master tape

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Housed in Stoughton Printing tip-on single pocket jacket

"I really enjoyed the drum sounds captured here on the slinky sultry version of 'St. Louis Blues' (Side 1, Track 2), with much fine relaxed cymbal work by Gregg Field. Basie's piano doesn't have quite the presence evident on 88 Basie Street, but it's still a lovely sounding recording. ... Farmers Market Barbecue sounds quite, quite good, and it swings pretty hot at times too." — Music = 9/11; Sound = 9/11 — Mark Smotroff, AnalogPlanet.com. Read the whole review here.

From his earliest days in territory bands in the Southwest, Count Basie had a secret: How to make a collection of instrumentalists generate rhythmic thrust so irresistible that no listener's foot could remain motionless.

Basie's swing was the opposite of tense. Relaxed is what it was, and powerful. Through five and a half decades, Basie never lost the ability to infect a band with his swing magic. This edition of his swing machine, recorded just a couple of years before his death, is evidence of the continuing force of that magic.

Pressed from metal parts mastered by Doug Sax from the original analog master tape. Pressed at Quality Record Pressings for superior sound quality, and housed in a Stoughton Printing tip-on single pocket jacket.

 

 

Side 1

1. Way Out Basie (4:19)

2. St. Louis Blues (7:13)

3. Beaver Junction (4:43)

4. Lester Leaps In (4:57)

Side 2

1. Blues For The Barbecue (10:27)

2. I Don't Know Yet (4:10)

3. Ain't That Something (4:15)

4. Jumpin' At The Woodside (3:20)

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 2 person(s) rated this product.

Basies blast posted on 07/10/2024 5 Stars Reviewer: Dom If your even remotely interested in Count Basie and jazz in general , the four titles I purchased including this record sound amazing. Anyone who has Pablo records found out they can be very noisy. To listen to these recordings on high quality vinyl is a credit to the quality of these recordings. Thanks for reviving these masterpieces. I have only one request, Joe Pass virtuoso recordings . It would make me ,my best friend and many others extremely happy !

The best!, posted on 06/27/2024 5 Stars Reviewer: Jack Graham I have a mint OG and mint Japanese pressings of this recording…This new edition from Chad is without question the best balanced and features the best depth yet. I highly recommend you buy this one soon… or as a great man once said “Or cry later”…JG

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