Understanding John Coltrane A Love Supreme UHQR 45 RPM

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would like to see Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Naturally on UHQR - or any other Daptone LP - how about you?

[@beetleything1864]

saw her live in Vancouver - really cool band...

[@CanadianJables]

First off, my wallet curses you for introducing me to UHQR. I'd love to see if they have any King Crimson pressings, specifically In the Court..., Islands, Larks' Tounges, and Starless and Bible Black. Those records are so dynamic and would sound incredible with the way you're describing it. I saw them in 2015 and it's still the best sounding concert I've ever seen; you could pick out every instrument easily and it was impossibly heavy but never overwhelming. I'd love to see what could be done with those records on UHQR!

[@staggerlee6794]

OMG! There is an alternative universe where Coltrane/Davis/Hendrix are a super group?!! Take me there, my brother!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I so wish I could find the article - it was in a Guitar Player magazine - must have been 1995-96 maybe - but the author of the article wrote a fantasy review of a concert with Miles and Jimi Hendrix in 1971 - if Jimi never died of course - and at the time I was not yet hip to electric miles and I remembered thinking - Jimi Hendrix playing JAZZ!? no way this guy is totally nuts.....now as I have gotten older do I not only realize that it most likely would have occurred - but - it would have been absolutely amazing.

[@staggerlee6794]

@PiecesofVinyl by the way. Totally with you on the intimated by Coltrane thing. Likewise for me with Miles Davis. When I was younger I couldn't get the jazz thing at all, but now I am getting more into it. Not wholeheartedly yet, but I am well on my way.

[@williamcampbell3868]

To @staggerlee6794: Hey Bruh! You sound as cool as that old 45 rpm record man! Those three along with brother Maurice White, "Aaaww man!" That is the sound the Angels are listening to in heaven and I'm more than 100% with you on that Brother!!!☺️👍👍👍

[@AngelGonzalez-hc4zw]

For decades I have heard so much about JC and was aware of many pieces however what really got my attention years later was his band members. McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvis Jones to name a few. Love that bass, piano and drums. Those guys together with Coltrane was magical.

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

Dude had a knack for hiring top talent, similar to Davis.

[@Suggsonbass]

It tool me a long time to get into A love Supreme, much longer that My Favourite things, or his wife's music. Now I love it supremely

[@uneedtherapy42]

Such great commentary. I love how you are not afraid to say you really aren’t an expert on Coltrane. Neither am I trust me but I have loved this album for about 25 years now. It’s just unlike anything else. It’s definitely not easy listening. What always amazes me about him is that his career includes stuff like the Ballads album and the Johnny Hartman album and then he went wild! Resolution is probably my favorite track on here. It’s not too hard to get with and the melody is amazing. I sometimes don’t know why I go back to records like this all the time but I think it’s just the freedom I feel in it. The feeling that music can just be anything it wants to be.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Thanks! I’m always worried i will get roasted for not being an expert. You are right he can go from tame to wild Im gonna start tracking down other albums. I do have blue trane.

[@alanjerram9258]

Many, many years ago there was a tenor player in our Army band who obviously practiced to Coltrane albums all night and quite often feel asleep during day rehearsals. During the times he was there with us he would be blowing these non-stop runs that made no sense out of context. Because of our ignorance we thought he was out there, but in hindsight and with a lot a musical education under my belt, I now realize he was showing everyone what he was learning and mastering. It was simply beyond our experience and understanding. Listening to Coltrane has a theoretical aspect to it understanding the chord progressions and decisions he made to improvise within a certain framework. He eventually become bored with familiar frameworks and decided to create his own. Understanding and comprehending how Coltrane broke out of those constraints is another kind of understanding which could take a lifetime of listening. Alternatively there is a pure mental/sensual experience that requires no music theory to appreciate if you let yourself simply glide along with his flow. It not for everyone, Coltrane is not casual dinner time music. If it's hard to get, that's ok. It's supposed to be.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Well said.

