Episode 72:: Slipped Discs

It is not uncommon for many devoted Jazz fans, after years of collecting, cataloging, and storing their triumphant libraries of original and reissued Jazz LPs to finally break under the constant strain of moving and protecting them, especially as alternative ways to access Jazz digitally have become more and more convenient, and progressively more aurally satisfying. Once you have more than 25 records on your shelf, a vinyl library can easily become a burden.

But it can also be a liberation. Stacks of hard-pressed analog music cut into physical reality and sharing one's life and home on a daily basis. A collection of any considerable size becomes a wilderness of forgotten classics and well-worn favorites. An audio safari, in which one's fingers walk down the alphabetically-sorted sleeves, drawing out crisp cardboard mementos of decades past, and paradoxically timeless songs of yesteryear.

It is a magic beast, an album collection, and I gratefully invite you to share in this week's journey through the Greater Northwest Washington DC Ryan Weber Memorial Lending Library (thanks to George Prado for the inside joke).

Audio

Playlist

1. Chico Hamilton - Larry of Arabia - The Dealer
2. Charlie Christian - Swing to Bop - Earliest Recordings of...
3. Nat Adderley - Foo Foo - Natural Soul
4. Frank Sinatra/ Antonio Carlos Jobim - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars - At Last...
5. Louie Bellson - The Eel - Breakthrough
6. Clifford Jordan - One Flight Down - Starting Time
7. Toshiko Akiyoshi/ Lew Tabakin - Kogun - Kogun
8. Sphere - Eronel - Four in One
9. Terry Gibbs - 3 Blind Mice - That Swing Thing!

::WSRP:: All I needed was 1 Turntable and a Microphone. Word.