I really appreciate the honesty of this review and really getting to the details that would help you make a decision about whether or not to grab one of these. Super helpful

Great video. Thanks!

Bill Evans for the win

Great reviews, Ken! Symbiosis is a favorite Bill Evans recording of mine! Love your analysis of all 3 RSD records! Appreciate you always keeping it real!

Hello from Florida, I haven't seen any of your consistently useful Journalisms over this last Year. Hmm I've always felt that You've earned and should have greater Subscription Numbers . Anyway , thank you for this report , I immediately had a bit of a listen to a part of the Evans Album , sound quality is very good, just as you mention. Although I'm not any sort of JAZZ fan or collector , I've felt that You and the Jazz Sheppard are 'the' North Stars and are outstanding assets for your communities. I've considered you to present with high levels of integrity which I suspect is missing in most of the Gear Review Precentors in Print . Watching this title review I notice that you look healthy and not at all blown out , shaky , nervous, skittish or homeless. Thank you for being there and doing this fine work . Tony in Caribbean Florida

Ken, all your reviews are highly appreciated. You're still a passionale musician.

Picked up Bill Evans Treasures, spot on review, great album. Appreciate your style and reviews, stay well

Thanks for this! Very helpful and has changed my list a bit.

Thanks Ken. A really good, informative video. I got a little numbed out by all the RSD Bill Evans releases but you have helped me decide to definitely pick this one up.

Enjoyed the video man! Some really good stuff you showed

Really enjoyed the details you revealed about these RSD releases, helped me a lot, many thanks Ken!

I love your approach to reviewing and that style of honesty. 😊

Thanks Ken for the reviews. Very helpful sir!

Appreciate your feedback about the Bill Evans title. Many vinyl enthusiasts on You Tube said they weren't getting this because they don't need yet another live Bill Evans title on RSD, but your feedback on this is making me want this one. I thought it looked really good and thought the audio quality might be superb due to the European locations. I want to get the Chet in Mono. There are too many LPs I want this Record Store Day but will have to really narrow it down because everything add$ up so quick.

Many thanks for this. The moment I saw this Bill Evans record on the list it became a must have. One of his records I love is the Verve Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra. I have yet to find a clean copy of this and I keep hoping it might get the deluxe reissue treatment.....

Excellent Ken and very honest. Good on you Man for maintaining truth in recommendations our passion. You don’t seem to “sell out” like others and say every release is so essential, fabulous, fantastic etc etc…We all really appreciate you for that. Cheers! 🥂

Thank you for the another excellent video. Could you tell me who mastered and which pressing plant for the Bill Evans release. Thanks.

Thanks for this Ken hope i can get the EVANS online when RSD is over. these always never available in stores in Israel

My favorite Walter Bishop Jr. is on Jackie McLean's Capuchin Swing. He's great!

Great video, Ken! Love the honest assessment!

I bought Bill Evans "Treasures" and its a superb album but I cannot really tell if the album is in stereo or mono or both. There's no indication either way anywhere on the sleeve or labels. This may sound dumb, but as someone who owns two seperate turntables, each with respective mono & stereo cartridges, it's important I know this. If its a stereo record then I cannot play it on the mono turntable without risking damage to the records. If it's a mono then I'll play it to its full benefit on the mono turntable. Does anyone have any appropriate information for me? Cheers. 😊👍

I've been disappointed by 2/3 of my RSD purchases. Most RSD titles, especially jazz ones, aren't available to preview on streaming services, so I go in blind and buy titles by artists I like just because they're exclusive RSD titles and very limited editions. Many of them have mediocre sound quality and are the scraps left over after the good stuff is released on mainstream vinyl. So I REALLY appreciated this video. I'll buy Bish & Bill Evans Treasures. Without this video, I would have bought Shirley Scott's RSD title and been disappointed, regretted my purchase. Thanks for saving me some money & disappointment!

Ken, great video! Sad to hear that “Miss Shirley” is weighted down by poor recording techniques and the Late, Great Ernie Andrews who is magnificent on “Live Session! With Cannonball Adderley. I feel Scott’s “Queen Of The Organ” at the front room suffers from mic placement and audio issues, but as do you, I dig her work.

I wish you had shown what the actual records look like

Just picked up the Bill Evans. You are right Ken! o ly disappointing factor is the cheezy skimping on the "booklet " which is only available through a download..come on for the price of this gem why skimp

This one insightful video trumps about 300+ other VC videos I've seen which basically tell you nothing abut music

I generally avoid organ Jazz albums, but I'm in for the Shirley Scott. Being a little bit down in the mix may be more preferential to someone like me and I will take anything of the wonderful George Coleman. I also find the Reel To Real archival releases may be weaker sonically, but the performances are always scorching. Roy Brooks Understanding and indeed George Coleman's It Baltimore are two perfect examples. As for song selection....By the Time I Get To Phoenix and Never Can Say Goodbye were big numbers for Isaac Hayes from Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses albums respectively. I can see perfectly why she would cover those.

I actually prefer Walter Bishop in the early 70s on the Black Jazz titles. Not sure I'm going for this RSD release.

Thanks Ken, but be careful, you're going to be left off the promo list!😂 And yeah, jazz covers of pop songs are generally low on my list, but Jim Croce? Yikes, and thanks for the warning!

Sad about Shirley Scott title

So people now buy Scott and will still skip here old stuff? Sounds typical for the "collector" of record store vinyl. Stupid to me.

Let them keep serving up white jazz artists either past their prime or wasted. The young audience have been fed too much of this crap and too little of the REAL heavy hitters. Can’t wait for the Art Pepper..LOL. After your purchase of all of these also ran CB or BE maybe we can see the video of your jazz..hmmm..collection