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Two almost-totally different records here. The first one, which was released in real time, suffers (almost fatally) from a completely clueless/insensitive recording job, for which I might as well blame George Butler. There's a lot of quiet detail in the charts, but damned if you'd know it by a casual listen. Butler did the same thing on Cirrus but that was a straight-ahead date, so not too much effort needed to sort it all out. This is not that. This is essentially/frequently  chamber music(ish) where all parts matter, so all parts should be heard equally. They are not. And the freer improvs are not at all balanced with even a touch of musicality. I see where RVG remixed this for the CD. I guess he did what he could with what they gave him. Peter Doell & Bob Belden handled the "new" album, and it's not nearly as much of a sonic mess. It's not perfect either. It's also less "abstract" music, so...go figure that. But when Harold Land sounds like he's out in the hall, something ain't right. Both sessions are far better music than the recordings indicate. Listeners should not have to work this hard. And now this one is going to be orphaned, right? That's too bad.

Kurt Masur - The Complete Warner Classics Edition, disc 56.

BC's home opener is June 15.  They have already sold 45,000 tickets. https://3downnation.com/2024/05/31/more-than-45000-tickets-sold-for-b-c-lions-home-opener-featuring-50-cent/ ***** Winnipeg - Calgary https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/stampeders-ground-bombers-to-finish-perfect-preseason-and-seven-other-thoughts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/05/31/chris-smith-shines-but-offence-sputters-again-as-blue-bombers-fall-to-calgary-other-thoughts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/calgary-stampeders-take-down-winnipeg-blue-bombers-in-pre-season-win-1.2128858 ***** BC - Edmonton https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/elks-struggle-to-score-in-preseason-finale-six-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-lions/ https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/lions-starters-strike-early-backups-smother-elks-eight-thoughts-on-the-preseason-finale/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/b-c-lions-close-out-pre-season-with-dominant-victory-over-edmonton-elks-1.2128868 I listened to a little bit of this.  Due to an offside penalty, the Elks had five shots from the one-yard line, and the Lions stopped them. ***** Montreal - Ottawa https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/redblacks-end-preseason-with-a-sloppy-win-12-other-takeaways/ https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/alouettes-b-team-comes-up-short-against-redblacks-six-thoughts-on-the-preseason-loss/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/lewis-ward-leads-ottawa-redblacks-to-win-over-montreal-alouettes-1.2128804 ***** Toronto - Hamilton https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/cameron-dukes-looks-season-ready-13-thoughts-on-torontos-preseason-win-over-hamilton/ https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/tiger-cats-slow-start-cost-them-against-argos-seven-thoughts-on-hamiltons-25-14-loss-to-toronto/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/kevin-mital-shines-as-toronto-argonauts-beat-hamilton-tiger-cats-in-pre-season-tilt-1.2128798 ***** Here is the league's list of roster cuts. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/06/01/cutdown-tracker-teams-make-their-final-roster-moves-2/ ***** The Redblacks have let go twenty, but no stars. https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/redblacks-release-20-including-2024-fourth-round-pick-jahquan-bloomfield/ The Redblacks have the bye the first week.  Their first game will be Thursday June 13. ***** The Stamps have let go Brad Muhammad and Titus Wall. https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/stampeders-release-veteran-defensive-backs-titus-wall-brad-muhammad-during-final-cuts/ ***** The Ticats have let go 29, but no stars. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/hamilton-tiger-cats-release-canadian-de-mason-bennett-1.2129062 https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/ticats-release-canadian-de-mason-bennett-american-receiver-omar-bayless-amidst-final-cuts/ ***** The Als have let go Tevin Jones. https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/ticats-release-canadian-de-mason-bennett-american-receiver-omar-bayless-amidst-final-cuts/ ***** The Riders have let go Mason Fine (big surprise!), Antonio Pipkin  and Brayden Lenius. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/06/01/quarterback-mason-fine-among-riders-cuts/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders-release-qb-mason-fine-wr-brayden-lenius-1.2129023 https://3downnation.com/2024/06/01/qb-mason-fine-rec-brayden-lenius-headline-roughriders-final-roster-cuts/ https://3downnation.com/2024/05/25/opinion-shea-patterson-deserves-legitimate-shot-to-become-riders-backup-qb/ ***** Here is the page with the league's games for picking the winners. https://gamezone.cfl.ca/ ***** Here is an article on the ten most notable players who changed teams in the off-season. https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/23/new-colours-who-dis-10-notable-faces-in-new-places/ ***** The season will begin Thursday with Montreal at Winnipeg, a rematch of last year's Grey Cup Final. https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2024/ ***** Every year I say that the week prior to Opening Day is a favorite time of year, because there are good articles previewing the season.  So we'll see what articles I can find this year. ***** This thread's view count stands at 390,400, up 700 in the past eight days.

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I saw them '74 and '78.