[@benwatson8244]

If you read C. O. Simpkins' bio - the best IMO - you find out that at the end Trane was borrowing folk music LPs from the library. He was trying to create a World Music out of all these scales that are not in the tempered system (not "World Music" as marketing local flavours to record-buying buyers wanting a new flavour). That is what was going on - it's a technical attempt to overcome local differences in how note systems work - not just being "far out" or "spiritual".

[@alanjerram9258]

@@benwatson8244 I will go find it. Thank you.

[@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews]

Thank you very much for mentioning my channel during your video. That was very kind of you and I sincerely appreciate it 😊 ✌️

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Anytime! Love your channel you have some great content! Keep it going!

[@JazzBums]

Really nice review, and thanks for the shoutout. Most important: Coltrane was sort of intimidating for me at first, but it quickly changed. Hope you keep enjoying his music even more. Felipe

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Thanks man! Always enjoy your videos. I know you of all people are excited for the next UHQR! We gotta talk Thirdman Vaults sometime!

[@jackedkerouac4414]

A Love Supreme was the soundtrack to my college days. As soon as I hear Part 1: "Acknowledgement" I'm instantly transported back to my apartment in San Francisco. This record is so special to me it's prominently framed and displayed in my recording studio. Btw I have Kind of Blue on UHQR and now *need* the UHQR of A Love Supreme. Great video looking forward to more from you.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Very cool. Thanks for watching! Got a really awesome video/story coming soon!

[@SilvioFYT]

Did you go to JCs church in SF?

[@blucheer8743]

I’ve been absorbing John’s music for 40 years… I’m not particularly a jazz fan… I came Tom John through miles Davis and John McLaughlin. I can’t imagine what life would be like without John’s music lighting the way through a dark world. I never really thought of John’s music as “out there” he never really recorded anything he didn’t have complete mastery of it seems to me. As a black man at that particular time and place in the universe John’s music transcended the past, the present, the future… he was able to compress his feelings, his insights and just play his heart out…. I love the “live in Paris” where he really just lets go and “a river runs through it” lol same with his “live at Newport”, a recording of his ‘my favorite things’ live at newport will go into the coffin with me along with a books of yeats poems.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I think it’s more like this was mature music that I wasn’t ready to appreciate fully until now - and I’m loving it. I got the ballads too and I just listened to it again today absolutely amazing.

[@lthecatt9667]

This is probably my favourite jazz album. I really would like to buy this, but being on the other side of the Atlantic, it is so expensive

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Check with 45rpmaudiophile he has distribution in Europe for these and others.

[@booieaguilar4792]

I would love to see them do Santo & Johnny UHQR. There 1st record that's self titled from 1959 with one of my favorite songs Sleepwalk. Much love brotha man

[@PiecesofVinyl]

That’s a good one!

[@farrellcityking1]

Coltrane found the connection to the creator. You can feel it in his music… especially on this album.

[@towertone]

When most people start drinking coffees, eating real chocolates or cheeses, drinking good wines or whiskeys they seldom jump right to the most complex and appreciate them as much as one who gradually moves to better grades as their palette evolves. This is true in a different sense (literally...) with Jazz. Coltrane, like Hendrix, Pastorius, Evans, and Davis is considered top of the heap. Each of these artist also have more approachable sides, usually earlier in their careers, that can help stair-step your way through their evolution. There are probably many people such as myself who finally get to these artist, love their complexities but back down a notch or two for most listening (odd that I just happened to listen to A Love Supreme last night for first time a couple of years). I actually prefer Wayne Shorter over Coltrane, Jeff Beck (or SRV) over Hendrix, Freddie Hubbard over Miles and no one over Bill Evans!!! But every now and then I reach for that $70 bottle of whiskey instead for Four Roses Small Batch or an Old Vine Zinfandel instead of cab sav. Cheers!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I agree with a lot of your preferences - I think I prefer Freddie Hubbard to Miles Davis as well! For me - I found jazz in the opposite direction - starting at first with more Fusion and Jazz/Funk and then working my back. I am really into Coltrane at the moment though! But I too have way more Wayne Shorter on my shelf!

