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  1. just to mention, I should have a complete list for my blues set in a few weeks - the mastering is almost done; I think it will meet the needs of blues nuts everywhere (total of about 935 cuts) - and if Dan Gould is reading this, I apologize for not sending an email back, but it turns out I will be using 2 of his Baby Face Willette cuts - I have now become a major fan of Baby Face, love that 1950s stuff -

    Can't wait to see the details on this set!

  2. I have stated elsewhere on this board in other threads that my single favorite piece of music EVER may well be Mary Lou's take on "It Ain't Necessarily So" from Black Christ of the Andes. I have listened to this cut more than any other cut in my collection. There is a depth there, an economy, and an intensity that hits me every time.

    Listen to it here, if you haven't [or if you have]: on Rhapsody

    I also love Nitelife and the Free Spirits date.

  3. I have found emusic to be a big source for my Indian classical downloads. Many of the tracks are licensed via a single label, Sare Gama. For reasons unkown, they have MANY of the performances broken out as single items, rather than as part of an album. Often the cuts are 15-30 mins in length, making them a good value, up until now.

    Now, a single track would have been 1 credit. Now, that single track is 12 credits.

    Here is my question - will labels like Sare Gama be getting a cut, or is this additional cut being used to subsidize the Sony deal?

  4. I'll second the notion of getting discs/LPs for free and shelving them as being much different that seeking items out for purchase with limited funds.

    I did some of the former when I worked at radio stations. It is less fun. And, it seems like those records were paid less attention. They were often not the records I really wanted, anyway.

    Collecting evolves, I think. Diving into the bargain bins for some half-satisfactory titles can be a real drag and time drain. No time for that with a child around, now. :)

  5. I saw the current tour about a month ago and really liked it. Derek has become quite the monster slide player and he's not even 30 years old yet (close but still....). His version of My Favorite Things was OOT in a good way. He's got a very tight band that seems to be able to follow his muse where ever it takes him. His speed and intonation on the slide is a thing of beauty. There's a website called International Archives that posts live shows approved by the musicians and he's got several shows including the one I saw posted for listening and downloading. Derek's shows are all audience recordings and not soundboards but some are quite good for the limitations they have.

    Archive.org is great for those recordings. I found THREE different versions of the show I was at! There is nice show from the Wanee festival that has Trucks opening the set with Indian guitarist V.M. Bhatt.

    What struck me at the concert I went to was the fact that his most awe-inspiring playing of the night was when he played conventionally [without the slide]. He played that way on the clip I posted and on My Favorite Things.

  6. Brown / Roach at Basin Street.

    Not "live", of course, but a great album.

    "Members, Don't Get Weary", burning with Tolliver, Bartz, Cowell and Merritt in 1968. Contains the finest recording of Cowell's gorgeous "Effi".

    "Members" is my fave, but he is a highlight for me on several recordings. Freedom Suite, Money Jungle, etc

  7. Hmmmmm..... just looked, and my Brubeck does say mono.... I bet yours is older....

    Something else I remember about mine is that it came in a plastic bag inner sleeve with a perforated top that you had to tear off to get open. That was....quaint.

    Those were odd. I found one, unopened, at a flea market for a buck or so. It was a JJ Johnson album on Columbia.

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