I’m sure dedicated vinyl fans feel Record Store Day is still an exciting wait. As a more general music collector, from a jazz perspective while the first drop of 2023 looks more promising than perhaps the entirety of 2022, it still looks like labels trawling for unreleased or bootlegged live sets. Still nothing from CTI/KUDU and A&M/CTI reissues.
The full RSD 2023 list can been seen here[1]https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases via the web, or here[2]https://recordstoreday.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/2023_RSD_PUBLIC.pdf in PDF form. Anything catch your eye? Leave a comment. I’ll be first in line for a copy of Terry Callier’s “Hidden Conversations” on 180g vinyl.
I’m not aware of any scheduled CTI/KUDU and A&M/CTI reissues. Although my disappointment from last year has been tempered by the streaming release of the 2020 Stonebone album[3]Stonebone – Finally! – Creed Taylor Produced (ctproduced.com).
Here is a surprise reissue that I tripped over while doing a research project for an upcoming post. Tamiko Jones, 1968 album, “I’ll Be Anything For You” produced by Creed for A&M/CTI, was reissued in 2020 by British company – Pleasure for Music as “PFM 103LP”.
The reissue was no doubt spurred on by the continued discovery of up-tempo stompers by British Northern Soul fans. Jones recorded some great pop singles before heading down the jazz path with Taylor and Herbie Mann. This release was likely spurred on by the inclusion of her track “Can’t Live Without Your Love” from a 1979 12-inch single, remixed on “John Morales presents The M+M Mixes Vol. 4”. The track can be heard here[4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbqdPbWqm2M on youtube.
Artist: Tamiko Jones
Title: I’ll Be Anything For You
Release date: November 18, 2022
Cat #: PFM 103LP
Country: World Wide
Description: Reissue, same tracks, same lengths. “Jones solo career took off in 1968 with the rare groove inflected I’ll Be Anything For You, released on A&M/CTI and produced by label owner Creed Taylor. Recorded and engineered by master Rudy Van Gelder at his own Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the album is such a lovely combination of soul-funk jams and R&B ballads with craft strings arrangements by Artie Butler and Don Sebesky.” “I’ll Be Anything For You is namely one of the best soul-pop crossovers ever.” < Taken from the Forced Exposure website[5]https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/PFM.103LP.html.
Availability: Copies available in Europe and USA at the time of writing (2/2023). As well as discogs & PFM’s website, it is also currently available via walmart.com(yeah, I know…)
Here is the 2021/2022 Reissue[6]The 2021/2022 Reissue List – Creed Taylor Produced (ctproduced.com) and the end of year update[7]Reissue News – Creed Taylor Produced (ctproduced.com) that features the gorgeous pink Music On Vinyl reissue of the Turrentine and Milt Jackson “Cherry”.