[@DinoSoldo]

Hello. I subscribed to comment. Put everything you think you’re supposed to know about Jazz, groove rhythm, harmony. Stand up alone in a room. Put on Trane. Every time Trane plays a phrase, act as if you are talking to or praying plaintiffly to someone. When he stops a phrase to breathe, You stop your make believe sentence. When he starts a phrase again resume another sentence. Breathe when he breathes. You will come to understand emotionally more than you are in this present moment. This exercise works for everyone who has tried it and dared to be vulnerable. ❤

[@aa5az423]

Coltrane's quote is exactly the way I feel. I've got the $40 QRP pressing and I've played it three times in a couple months. I found it intimidating. I get it. I want the UHQR, probably an April buy for me. But yes, I've got to work my way into that album. Wonderful, tho.

[@maynardewm]

Thank you so much for this review! I’m really looking forward to getting my copy now. You have such an interesting perspective on this album. As a saxophone player who got a degree in jazz studies and played professionally for many years, John Coltrane’s music is like, the Bible of jazz to me. I can understand the feeling of intimidation. Even to this day I have a little bit of a feeling of “unworthiness” listening to his music, especially his more avant garde stuff like Ascension and Interstellar Space. It feels like he almost taps into a higher power. A level of musicianship I will never reach.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Thanks for the kind words - I know you will enjoy this especially being a sax player this would be something I would own - im a drummer and I love it!

[@cdgerhart]

john coltrane & johnny hartman / "my one and only love" - this is my favorite Coltrane song. It's not bebop, more melodic/sweet sounding. Rick Beato rated this album I'm referring to as the best sounding album in a count down he did.

[@goodknight37]

Crime of the Century- Supertramp. Time Out- Dave Brubeck. Alice In Chains - Unplugged. Allman Brothers at Fillmore East Bitches Brew- Miles

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Alice In Chains Unplugged is one I hadn’t considered. I would immediately buy it. They should do all of the unplugged series.

[@Bull_Moose23]

@@PiecesofVinyl Agreed! I would definitly love both Alice In Chains and Nirvana Unplugged on UHQR.

[@ganonkenobi]

My copy was flawless. I had noise issues with the KOB 33 and Off center spindle hole on the 45. I've already pre-ordered the white stripes- elephant. My dream would be Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath UHQRs

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Yeah Black Sabbath would be sweet. I would want LZ - but I would want all of them which would cripple me financially.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I too pre ordered the WS!

[@marrkzulunuz]

The UHQR box cover for "Aja" must match the extraordinary container for "Elephant".

[@ganonkenobi]

@@marrkzulunuz we'll see. That was likely conditional from 3rd man records. The white stripes have a white/black/red theme in general

[@c11p]

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock The Necks - Open Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Mingus absolutely.

[@acquired_taste-w9p]

Laughing Stock!!!

[@seand67]

Great commentary. I purchased the regular 33rpm Analogue Production pressing and it sounds amazing. I also love Herbie Hancock.

[@robertb5640]

Hahaha I laughed so hard at the end that's exactly how I felt when they announced the next uhqr 😂. Ordered!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Yes! Someone got the ending!

[@ChrisLee-dz3uc]

Great review! I appreciate how you setup your record shelves using the same (need a screwdriver and alan wrench) approach I did for both my downstairs home office closet record shelves and upstairs guest bedroom record shelves. Finally got around to ordering this. I am looking forward to the new Atlantic 75 Ann John Coltrane 45 RPM editions! Keep up the great reviews!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I actually need more shelves!!

[@jasonarsenault3791]

Great job man! I have a similar entry to jazz… soul/funk.. organ forward stuff. Soooo much to learn about jazz still. Keep up the incredible content

[@PiecesofVinyl]

some good funk/soul/groove videos coming up - stay tuned!

[@NickP333]

Great vid, Rocco. I enjoyed your insight. Felipe and Kenny did great vids about the UHQR. Your set up is great, man. You certainly don’t need to spend many thousands of dollars to hear the difference between records. For whatever reason, the regular black seems to have a speck more musicality to it than the orange 33 rpm. I think I may be due to the carbon used to color the vinyl black which also acts as a kind of lubricant for the stylus. Thanks again, Rocco. Good stuff 👍🔊🎶

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Thanks. I really like me setup - I just lust over a vintage marantz setup or something like that!

