MPS 6-LP Set 0209478MSW: Oscar Peterson - Exclusively for My Friends 2014 DEU SS
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FACTORY SEALED from 2014!TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal 180g Virgin Vinyl 6LP Box Set! Pure Analog Mastering!
MPS was a mecca for Oscar Peterson, George Duke, the Singers Unlimited, and a host of talented young European discoveries. Situated in Villingen, in Germany’s Black Forest region, for some two decades MPS Records and studios wrote pioneering jazz history through its high-level recording technique and unmistakable aesthetic. Today the “most perfect sound made in the Black Forest” continues to light up the ears of analogue fans worldwide. A historical sketch.
The label’s actual birth was in 1968, but it had a colorful prelude that entails the famous initials HGBS. As co-owner of the electronics manufacturer SABA, Industrialist Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS) was not only an ardent audio engineer; he was also an amateur pianist who was crazy about music. In 1958 he built a recording studio above the living room in his villa. It contained the most sophisticated audio equipment available at that time. When Oscar Peterson came to Zurich to perform a concert in 1961, Brunner-Schwer lured Peterson to his villa, and the first house concert in the Black Forest. The Canadian was so impressed by HGBS’s recording of the concert (“I never heard myself like this before…”), that he decided to come back every year for a another living room session. Meanwhile, starting in 1963 HGBS began to produce records under the label name SABA. The recordings included pianists Wolfgang Dauner and Horst Jankowski. George Duke also appeared as guest for the first time in 1966. When Brunner-Schwer left SABA in 1968, he founded MPS (Musik Produktion Schwarzwald (Black Forest)) Records. The Peterson recordings were the first release under the new name – this became possible since Peterson had finished his contract with Verve. It was the beginning of an illustrious catalogue which contained over 500 releases by 1982.
MPS evolved a vault of recordings filled with treasures from virtually every musical direction. The recording no longer took place solely in Villingen; there were now New York studio sessions and live recordings at the Berlin Jazz Festival. Close teamwork with such masterful sound engineers as Willi Fruth and Rolph Donner guaranteed that the demand for a high-quality sound-aesthetic would be met, and many new talents were brought into the MPS fold through the mediations of the reigning high priest of jazz, Joachim-Ernst Berendt, who was working at the nearby Südwestfunk (Southwest Broadcasting) station.
Exclusively for My Friends is generally regarded as the heart of every Oscar Peterson collection. Peterson even raved that the MPS recordings, mainly due to the intimate atmosphere of inclusion in Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer's living room and its perfection and sensitivity as a sound engineer and producer, brought out Peterson's best.
The resulting 1963-1968 private concert recordings are the impressive result of the long friendship between the exceptional Canadian pianist and the Black Forest label owners. The recordings serve to document Peterson’s exquisite playing style in high profile trios as well as Brunner-Schwer’s keenness to create best possible sound characteristics. The AAA pressing of the complete audiophile edition is carried out on 180gram virgin-vinyl. The sound of the original master-tapes was carefully optimized in a pure analogue mastering process to free them from their traces of aging. As a result MPS succeeds in meeting the highest audiophile standard found today.
180-gram individual pressings include Action, Girl Talk, The Way I Really Play, My Favorite Instrument, Mellow Mood and Travelin' On
"What’s most appealing here is that you get the spontaneity and excitement of a “live” performance minus the nightclub chatter. When the songs end, you hear but a few hands clapping...Peterson passed away December 23, 2007 at age 82. Had he lived a few years longer he probably would have enjoyed listening to this box set in his “hi-fi room filled with all the latest stereo equipment.” He can’t but happily you can." - analogplanet, Music 10/11, Sound 10/11
Features:
• 6LP Deluxe Box Set
• 180g Virgin Vinyl
• Pure Analog Mastering Process
• Removal of all traces of aging from original MPS tapes
• Meticulous analog optimizing of the tapes
• Faithfulness to the original recording
• Analog lacquer cutting from the remastered tapes
• Records in first edition style of MPS
• Adaptation of the original gatefolds
• Including all additional pages and accompanying texts
• Vinyl labels modeled from the originals
• Gatefolds with glossy varnish finish
Exclusively for My Friends is a series of originally six albums for the MPS label by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. The album tracks were recorded live by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer for MPS on the occasion of private concerts with a small audience in his home studio. The albums have been collected in different box sets over the years.
Recording took place in six separate sessions between 1963 and 1968 in different trio settings as well as with Peterson playing solo. The recordings include performances with his most well-known trio consisting of double bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen and also teams him with bassist Sam Jones and drummers Louis Hayes or Bobby Durham. While around 60 tracks were recorded, only 37 were initially released in five trio albums and one solo album, the first in Peterson's career. The titles on each album were often selected from different recording sessions. Peterson was personally involved in selecting and editing the tapes. Due to contractual reasons, the albums were not released before 1968.
