"...Haste Makes Waste..."
Europe/UK released 1998 - "Full Bloom" by JACKIE ROSS on
Universal/Chess UMD 80560 (Barcode 602438056026) is part of The Legendary
Master Series of Chess CD Reissues and offers the Stereo Version of the
12-Track 1964 LP "Full Bloom" and a further five bonus tracks - two Chess single A-sides and
three previously unreleased 1965 Chess outtakes. It breaks down as follows
(50:33 minutes):
1. Selfish One [Side 1]
2. Everything But Love
3. Wasting Time
4. I Had A Talk With My Man
5. Be Sure You Know
6. Summertime
7. I've Got The Skill [Side 2]
8. Change Your Ways
9. Don't Take My Love
10. Haste Makes Waste
11. (I Wanna Hear It) From You
12. Misty
Tracks 1 to 12 are her debut album "Full Bloom" –
released June 1964 in the USA on Chess LP-1489 (Mono) and Chess LPS-1489
(Stereo).
BONUS TRACKS:
13. Take Me For A While (July 1965 US 7" single Chess 1938,
A)
14. We Can Do It (August 1965 US 7" single Chess 1940, A)
15. It's Going All The Way – Previously Unreleased 1965 Outtake
16. I Dig His Style – Previously Unreleased 1965 Outtake
17. Trust In Me – Previously Unreleased 1965 Outtake
Part of the Legendary Master Series (32-Bit Digital Remasters),
the Triple Card gatefold offers a small 8-page inlay that reproduces the
sleeves notes from the original "Full Bloom" LP by LOUISE D. STONE -
a Jazz Columnist with Chicago Daily Defender. And while this American reissue
was done by Richard Ganter – there is no mention of a Transfer or Remaster
engineer - though I suspect it is either Kevin Reeves or Erick Labson – both
ways the Audio is fabulous.
This 1998 Chess CD is cheap and always has been – about say a fiver - a
good disc audio-wise. But its very much been outdone and superseded by the
Ace/Kent-Soul issue of December 2012 called "Jerk & Twine: The
Complete Chess Recordings" – a UK 24-Track CD compilation Remaster that
includes all 17 of the above (including the three outtakes) and offers more
Chess singles and two new previously unreleased Chess cuts from 1965 called
"Stick To One" and "My Square". It also boasts a proper
booklet and real liner notes care of Mick Patrick and Malcolm Baumgar (Catalogue No. Ace/Kent-Soul CDKEND 385 – Barcode 029667238526). If you've the cash it's about a tenner or often less and I'd plumb
for that instead.
Either way, you're on a musical winner with this criminally
forgotten 60ts Soul LP and the lovely vocals of Jackie Ross...