[@joseluisherreralepron9987]

Great review and enthusiasm! I have a remastered CD of this one; I have a Rega Planar 2 turntable I bought 20+ years ago that still works flawlessly and it is so tempting to get this one...

[@PiecesofVinyl]

It's def. worth it - but there are a lot of great versions of this that are more affordable - but this is the one!

[@jamesdowdy2861]

How you got here doesn't matter - what matters is that you are here - a really great review!!! I'd love to see Tool's Aenima and/or Lateralus on UHQR.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

A lot of people want that Tool album!

[@Geoffmurnyack1]

Dream UHQR would be Damien Rice - O Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline Any Radiohead Lianne La Havas - Self Titled Any Bjork Any Bonnie Prince Billy The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium Max Richter - Vivaldi The Four Seasons Recomposed Max Richter - Infra Michael Hedges - Strings of Steel Nils Frahm - Spaces Sigur Ros - () The Smiths - Louder than Bombs Sufjan Stevens - A Beginners Mind

[@rc2257]

I enjoyed hearing your journey to come to appreciate and enjoy Coltrane. I would say his earlier stuff on Prestige is pretty accessible, and much closer to straight-ahead jazz than the later stuff. The stuff after Love Supreme, particularly '66 and '67 is, to me, the least accessible. It's an acquired taste, and even then, you have to be in the right mood for it. That's my opinion, of course. Others will disagree, and their opinion is no less valid than mine. I haven't decided whether to buy the UHQR. I have 3 other pressings. One is the recent Acoustic Sounds QRP pressing (stellar! And very affordable considering the near-audiophile quality). Another is a Japanese pressing from 1976, which is in terrific shape and sounds very good. And lastly, a crappy pressing I bought 7 or 8 years ago when I was just getting back into vinyl after a 30-year detour into CDs. I never listen to it and should remove it from my collection. I have no doubt the UHQR sounds amazing. But I can only afford so many UHQRs (and MoFi One Steps, and other $100+ audiophile LPs). By some miracle, I was able to get a copy of the Exodus UHQR that you mentioned. That was a smart purchase because (a) I freaking LOVE the music and (b) my other other pressing of Exodus is not good. (It's the Tuff Gong Jamaican pressing, it has tons of surface noise and to my ears sounds like it was mastered from an average-sounding CD.) In contrast, I already have two pressings of A Love Supreme that have very good to outstanding SQ. Thanks for sharing the other videos on this recording that you've found especially helpful. My favorite You Tube channels are absolutely not competitive with each other, they're complementary and complimentary. I appreciate very much that you have this philosophy, too.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Yeah if I had those other pressings I would probably skip it too. Especially that Japanese pressing. All my Japan pressings sound and look amazing. That exodus is really good.

[@stephendick3611]

I would like to hear Modern Jazz Quartet on UHQR. I've never heard them with the clarity I want.

[@hazardousjazzgasm129]

There's no shame in feeling intimidated by certain artists. I've been a jazz fan for nearly two decades, obsessed with Coltrane for most of those years, and I still feel overwhelmed by some guys like Coleman

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Yes - Ornate Coleman is another one with me, but he does go more FREE at times. But he seems to be very popular recently for represses so I have been tempted to get some.

[@austinhunt4260]

Great honest video! Funny ending! Dream UHQR: ÆNIMA. And it shouldn’t be impossible. Another would be DSOTM, but I’d say that one is probably in the realm of the impossible.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

There is an old school DSOTM UHQR - from the original UHQR methods. It’s worth a fortune. Thanks for getting to the end!

[@Audiorevue]

Well apparently you're not a church going man, otherwise you completely understand the entire album perfectly. It's his love for God and it's him expressing that love viscerally in the only way he knows how, through the music. People often talk about kind of blue as being the definitive jazz album, and in a lot of ways it is. It is so deceptively simple while at the same time so infinitely complex, it creates a structure that even the most unacclimatized lay person can not only appreciate but understand. A love supreme is truly sonic perfection, a musical love letter written to express his love and hope for that which is the most incorporial. What I've often heard when listening to it is not only the sense of love and appreciation but more a sense of hope and wonder. a sense of almost curiosity in the face of the unexplainable and the hope that faith will set us free , as I said sonic perfection.