In 1992, the series was re-released as a four CD box set by MPS (and by Verve in the US) which included all recordings of the six original albums. In 1995, the release of the compilation Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes added twelve previously unreleased tracks to the collection. The constituent albums were also available as individual CDs.
MPS released remastered versions of the original albums as a six LP box set in 2014. One year later, an eight CD box set followed that collected the six albums plus two volumes of Lost Tapes, adding another ten tracks to the overall release group which were personally selected by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer for release shortly before his death in 2004.
The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes the albums in its "Core Collection”.
Oscar Peterson was one of the greatest piano players of all time. A pianist with phenomenal technique on the level of his idol, Art Tatum, Peterson's speed, dexterity, and ability to swing at any tempo were amazing. Very effective in small groups, jam sessions, and in accompanying singers, O.P. was at his absolute best when performing unaccompanied solos. His original style did not fall into any specific idiom. Like Erroll Garner and George Shearing, Peterson's distinctive playing formed during the mid- to late '40s and fell somewhere between swing and bop. Peterson was criticized through the years because he used so many notes, didn't evolve much since the 1950s, and recorded a remarkable number of albums. Perhaps it is because critics ran out of favorable adjectives to use early in his career; certainly it can be said that Peterson played 100 notes when other pianists might have used ten, but all 100 usually fit, and there is nothing wrong with showing off technique when it serves the music. As with Johnny Hodges and Thelonious Monk, to name two, Peterson spent his career growing within his style rather than making any major changes once his approach was set, certainly an acceptable way to handle one's career. Because he was Norman Granz's favorite pianist (along with Tatum) and the producer tended to record some of his artists excessively, Peterson made an incredible number of albums. Not all are essential, and a few are routine, but the great majority are quite excellent, and there are dozens of classics.
Peterson started classical piano lessons when he was six and developed quickly. After winning a talent show at 14, he began starring on a weekly radio show in Montreal. Peterson picked up early experience as a teenager playing with Johnny Holmes' Orchestra. From 1945-1949, he recorded 32 selections for Victor in Montreal. Those trio performances find Peterson displaying a love for boogie-woogie, which he would soon discard, and the swing style of Teddy Wilson and Nat King Cole. His technique was quite brilliant even at that early stage, and although he had not yet been touched by the influence of bop, he was already a very impressive player. Granz discovered Peterson in 1949 and soon presented him as a surprise guest at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert. Peterson was recorded in 1950 on a series of duets with either Ray Brown or Major Holley on bass; his version of "Tenderly" became a hit. Peterson's talents were quite obvious, and he became a household name in 1952 when he formed a trio with guitarist Barney Kessel and Brown. Kessel tired of the road and was replaced by Herb Ellis the following year. The Peterson-Ellis-Brown trio, which often toured with JATP, was one of jazz's great combos from 1953-1958. Their complex yet swinging arrangements were competitive -- Ellis and Brown were always trying to outwit and push the pianist -- and consistently exciting. In 1958, when Ellis left the band, it was decided that no other guitarist could fill in so well, and he was replaced (after a brief stint by Gene Gammage) by drummer Ed Thigpen. In contrast to the earlier group, the Peterson-Brown-Thigpen trio (which lasted until 1965) found the pianist easily the dominant soloist. Later versions of the group featured drummers Louis Hayes (1965-1966), Bobby Durham (1967-1970), Ray Price (1970), and bassists Sam Jones (1966-1970) and George Mraz (1970).
