Wax Treasure (Vinyl)

The LP jacket blurb reads:
“John Parish is one of the most even-tempered, polite people I’ve ever met. A true gentleman. Actually he’s probably THE most polite person I’ve ever met. But when he gets into the studio he becomes a mad scientist. If you make music with John Parish, you get stuff no one else does. He has a really unique toolbox and musical outlook. Perhaps his politeness is a coping mechanism to keep Mr. Hyde under control when he’s out of his laboratory.” - Mark »E« Oliver Everett

endo

love the Eels @Aetas

GraemeE

@J-IV you have an OG of this one?
(Hint: I most certainly do not)

J-IV

@GraemeE I’m not too sure honestly.. I know it’s an early pressing and it has the ears in the dead wax. Not too familiar with UA. Maybe you can help?

GraemeE

@J-IV I wish I knew enough to identify.
I love the music but am a novice when it comes to deciphering the details on early pressings

J-IV

@GraemeE agreed the music is top notch. Jim Hall and Bill seemed to be telepathic on this one.

mclaincausey

This one came pretty soon after Bill Evans’ return to music after the death of Scott LaFaro, his incredibly melodic and inventive bassist in his trio known for the legendary Village Vanguard sessions. He was wrecked by this sudden, tragic death. LaFaro was so unique and I think he had more to say and could have been a bigger influence (Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead recalls him for me with his melodicism and ceaseless forays into the upper registers of the instrument). I’m not sure Evans ever got over LaFaro’s death and those demons probably figured into his struggles with addiction. So Bill was incredibly emotionally vulnerable at this time.

J-IV

Yeah LaFaro’s death was at the cusp of the album release of Live at the Village Vanguard. It’s even written in the liner notes. If you ask me, I don’t think Bill ever found that level of connection with a trio again. Which is what makes those Riverside records so $ought after.