[@speevers9484]

Great review,i haven't listened to this for a long while - defo going to order a copy.It's almost as if the the music chooses its time to find you ! On the re-release front I'm on a tiny personal campaign ( !!! ) to get the James Brown - Make it Funky the big payback Comp ( originally only on a Polydor double CD ) - its amazing its never had a vinyl press, but a UHQR 45rpm would be dope !!!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would love any James Brown UHQR. Or any soul/funk Classic.

[@AceBoogie_]

Love Coltrane and this video. Thanks!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Thanks! I love Coltrane too!

[@jameswestmoreland9717]

Ditto for me, Rock,soul, R&B First, then Miles Davis: Tribute to Jack Johnson via Georgia Tech radio, early 70's.. And Weather Report, Chick Corea. Oh, and Alice Coltrane.

[@BernhardKistner_dice45]

Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" definitely has to be heard more than once ... make that dozens of times. Unsolicited advice from an old vinyl nuts and Coltrane aficionado: get yourself a decent impulse! black/orange pressing in VG+++/NM condition, it's not that unaffordable. Black vinyl ... with lots of charcoal pigment in it: acts as lubricant, makes the record almost live forever. My mono pressing has a VAN GELDER stamper in the deadwax => not only recorded but also mastered by Rudy van Gelder. I prefer mono pressings because they have more juice, impact, tone color saturation. Colored or translucent/transparent vinyl has no charcoal pigment in it => no lubrication. TME (on many occasions) they do not survive more than 10 plays before sporting audible distortion. AFA your description of the audiophile aspects of the sonic representatation is concerned: i better do not comment on that, i am an ex-audiophile. [EDIT]: Have to correct myself: prices on st pressings have skyrocketed beyond anything imaginable since i had looked for this record yars ago. Moreover. the transparent UHQR pressing may be quieter on the 1st few plays. But the wear&tear issue stays valid the more you play the record.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I am going to reach out to AP about the charcoal pigment question - they claim the "clarity vinyl" is superior - others (mike from the in groove) claims the VR900 compound used in "super vinyl" from One steps from Mofi and CRAFT and Impex is the best - it is not 100% transparent - but more of a foggy clear only when held up to the light - I would trust Mike with his opinion on the compound and I wonder if it is from having the charcoal pigment?

[@indigohammer5732]

I’ve got a U.K. HMV copy of this. This album is the source of the tape used by UHQR

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Very cool.

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

I am always astonished when someone says they are afraid of a piece of music. I usually chalk it up to fear of the unknown or unfamiliar. But it's music, you know? Even if you think it can best you, it can't.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I think it was more like - I wasn’t ready to get into Coltrane. Part of that comes from the prestige he brings and how everyone else talks about him. But you are right - it’s music - when it hits you, you feel no pain!

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

​​@@PiecesofVinyl​@PiecesofVinyl I also think there is a fear that the person won't like this new experience that folks have built a legend around. I was lucky in that I experienced Coltrane with Eric Dolphy on India in 1970 (Impressions). (To be honest, I was never really impressed by Miles, because I find him too restrained-I don't pay attention to the legend, just the music; and Hendrix with Coltrane probably would have exposed Hendrix's limitations; he would have struggled to keep up with Coltrane! His tracks with Larry Young/Khalid Yasin aren't that impressive to be honest.) But I could hear Coltrane 's immense virtuosity immediately-Dolphy was a bit tougher to immediately grasp, but very rewarding, ultimately. By the way, I have high regard for Davis and Hendrix but Coltrane (and folks like Coleman, Taylor, Sun Ra, etc) were, for me at least, at a different level. No offense is meant to Davis, Hendrix or their fans. But Coltrane was a bona fide, unqualified, obvious virtuoso genius. He personally raised the bar, but it was through a combination of a little modal through Miles, but more Monk and John Gilmore (from Sun Ra), Ornette, Albert Ayler.b Coltrane kept evolving and practicing continuously until his death. He was amazing! (In fairness to Jimi, he did play with Rahsaan Roland Kirk-so did the Mothers, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Jon Hiseman, Buddy Guy, Dick Heckstall-Smith and others--there is a concert video called Super Show that plays on KZbin periodically-and he played with Swedish free jazz musicians before his final concert, so he was headed in that direction, I think, just prior to his death. But I don't think he was quite at the Coltrane level when he passed away. A lot of these imagined groupings often don't produce the level of art one might expect from the talent of the people involved, from my personal perspective.

