Frustration with bad liner notes/quality control!
I suspect we all find this from time to time, but it seems like a company as large as Columbia could do a better job -- or maybe it is because they are so big!?
Monk is a long time favorite and I have more than 20 of his albums. Recently I rediscovered I have two copies of "Who's Afraid of The Big Band Monk?". A ridiculous cover but interesting music.
One copy is likely an original release (red label w/ dark yellow lettering), since it has a "Radio Station Service" sticker on the cover. The other has identical jacket info, including KG 32892 number, but heavier vinyl (180 g?) and the more current red label with black printing and COLUMBIA at the top in white. Both are two record sets, one from a "1964" concert, the other from 1968.
However, while the earlier release numbers the sides 1-4, the newer album numbers each record 1-2. That's not so bad except the gate-fold album continues to identify the cuts for sides 1-4 on the newer album. In addition, both copies list incorrect information identifying musicians and the arranger for two of the four sides.
Two of the four sides were taken from the earlier release, "Big Band and Quartet in Concert" (CS 8964), identified as Dec. 30, 1963, which I had to reference to straighten out the confusion of the later double album.
Now certainly the occasional misprint or even mis-information can slip through. But when an album is reissued, and with sufficient concern to utilize heavier vinyl, why wouldn't more care be exercised to correct the printed information? And then they compounded the liner note errors by mis-numbering the new pressings! At least I enjoyed the music.
