All Those CTI's ....
George Grand
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I was out in my garage having a smoke. I managed to depress the living **** out of myself by thinking about all the great CTI titles that I had on vinyl. All those museum quality covers. All the incredible music. I have a lot of them on disc, but, what a dope. If I could choke myself a little I would.
Freddie Hubbard - Keep Your Soul Together, Red Clay, Sky Dive ......his "live" collaborations w/Stanley Turrentine.
Stanley Turrentine - Cherry, and Sugar. Two superb albums with fantastic artwork.
The Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker collaborations "live" at Carnegie Hall.
Milt Jackson - Sunflower
Deodato - Prelude and Deodato II
The really early Grover Washington Jr's like All The Kings Men.
The Don Sebesky "Giant Box" set. Grover Washington did a thing called Aubrey on it and it was sublime. A ton of other great artists in that box.
All the early George Bensons, like "Bad Benson" re-released as "Take Five".
The Hank Crawfords.
Airto Moreira
The Ron Carters
The guitar player Joe Beck.
Esther Phillips.
Esther Phillips AND Joe Beck
There's a bunch more. What a dope.
I'd even bet that Wes Montgomery's "A Day in the Life" was a CTI. I know it was on A&M but I'll bet anything CTI was an A&M subsidiary. The cover artwork and liner note layout was absolutely CTI. All the way.
All the ones I DIDN'T have. The Joe Farrell and Hubert Laws.
The sidemen. The list of guys that were regular players is like heaven.
Freddie Hubbard - Keep Your Soul Together, Red Clay, Sky Dive ......his "live" collaborations w/Stanley Turrentine.
Stanley Turrentine - Cherry, and Sugar. Two superb albums with fantastic artwork.
The Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker collaborations "live" at Carnegie Hall.
Milt Jackson - Sunflower
Deodato - Prelude and Deodato II
The really early Grover Washington Jr's like All The Kings Men.
The Don Sebesky "Giant Box" set. Grover Washington did a thing called Aubrey on it and it was sublime. A ton of other great artists in that box.
All the early George Bensons, like "Bad Benson" re-released as "Take Five".
The Hank Crawfords.
Airto Moreira
The Ron Carters
The guitar player Joe Beck.
Esther Phillips.
Esther Phillips AND Joe Beck
There's a bunch more. What a dope.
I'd even bet that Wes Montgomery's "A Day in the Life" was a CTI. I know it was on A&M but I'll bet anything CTI was an A&M subsidiary. The cover artwork and liner note layout was absolutely CTI. All the way.
All the ones I DIDN'T have. The Joe Farrell and Hubert Laws.
The sidemen. The list of guys that were regular players is like heaven.
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George Grand wrote: »
I'd even bet that Wes Montgomery's "A Day in the Life" was a CTI. I know it was on A&M but I'll bet anything CTI was an A&M subsidiary. The cover artwork and liner note layout was absolutely CTI. All the way.
You are good....
"CTI was a record label owned and overseen by legendary jazz producer Creed Taylor (CTI stood for Creed Taylor Inc.).
He began the CTI label in 1967 as an imprint of Herb Alpert's A & M Records (US). Three years later Taylor took CTI out from under the A&M umbrella and relaunched CTI as an independent label. Most titles from 1970 through 1977 were distibuted my Motown."
I had to look up what CTI stood for...Wristwatch--->Crisco -
Once again, GG, your taste in jazz over the years never fails to impress.........nice tunes.HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
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Mr grand, I'd like to know what type of turntable you use to spin all that great vinyl you have if you don't mind me asking.......SRT For Life; SDA Forever!
The SRT SEISMIC System:
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Ben, all you have to know is "the look" of CTI albums. Honest. You could tell them a mile away.
Ed, I have a Thorens TD-126 Mk.III with Grado. Nothing extraordinary.