[@AlbumInsights]

Great video Bruh! I have 5 different pressings of this classic including this. You should check out the “Complete Masters” and read Ashley Khan’s book if you want to learn more about this album. Anyway I’m glad I found your channel.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I will check that out. I’ma about to watch the chasing trane documentary as well.

[@AlbumInsights]

@@PiecesofVinyl That is a great documentary which also features Ashley Khan talking about this album. He wrote the booklet that came with the "Complete Masters" album. If you have Tidal or Qobuz you can stream that album before you purchase it.

[@jessechristensen6028]

Also, some Paul McCartney and the wings would be amazing. Especially, to test out silly love songs

[@AlfredoRichner]

I’d love a Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend UHQR, or Los Fabulosos Cadillacs’ Fabulosos Calavera.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Wow. Matthew Sweet! I remember those videos on MTV back in the 90s!

[@marrkzulunuz]

My UHQR wishlist: "Close to the Edge"-Yes, "Offramp"-Pat Metheny Group, "Howlin' Wolf (rocking chair cover)"-Howlin' Wolf, "In the Court of The Crimson King"-King Crimson, and "3+3" The Isley Brothers...Please-and-Thank You,

[@PiecesofVinyl]

You might get a howlin wolf chad loves the blues. I would love that as well!

[@ConcertBuddie]

Can’t believe you didn’t watch our livestream on this title?!?! Maaaaaan 😂 Totally kidding. But the OG is my pick, just saying 🎷

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I have watched since making this video. So if you like the OG better or you already had it - why keep the UHQR? Or will you sell it?

[@yagomaligne]

very interesting, thank you

[@paulatrent60]

What's Going On/Let's Get It On--Marvin Gaye

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would buy it.

[@jameswestmoreland9717]

Yes!!

[@bacarandii]

It's not "difficult" or "out there," any more than Andrew Hill or Jackie McLean or his old bandmate McCoy Tyner are. It's probably a little closer to early Eric Dolphy. No apologies necessary. I've long considered "A Love Supreme'' (1965) to be kind of Coltrane's "Sgt. Pepper," a landmark in his (prematurely truncated) mid-period development, and the record most people associate with him (even though "My Favorite Things" was understandably more popular). That doesn't mean it's the one I still listen to most often, though.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Agreed. It’s funny I come into jazz backwards - so more modern stuff first and I’m finding some things listed as out there isn’t what I would consider out there. And I have delved more into Coltrane at this point and it’s just amazing stuff.

[@thrillcat]

Jellyfish’s Spilt Milk would make a great UHQR, Keb Mo’s Just Like You would also be great.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Will have to check those out.

[@LifelongMusicJunkie]

Anything by Rush on a UHQR would be awesome! 2112 maybe

[@anthonyburke223]

I paid far too much for exodus and Rastaman on the used market and I have no regrets. I ate two minute noodles for a month to do it ! Lol

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would have too if I didn’t get them early. They are so worth it.

[@Ampersand00]

The only issue I have with 45rpm albums (aside from the price) is having to get up every 10nins to turn it over... Even Kevin Gray said (on a recent interview on The 'In' Groove channel) that the benefits of 45 over 33 are there but they're *minor*. Still, I'm sure this sounds great. Tempted to get one, though, who knows, Chad might issue a 33rpm later?

[@PiecesofVinyl]

This one is like having 4 seven inch singles. But they are long enough I don’t get annoyed.

[@Digginbehindthedikes]

The only thing that intimidates me is the price on this particular issue.

