Paul Chambers Quartet – Bass On Top

My copy has a lot pops throught. Does anyone know if this is common issue on the TP release of this album?

Flat record. Reasonably quiet vinyl, but I hear little ticks and clicks throughout; an essentially quiet record like this will brutally spotlight any surface noise on a record. I guess there is controversy about how this sounds. It is not a great-sounding record; I think anyone would acknowledge that. One cannot really speak of soundstage because you hear some instruments coming out of the left speaker and others out of the right speaker without a realistic sense of space. On the back cover there is a warning that there is distortion on the cymbals and you will definitely hear that as a sibilant noise. For me, it is not particularly disturbing, but it's there. I do not hear distortion on Chamber's bass; the bass is clear and distinct and musical. Burrell's guitar sounds occasionally glassy but mostly good. I am unusual in that I am not a fan of Burrell's playing, so I am probably not a reliable source for critiques of his records. The piano sound is the type of old-sounding plinking you get on many Blue Notes, poor piano sound.

It's a good record, not great. Bass and guitar is an unusual combo and I guess that's my favorite aspect of this album. If you want to hear a really amazing bass record, try "This One's for Blanton", the reissue from Analogue Productions.

Unfortunately it looks like I got a bad pressing. A lot of weird hissing artifacts, particularly with the crash (and not the overload mentioned in the notes). The start of Dear Old Stockholm has a crazy amount of hissing for the first 15 seconds or so. Distortion even on the bass at times too throughout. Very odd clicking right in the center in a lot of tracks too. Very frustrating!

Musically it’s just amazing! Sonically, it’s good but not the best sounding tone poet. I was comparing this to another cello based jazz album, blow up pressed by Impex and that is god tier. This is allright

FINALLY!!!!!!! after a wait and a long journey from Ohio, US, its areived and now I have a copy! Its sounds fabulous, deep, rich and soooo engaging! Very happy boy now going into the weekend!

Fantastic. Out of the 20 or so Tone Poets I own this one gets the most play. Great sound all around. A beautiful release I’m grateful for.

I love this album, a total shift in style from so many of the other Tone Poet releases. This album is cerebral, the sort of music you should listen to while sitting in a window box at a coffee shop on a rainy afternoon. Outstanding chemistry among these four musicians. Lovely pressing and gatefold album cover too. Well worth it.

Shouldn't there be a separate listing for the recent reissue of this Tone Poet?

Picked up today at my local record store!!!! As perfect as I had imagined. Yes and high five!!!!

Picked up the repress. Excellent! Some of the first recordings in stereo at Hackensack. Awesome reissue. Thanks BN