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If I magically took over at Concord, I would reissue titles as boxes containing multipe LPs in slimline cardboard cases at a budget price. This is happening with Atlantic, for example. The first two would be: 1) Complete Emily Remler Concord dates, featuring all her leader dates and maybe the duo with Coryell. The record with Richie Cole on Milestone could fit in as well. Does she have any other dates under the Concord umbrella? Maybe a couple of sidemen dates. Will check Lord later. 2) Everything by Larry Young under the Concord umbrella. 3 leader dates (with the extra tune from Groove Street), a session with Booker Ervin, the Jimmy Forrest date, the Etta Jones date and the tracks with Gildo Mahones. Anything else? I would also put out the complete Lee Morgan Take Twelve. I am sure there are extra titles: different tunes (for which I have lead sheets) and possibly alternates. PS: Barry Harris claimed the song was called Take Twelve because they needed that many takes, but in fact the title existed before the Morgan date.    

Le Monde Musical De Baden Powell (Barclay FR, 1964)   and Baden Powell -‎ Lembranças (Trama BR, 2000)  

I just finished watching "Sly Lives (aka The Burden Of Black Genius) and I left it feeling a bit bummed out to see his decline laid bare like this. It was a bit weird to hear George Clinton chuckle about him & Sly getting hooked on crack cocaine. Really George? You think that was funny? I never knew Sly was a DJ and a record producer before he formed The Family Stone. I guess that's likely because by the time I was getting into his music, all that was in the news by then was all of his drug arrests. To see what he did in a relatively short period of time was quite eye-opening. I did get a chuckle the first time that Mark Anthony Neal's face showed up on the screen. They say everyone has a doppleganger. Neal's would definitely be retired NBA player Paul Pierce.

Will @Matthew stop by about Giants acquiring Devers from the Red Sox for barely more than a box of baseballs and an equipment bag?  Apologies if he is not the resident Giants fan, it's been a while ...   While I wasn't thrilled at the length of the contract given to Devers, the fact remains that this is a top hitter very much at the height of his talents.  It basically means that for the Red Sox to crawl into the post-season this season, at least two of three rookies have to hit as advertised, with no growing pains.   I would feel a lot better about this if the players received included someone that the Giants might actually miss in the future but this ain't that.  About the only thing I can say about it is that it (somewhat) relieves the logjam of outfielders and rookies finding playing time, and if that had necessitated sending Duran or Abreu away, I would have been quite upset.  I want to see what those two can do as they are not at their peak and are very good already.  

How I regret not making it to his Oto residency but as Clifford says above the recordings are many and always rewarding.