[@michaelgentile7932]

Question?? I’m fairly new to vinyl collecting and just ordered The River by Bruce Springsteen, it comes with two specially made inner sleeves with pictures on them, made with thicker paper (if you look it up on google you should see what I’m talking about), anyway it also comes with the standard thin paper sleeves as well. How should I store this? Should I put the record in the thin sleeves and then that inside the thick sleeves or just throw away the thin paper sleeves and just put the record in the thick custom sleeves?

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Keep whatever lyric sleeve or pic sleeve in the jacket. If there are standard paper sleeves without some kind of antistatic paper in them then toss those and get Hudson hi fi inner sleeves on Amazon. There is a link in my description of videos. They are cheap and really good. Paper sleeves are ok if that is all you have. The glossy sleeves create static and the paper sleeves can scratch so use anti static rice paper sleeves. Then - get plastic outer sleeves for the jacket. And store the records in the back of the outersleeve. Protects the record and jacket and makes it easier to listen to records. Don’t have to take out the jacket!

[@dilbyjones]

Yea man. Herbie is a big fav. Coltrane is big time.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I really want a herbie UHQR.

[@stephenanthonythomas3533]

I’d be scared to play it!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I was when I got my first UHQR the miles kind of blue. But now I can’t stop playing them!

[@Peoria19581]

Hats off for your well polished professional videos. $170 for a $30 record? If only I had the original 1st pressing still sealed. I was 6 years old when it came out, I should have grabbed it then and known better. UHQR if you're an audiophile who wants the realism of live music, or the investment potential. It's always a gamble. That's six $30 records for one UHQR, weight your options. Soul and R&B? How about Motown, Stax and Phil Spector records? Otherwise please much more Prog rock.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would take ANY Classic soul record. Im a Philly guy so give me some Philly soul on UHQR holy cow!

[@jessechristensen6028]

I love they were getting Steely Dan. I want to see rush and billy Joel.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Billy Joel is one someone else mentioned I would love that as well

[@stinkenstine]

I’d like to hear some Billy Joel on UHQR NY State of mind would sound amazing!!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Billy Joel would be good on UHQR. He is worthy of the brown box!

[@ericwong6531]

My dream UHQR pressings would be the entire Beatles catalogue but this will never happen.

[@AngelGonzalez-hc4zw]

Would like to own a Coltrane and Davis UHQR but I am not sure if it’s a worthy purchase for equipment I have. It’s an Audio Technica LP120 with an AT-VM95E cartridge. Set up to an old Kenwwood KV930 receiver and Klipsch Tower speakers. My regular vinyls sound great to my ears but sure wonder if UHQR would be worth it. Thanks

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I think your setup is fine. I personally think you would notice a difference especially for the 45versions but I get these for more then just the sound. I like the entire package but there are really good versions of these records out there without all the other extras and they sound great. But you would treat yourself to one of these to try it out.

[@AngelGonzalez-hc4zw]

Thank you for the feedback, do appreciate it! 👍

[@SpyderTracks]

I would love some 90s stuff, nirvana, pearl jam, Alice in chains, too many to name.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I think this is gonna happen.

[@1byte4]

At 45 rpm don't you also increase the amount of surface noise due to the higher volume of vinyl passing over the stylus?

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I have not experienced this. But I’m not sure. These records are silent. It might actually help - because it’s moving faster - less noise would occur? I have no idea.

[@maribennett5532]

My UHQR wish would be herbie Hancock's headhunters

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Oh yeah. It would have to be headhunters - though if I could be spoiled I would actually want Thrust. Or man child.

[@vinaychandra5305]

I would like to have Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon in UHQR 45 rpm😁

[@PiecesofVinyl]

There is a previous “old version” UHQR that was pressed in the 80s of DSOTM but it’s very expensive. I think we all are wishing for this one! 🤞🏻

[@watdanuqta-mf5ms]

