JOE HARLEY TONE POET INTERVIEW, PT. II (future Tone Poet releases!)

Joe talks mono pressings, plant problems, and-- breaking news-- future Tone Poet releases!

[@analoguecity3454]

This is important information to me because I'm a "newbie" in jazz 🎷music! I have 6 jazz LPs and one cd out of about 512 LPs and 80 CDs 💿! This will guide me well! Thank you Mr Ken! 😊

[@nicholasvipond2205]

Really superb stuff, absolutely fascinating.

[@come6440]

Thank You Ken & Joe for doing these interviews. Just what we all what we all want know!

[@tonyharrison2542]

The best, Ken. I'm completely absorbed in every single minute and you continue to perform your role flawlessly. The worse part is when the segment ends... Fabulous!

[@sqfrost1]

Well done Ken, very interesting interview.

[@oscarporteroazcona7585]

ThxK &J 💎🎯💎

[@colinbowler1104]

Great interview Ken, Joe needs to write a book!

[@ginntonic123]

Awesome content , thanks Ken and also thanks to Joe 🙏🏻

[@David-Ellis]

It's fascinating to hear the method and decision making process behind these titles. Thank you guys

[@Vinylbop]

This is great, Ken! Take my money, Joe! 😁

[@winkingfox7125]

Haha absolutely!

[@NotedArchived]

invaluable and so much damn fun, thanks ken!

[@derosa1989]

I'm glad Joe explained the MMJ vs Original sound the way he did, and that he's not trying to make them the same, he understands the difference, and they're both great. It's not a competition! It really makes sense the TP approach is to represent what's on the tape, and make deluxe packaging. They're not a nostalgic reproduction series.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

It is nostalgic but different

[@derosa1989]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 I collected a number of the Disk Union Blue Note mono series that Kevin Gray also mastered a few years ago, they went to extreme lengths to replicate all the original labels and jackets. I don't have original pressings to compare, but the mastering of the mono series is supposed to be much more like them.

[@iansouthcote-want1606]

This needs more views, some amazing information in here. Great interview!

[@marlenejosephineA]

Great series. This stuff is gold!

[@coolmickey68]

wow, a great second half, no words! great info and also looking forward to future releases, thanks again Ken..wait...and there's a part 3!

[@wsgray]

Great interview Ken and Joe - thanks!

[@AsTheTableTurns]

Sooooo glad Joe said that Chet Baker Sings is getting a repress. I was wondering if they weren't because maybe Craft wanted to take advantage of that album.

[@markh.9822]

Craft doesn't own the rights to that album so nothing they would do

[@AsTheTableTurns]

@@markh.9822 I thought Craft owned Pacific Jazz.

[@AsTheTableTurns]

@@markh.9822 You're right

[@lukelippard2976]

Really need this to be repressed. Cmoooon now

[@airwatersun]

Hey Guys...great discussion! Kudos to the two of you...seeing this a little late but I have two questions. 1) Did you ever hear Holidays for Percussion by the Manhattan Percussion Trio done by Rudy VG? Corny but Greaat!! 2) Can you advise on Rudy's use of The Ampex suitcase amp/speaker? Saw a pic of him with one and I have one which I used at an AudioKarma meet in NJ. Mono in an open room and folks were slack jawed...ironically with a yellow rugged series Sony Sport walkman CD directly in playing classic jazz. No joke! Thank you so much!

[@bijanmoghbel]

Amazing interview! Great work and thanks

[@Lux9103]

I've noticed that all the titles that have come through the Tone poet series so far and the ones that are scheduled to come out, are all titles that MMJ did not reissue. I could be wrong but I think Don Was did this as a favour to Joe Harley, so that all the collectors that bought the MMJ releases early on are happy with them retaining their value. Hence why the Classic series is putting out the higher tier titles that MMJ already put out before but with cheaper packaging.....this is my theory

[@Budgetphile]

Thanks for asking my question, Ken.

[@cezarvasile1635]

👌👌

[@hernanniederer2919]

Nice to know they will reissue more World Pacific and start with Transition. Paradise for JVLs

[@alansenzaki4148]

Definitly!! Transition for sure and some of the great pacific jazz titles!!...montgomery bros.with harold land/ montgomeryland, catch me/joe pass etc.!

[@billstevenson541]

Thank you, Ken!

[@rocrecords01]

Another great video! interesting choice with Turrentine's "Mr. Natural", looks like Lee Morgan is on few tracks so I'm sure that will be a treat

[@fts81]

Incredibly good.

[@markhutchins7808]

So much for putting myself on a budget.....

[@alansenzaki4148]

Great stuff. I always wondered how rudy approached recording the piano. I was never a fan of his piano sound compared to the natural sound of say riverside records. If you compare bill evans verve (rudy) sound to riverside (schwartau) they are quite differerent. Maybe joe has an opinion on this. Looking forward to the sonny red out of the blue album and the stanley turrentine. Would be great to have the complete riverside bill evans on tone poet (they are so expensive and hard to get) and maybe release some rare atlantic titles like lee konitz/warne marsh and charles mingus east coasting. Looking forward to part 3. Thanks Ken!!

[@grahamlester1386]

I fully understand Joe's reluctance to go over old titles that he has done with MM, I hope he reconsiders for no other reason that it will be a major kick up the backside for all these Discog's and Ebay flippers.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I think he side the Classic reissues are covering MMJ. Tone Poet is unique to him, can't see the point of covering old ground.

[@derosa1989]

The absence of TP repeating those MMJ's would be less of an issue if BN just upped the quality of those Classic series jackets, which have decent art, but lousy cardboard stock. They deserve much better, up the QC from Optimal, and improve the jackets and that series would be as good as it needs to be.

[@UberPilot]

When he mentions “Whale oil” at 4:55, I think it’s a reference to the fact that JVC Super Vinyl (MoFi) back in the day, had whale oil in it.

[@kgobrien1]

Really entertaining and informative. Thanks. My question is: when does Kevin Gray sleep?

[@bradleykay]

Can anyone explain why one type of tape (eg Scotch 111) would have less “headroom” than other types of tape as per Joe Harley in this vid?

[@vcp93]

Oh man, that list of upcoming LPs is sick. Boys and Girls, it looks like we are going to be ankle deep in kickass jazz for years to come. Great part 2, Ken. So glad there's another video to come. 👽🖖"Na-nu" 🎺

[@SubTroppo]

Reminds me of the economist's joke: "Mr President, Fort Knox is empty!". "Double the guard!" . Unlike gold, one can't really run out of jazz, but the effectively Joe is among the keepers of the vault, in that he gets input on what comes out. A heavy responsibility indeed. ps Who does videos on those pressing machines?

[@popcornsamurai]

He does not want to do Tone Poets of the big titles because they were done before? That’s great for the folks that had been collecting forever but what about the newbies? I bought Moanin, Song for My Father and Something else. All three had crackly no fill issues. If you don’t want to do them as tone poets that is fine. I don’t need gatefolds. What I want is a quality version of my favorite albums. Optimal has lost my trust. Buying a classic series is a roll of the dice.

[@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455]

I think once they're done with the initial run, records previously remastered as Music Matters will become Tone Poets.

[@popcornsamurai]

@@kenmicallefjazzvinylaudiop6455 that would be 😊