There is one copy of Chet Stereo going for $136 - even the 1963 repressing of that album is asking upwards of $400!! The Monos are more abundant ( six copies) yet very pricey! Heck, the more recent 45 RPM two LP set of Chet from Analog Productions is going for upwards of $500! The one Stereo copy of It Could Happen To You, Chet Baker Sings was going for nearly $600 and Mono copies ain’t cheap either! There were only three original Stereo pressings on Discogs of Chet Baker In New York, selling for upwards of $250! Sellers of three Stereo copies of Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner & Loewe are asking for upwards of $125 each. I spot checked what the titles in the new reissue series are going for at the time of this writing earlier this week, so click on any of the underlined titles in the next paragraph to jump to those pages for reference. So it is in the label’s and the fan’s best interest to issue a quality product to make sure people aren’t ripped off by unscrupulous marketers taking advantage of expired copyright laws overseas.Īccordingly, original pressings of Chet’s albums in Good to Near Mint condition go for quite a lot of coin on the collector’s marketplace. There have been many reissues of these albums over the years in varying quality and there are even “gray market” versions of some of these albums made from dubious sources and often using alternate artwork, yet charging full prices. I mean, I’ve been out there (pre Covid, at least) digging regularly and have only found a handful of good Chet Baker gems in the past 10 years (and almost none on the Riverside label). Written entirely by Aaradhna, and produced by P Money and Evan Short, Treble & Reverb is definitely an album that should be on everyone’s wish list come November, it promises to be one of this nations best ever releases.In keeping with similar reissue series from Universal Music and their Blue Note Tone Poet and Analog Productions imprints, these releases from Craft Recordings - the boutique audiophile arm of Concord Music which owns the catalogs of Riverside, Fantasy and Prestige Records among others - are albums which have achieved near legendary status among both jazz aficionados and audiophiles alike.Īnd one resultant of that status is the reality that finding original pressings of these albums out in the wilds is next to impossible for all but the most fastidious of crate diggers. Or there’s the way she tells a girl she’ll kick her ass, in the nicest way possible, on ‘Miss Lovely.’ One of the lines in ‘Cool Shoes’ goes, “sucks that I ain’t cool enough to hang with your gang!’ But really it’s pretty safe to say that everyone is going to be rocking to this album come November 9 th and there will be no one cooler than Aaradhna. She also favours sass over sweetness as you will find is one of the main themes through-out the album her beautiful voice belying the ugly things she’s threatening on the cheeky and hilarious ‘Lorena Bobbit’. While the late 50’s/60’s doo-wop style was present in Aaradhna’s first album with songs like ‘Downtime’ and ‘I Love You’, Treble & Reverb goes all the way with it. As a result, her writing has elevated and her knack for hypnotizing harmonies is amplified and so predominant in the later tracks “Crying like a Wolf” and “You Don’t Love Me Anymore.” The album has undertones of Amy Winehouse, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, and Little Anthony and the Imperials. It's her silky voice over that doo-wop sound, BB King style guitar paired with snare drums, Aaradhna and music just go so well together. When Aaradhna's sound spills through the speakers in her opening track, you learn that it's not just treble and reverb that work in unison. “Wake up” is just the beginning of a newfound attitude partnered with old school soul and described by Radz as Retro/Metro, and all the songs on the album are just as good! Treble and Reverb is to be released on Nov 9 th and is the follow up to her Sophmore album Sweet Soul Music from 2008. Even if you haven’t heard about the album you would have heard the first single from the album “Wake up,” which hit the number one plays spot on iTunes its first day of release. Have you heard about it yet? Undoubtedly the best NZ music album to be released this year? It’s called ‘Treble and Reverb’ by Aaradhna or Radz as she introduces herself to people.
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