The sidemen on any CTI was as good as it gets. Guitarist could be Joe Beck, Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, etc. Bass player was usually either Ron Carter or Chuck Rainey. Drums could be Cobham, Steve Gadd, Grady Tate (asshat), or Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. There was another guy too. His name was Leo Morris I think, but then he changed it to Idris Muhammed. You see him on quite a few. Piano could be Bob James or Eumir Deodato. The first Bob James album was on CTI and it is not bad at all. It is titled "One" and has a kick-**** "Night on Bald Mountain" on it. -
The CTI Benson LP, "Body Talk" that arrived in today's mail has already taken a spin.
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GG- You and I have touched on this before. I agree, these are great lp's even if only to display given their award quality cover photos. I have about 10 CTI albums and will always grab one if I see it. My fav to date is still Benson's "White Rabbit".
Update; You got me Wonderin' what I had so when I got home I checked:
Freddie Hubbard- Sky Dive & First Light
Stanley Turrintine- Sugar Man
Deodoto 2
Benson- Beyond the Blue Horizon, Good King Bad, Body Talk, White Rabbit
I think I have a couple more in another stash as well.
Yo, bubba, a couple of these came from you so....ya gots to stop sellin' the CTI's to us when you gets them.
I'm actually listening to the Deodato album which I probably haven't played in 25 years. Sounds great!
Update 2: Allright, just finished listening to side 2 of the Deodato and damn, forgot how the track "Super Strut" just rocks. I checked his player list for this lp and it has 42 guest musicians, and they ain't the neighborhood marching band, WTF! -
George Grand wrote: »Ben, all you have to know is "the look" of CTI albums. Honest. You could tell them a mile away.
Ed, I have a Thorens TD-126 Mk.III with Grado. Nothing extraordinary.
The sidemen on any CTI was as good as it gets. Guitarist could be Joe Beck, Eric Gale, Cornell Dupree, etc. Bass player was usually either Ron Carter or Chuck Rainey. Drums could be Cobham, Steve Gadd, Grady Tate (asshat), or Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. There was another guy too. His name was Leo Morris I think, but then he changed it to Idris Muhammed. You see him on quite a few. Piano could be Bob James or Eumir Deodato. The first Bob James album was on CTI and it is not bad at all. It is titled "One" and has a kick-**** "Night on Bald Mountain" on it.
Thanks for the info. I'm currently looking for a turntable to finish my analog system. I'm partial to linear tracking turntables. Any recommendations?
I want to keep it under $5 grand for a complete turntable.SRT For Life; SDA Forever!
The SRT SEISMIC System:
Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once. -
You're welcome Ed. I would think the Thorens is rather pedestrian compared to what's around.
I don't know about the linear trackers. The H-K/Rabco thing was supposed to be pretty good a long time ago. I have a linear tracking Pioneer PL-1000 here that seems to work okay. If you're going to be passing close anytime soon you're more than welcome to drive off with it as a visitation gift. It weighs a freakin' ton. -
Eh, these things happen....if that's the dumbest thing you've done, you are in good shape.
Actually, Thorens, IMO, is a brand that may not be uber hip but is always damn well executed. A couple weeks ago, a guy that I picked up some vinyl from to include the mint Sinatra/My Way pressing that I'm spinning as I type, invited me to listen to his Thorens TD-124.....old school, but a damn fine table.
On a side note, George, I got LP's yesterday and today, I got my check returned from the PO, the envelope was all frigged up....apparently it got soaked in a mail sack and couldn't read the delivery address so the sent it back. Long story short, new check enroute.
BDTI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
TroyD wrote:On a side note, George, I got LP's yesterday and today, I got my check returned from the PO, the envelope was all frigged up....apparently it got soaked in a mail sack and couldn't read the delivery address so the sent it back. Long story short, new check enroute.
I though I'd heard most of the "I sent you a check...but..." lines.
That's a good one Troy!"Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson -
This explanation is just in time to disqualify you from the preferred buyers sale. You are timely if nothing else. Don't sweat it, somebody else will want the Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra, so it's no big deal (that you're disqualified).
