Trio* – Blowin' The Blues Away

Initial panic turned to satisfaction. Some visible non fills turned out to be inaudible and my copy plays flat and true. It sounds lively and lovely!

I already knew it would as i bought the BN85th UHQCD first and thats awesome

Anyone compared this to 75 anniversary edition ? I'm happy with that 2015 edition, is it an important upgrade in sound here ?

This is what a record should be. Reasonably priced. Flat. Centred. Sounds incredible. Thank you blue note.

For me Horace Silver is Blue Note’s “Mr Reliable”. You can always be pretty sure of what you’re going to get on a 60’s Silver recording - swinging and melodic hard bop with no pretension- and this one is more of the same with that vintage RVG Blue Note sound.
This is one of the flatter records I’ve received in a while from the BNC series - not even a slight warp. Didn’t notice any undue surface noise apart from maybe one or two momentary instances - and that was listening through very revealing high quality headphones - so all in all if you’re a Horace Silver fan then this a no brainer.

An absolute swinger of a session, some fiery performances by Sir Silver & Co. I'm a fan of Blue Mitchell and this is one of his best sideman contributions. He pairs well with Junior's tenor.

Highlights are "Blowin' The Blues Away", "Sister Sadie", and the ever lovely "Peace". There isn't a weak track on this album, period.

A very nice pressing, after a few rough releases from BN Classic series. They have fixed the overly tight inner sleeves which is a welcome improvement. Vinyl was perfectly clean out of the wrapper. There is a slight rumble present in the space between tracks.

4.25 stars. This baby bops hard.

Very good. This is my fave Silver so I've got a bunch of different pressings including an OG, the AP 45, the '83 King and the '85 Toshiba. I think like a lot of these BNCs there's a bit of this boost somewhere I can't quite put my finger on but it's very distinct. Maybe somewhere around 4k? Bottom line is that this is very well done but no match for the '83 King or '85 Toshiba, IMO. The AP 45 is kind of a different beast. Very warm and full sound with great piano tone. Just drop dead great piano sound for a RVG recording. Probably worked on a bit by rolling off some top and working on the mids like many of those Hoffman/Gray 45s. This new BNC is more "alive" and has that added "presence" that seems to be trending a lot with reissues these days. Not sure it's necessary but this is a minor quibble. Overall just an excellent reissue.

I have to add my positive comments on this Blue Note Classic reissue. A perfect pressing from Optimal, eerily quiet, flat and centred. The sound quality, as others have noted, is top drawer too. Highly recommended!

OK, I'm not sure why they didn't, but this album deserves the Tone Poet treatment. This session is well recorded and I would of love a better cover with session photos. You can never go wrong with Silver's '50's & '60's work. It all exceptional (IMHO).

This one sounds fantastic, even compared to other BN Classics. Excellent job on this stereo remaster. Wasn't expecting it to be this great. Underrated classic that is Tier 1 Blue Note.