In 1960, Peterson established the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, which lasted for three years. He made his first recorded set of unaccompanied piano solos in 1968 (strange that Granz had not thought of it) during his highly rated series of MPS recordings. With the formation of the Pablo label by Granz in 1972, Peterson was often teamed with guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels Pedersen. He appeared on dozens of all-star records, made five duet albums with top trumpeters (Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Clark Terry, and Jon Faddis), and teamed up with Count Basie on several two-piano dates. An underrated composer, Peterson wrote and recorded the impressive "Canadiana Suite" in 1964 and has occasionally performed originals in the years since. Although always thought of as a masterful acoustic pianist, Peterson has also recorded on electric piano (particularly some of his own works), organ on rare occasions, and even clavichord for an odd duet date with Joe Pass. One of his rare vocal sessions in 1965, With Respect to Nat, reveals that Peterson's singing voice was nearly identical to Nat King Cole's. A two-day reunion with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown in 1990 (which also included Bobby Durham) resulted in four CDs. Peterson was felled by a serious stroke in 1993 that knocked him out of action for two years. He gradually returned to the scene, however, although with a weakened left hand. Even when he wasn't 100 percent, Peterson was a classic improviser, one of the finest musicians that jazz has ever produced. The pianist appeared on an enormous number of records through the years. As a leader, he has recorded for Victor, Granz's Clef and Verve labels (1950-1964), MPS, Mercury, Limelight, Pablo, and Telarc. - Scott Yanow
Oscar Peterson has stated that he feels his MPS recordings are his finest. That is quite a statement considering the huge amount of records that the pianist has produced through the past 50 years. This four-CD set reissues the music from six of his MPS LPs: Action, Girl Talk, The Way I Really Play, My Favorite Instrument, Mellow Mood, and Travelin' On. While some of the performances feature the 1963 trio he had with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, most of the music dates from 1967-1968 and matches Peterson with bassist Sam Jones and either Louis Hayes or Bobby Durham on drums. A special treat is Peterson's first unaccompanied solo album, which fills up the final CD. Peterson's many fans know what to expect in this set, while other listeners need to discover him to realize what all of the fuss was about. Quite simply, Oscar Peterson has long been one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known; this reissue offers plenty of proof. - Scott Yanow
This is a BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED, limited edition 6-LP box set issued by "MPS / EDEL" in 2014 - a RARE audiophile title!
The 6-LP boxed set made by MPS / EDEL Records is a highly collectible title from their catalog - a superb title featuring -
Oscar Peterson
Box Set Title -
Exclusively For My Friends
Track Listing -
1. Action1-A1. At Long Last Love - 4:56
1-A2. Easy Walker - 9:36
1-A3. Tin Tin Deo - 5:34
1-B1. I've Got A Crush On You - 5:15
1-B2. Foggy Day - 4:35
1-B3. Like Someone In Love - 11:18
2. Girl Talk
2-A1. On A Clear Day - 4:29
2-A2. I'm In The Mood For Love - 16:50
2-B1. Girl Talk - 5:32
2-B2. Medley - I Concentrate On You & Moon River - 6:24
2-B3. Robbins Nest - 6:16
3. The Way I Really Play
3-A1. Waltzing Is Hip
3-A2. Satin Doll - 16:02
3-A3. Love Is Here To Stay - 4:45
3-B1. Sandy's Blues - 9:26
3-B2. Alice In Wonderland - 4:41
3-B3. Noreen's Nocturne - 5:15
4. My Favorite Instrument
4-A1. Someone To Watch Over Me - 4:10
4-A2. Perdido - 6:10
4-A3. Body And Soul - 4:28
4-A4. Who Can I Turn To - 4:53
4-B1. Bye Bye Blackbird - 4:50
4-B2. I Should Care - 4:42
4-B3. Lulu's Back In Town - 2:00
4-B4. Little Girl Blue - 6:02
4-B5. Take The "A” Train - 2:37
5. Mellow Mood
5-A1. In A Mellotone - 5:58
5-A2. Nica's Dream - 7:46
5-A3. Green Dolphin Street - 6:18
5-B1. Summertime - 5:20
5-B2. Sometimes I'm Happy - 5:04
5-B3. Who Can I Turn To - 6:18
6. Travellin' On
6-A1. Travellin’ On - 2:29
6-A2. Emily - 10:16
6-A3. Quiet Nights - 7:25
6-B1. Sax No End - 5:57
6-B2. When Lights Are Low - 10:53
Performers / Credits / Other Information -
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums
• Sam Jones - double bass
• Louis Hayes - drums
• Bobby Durham - drums
Action: Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen 1968
Girl Talk: Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Ray Brown, Bob Durham, Louis Hayes 1968
The Way I Really Play: Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Bob Durham 1968
My Favorite Instrument: Oscar Peterson 1968
Mellow Mood: Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Bob Durham
Travelin' On: Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Bob Durham
• Barcode: 4029759094784
The title is from the rare MPS / EDEL series of audiophile LPs.
- MPS / EDEL RECORDS
- LPs made in GERMANY (Optimal Media GmbH)
- Pressings are in STEREO
- Made with 180-gram audiophile Vinyl.
- Comes in a luxurious boxed set
- Record vintage = limited edition, made in 2014
- LP / UPC catalog # 4029759094784
CONDITION Details:
The BOX SET is in Mint condition. Everything is factory sealed and assumed to be perfect!
A Short Note About LP GRADING -
- Mint = Only used for sealed items.
- Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
- Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
- Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
- Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.
For best results, always properly clean your LPs before playing them (even for brand new LPs).
The LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).
Don't let this rarity slip by!!!
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