Great photograph.
A lovely album. Iâm non-vinyl but it is nice to see her albums getting a vinyl reissue.
Iâd love it if she got round to re-issuing the 70âs and 80âs stuff on her own ironic label - itâs long overdue.
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Decca just about to reissue this rarity on vinyl Oct 4th. Previously reissued on CD only by Vocalion
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Anything about sources used. Decca tends to use digital source for their analog remasters.
Apparently re-mastered from a 24bit/192 kbps copy taken from the stereo original master tape. Good enough for me !
The UK original, an extremely rare issue on Columbia, was in mono only.
Yeah, no thanks. I donât want to pay money for ADA reissues on vinyl. Decca needs to learn from the reissue series that have great success investing in proper AAA remasters.
Mark Ward has a great article out today where he makes the case for that, and I agree with him completely. Those ADA remasters can sit unsold in bins forever as far as Iâm concerned.
On the contrary to your observation, I have been very happy with the sonics on previous Decca jazz vinyl releases so will happily buy a copy of this. I am confident that it will sound great.
Furthermore, at sub ÂŁ30 compared with over ÂŁ1k for an original (if by chance you ever find one - unlikely), it is a bargain.
Thatâs great if the ADA reissues make you happy. As far as Iâm concerned there are plenty of really well-done AAA reissues, so Iâll stick with those. I canât buy them all, so there is plenty to chose from. If the Joe Harriott is mastered from digital source Iâm happy to wait for it on Qobuz and save the money and fuss on the vinyl.
Well - your loss. I, for one, am glad that this rare Joe Harriott LP is finally being reissued as an official, good quality vinyl remaster.
It has taken over 60 years - a case of âdo not look a gift-horse in the faceâ for those of us that are Harriott fans.
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The way I look at it is if I choose to not miss out on this and buy it, then I have to miss out on something else. That was my point that I canât buy it all.
And who knows, maybe someone will do a proper AAA remaster some day.
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I hear what you say. The realist in me knows that this is likely the best we will ever get though and since the 1960s UK EMI/Decca have pretty well ignored Harriott fans, especially after his 1972 passing, making all of the original albums sought after. Deccaâs recent âBritish Jazz Explosionâ series on vinyl - after a good start - seems to have hit the skids of late so the unexpected appearance of this one seems like a minor miracle.
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The box to hold them all is only $90. 
(the LPs will be available separately for $30. The complete set is $300).
Itâs also cut by Keven ReevesâŚapparently no one told him records can be dynamic and have quiet surfaces. Flat, noisy and lifeless is the order of the day for him.
And as per Michael Fremer, âThese will be the American tapes, meaning they were âDon Dexterizedâ. He was the American producer who took the raw materials sent from the U.K. and âAmericanizedâ them. They will sound very different from what you have!.â
This is such an easy and hard pass.
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I buy the box just for fun 
I have the UK boxes,.why shouldânt I have the US. Iâve heard the Capitol albums several times and I like them. Itâs fun with different mixes 
In that case my suggestion would be to wait for reviews, to find out if Keven Reeves screwed up the mastering or not. He has done some real garbage lately. Don Cherryâs Art Deco is a disaster, for example. You can read the review of it at Tracking Angle to find out what I mean.
I donât read reviews I listen to the music. Right now I listening to Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan a excellent album 
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Easy enough to do both.
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