The newer, better pressing reissue after the last, best, pressing reissue, after the last, best, pressing reissue, and on, and on, and on of the same old, same old records by artists who have otherwise made many remarkable recordings where a person can expand their repertoire of music in the jazz idiom rather than owning fifty different releases of Kind of Blue. Why not delve, deep into the Blue Note, Kevin Grey catalog where there's a rich, and maybe even unfamiliar artists to enjoy on perfectly fine pressings. One thing about the supposed value of these UHQR, One Step, limited run, and 45 rpm records going up is that a lot of it is short term. It's not like trying to find a clean LP from the fifties or sixties that were not well cared for. Most of these LPS are recent, played on high quality turntables, and cleaned and handled meticulously for the most part. Pressings of 10 to 25 thousand copies will ensure many will eventually hit the market at lower prices, particularly when the next, absolutely best pressing reissue is released by Chad. One other thing to consider, I've been collecting records twice as long as you, and these 45rpm boxes will start to get way heavy and consume much space. As for myself, I'm done with 45's where I have to get up every seven minutes to change a record. The differences are rarely enough for me to warrant the purchase of another LP unless it's really something I want. My setup has gotten to the point where spending another fifty plus dollars on a disc where I have found great CDs for a few bucks used on Amazon (Dire Straits, Keith Jarret, Valentina Lisitsa, Pogorelich, Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery, incredible sonics, Egberto Gismonti) can sound absolutely marvelous. Many of the limited run SACDs sound spectacular and typically run about thirty bucks, plus many of them are limited to 3000 copies or less. I own a fine original of A Love Supreme on Impulse plus a good CD version. I don't need another.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

Thanks for watching …I only have one copy of Kind of Blue (33uhqr is for sale) and I have one copy of a love supreme (gave away the Walmart version after I got this one). I have been diving heavy into the blue notes - the classic and tone poets as well as many NEW artists. Go check out Daptone or the mini doc I did on Ron and the Hip Tones. New music in 2024.

[@mpw116]

Ok Computer or Unknown Pleasures for dream UHQR. Being more realistic though, DSOTM/WYWH/The Wall.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would love The Wall. A lot of people seem to diss that album. I think Radiohead would insane and I don’t that it’s far fetched. They know people will buy it and they might have easier access to it then Floyd.

[@SilvioFYT]

You mean... Saint John.

[@SmartDave60]

Don’t wanna be that guy but I’m surprised to hear people say A Love Supreme is challenging.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I hear you. For me it’s more about Coltrane in general. This album is one of his most popular so it always gets thrown in with his name. But it’s not that out there. Maybe at the time it was far out - but there was also some way out other jazz at the time too.

[@chronomaster.]

UHQR? I'd love to hear Tool - Ænima. 🤞

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I would like Undertow. I have a lot of memories with that album.

[@deltahomicide9300]

My dream UHQR is Physical Graffiti which is very possible My 'dream on' UHQR is Dummy

[@stinkenstine]

I’d like to see them make plastic covers for these

[@PiecesofVinyl]

There is a company that makes them called sleevie wonder on Amazon. They make all kinds of box sets covers.

[@musiclassica]

Try to breathe a little, will make it a lot more comfortable for you and for the viewer. Looking forward to the following.

[@eliasmodernell3348]

Stereo Beatles box

[@hawkmoon369]

The joshua tree u2

[@leon9021]

Youre way too naive on clarity vinyl and 45RPM. Relisten to the blue one without knowing which is which, you will have a hard time picking out the UHQR.

[@PiecesofVinyl]

I need to get a dual turntable and mixer setup to do that right. That is actually something I really want. That said I tried to A/B as much as I could. You can def hear a difference. It’s probably just the 45rpm because I have heard the same when comparing my headhunters 33 and 45. Also an AP pressing. But if get that setup two tables same carts same everything I will blind taste just for the fun of it. I don’t mind being wrong.

[@leon9021]

@@PiecesofVinyl The thing is its not the 45 causing the little differences that may exist, its just the mastering. Ive done a blind AB comparison and you could make either version sound like the other with minor EQ adjustments. Same goes for most 45RPM records sadly. Even though 45 is a superior format, it doesnt inherently sound better.

[@davepounds8924]

You didn’t need to spend 160 dollars to get into the recording There are a lot of great sounding Love Supreme pressings that sound great These UHQRS I feel are overpriced and your paying for the packaging!!

[@PiecesofVinyl]

True. Those others are great. It was a timing thing that I happened to get his and really get into it. I really do look at these like archival copies so that is what I like about this one.