B. Clugston

The other challenge with Ayler recordings is several have been reissued under different names (ie. Witches & Devils vs. Spirits; Ghosts vs. Vibrations).

So we will get the Juan-Les-Pins set--but with muthafucka overdubs from some rapper and a new drum track from Vince. And for the next person who asks "Who's Vince?", my answer is "Exactly."

Vince is Miles Davis' high maintenace nephew, who calls many of the shots with the estate.

Ask Vince. Obvious candidates are the two Juan-Les-Pins concerts from 1969 and proper reissues of Agharta and Pangaea. Sony/Columbia has a lot of live stuff in the can from Corea/Holland-era quintet.

Monk's Music, Thelonious in Action, the Prestige set, Big Band and Quartet, At the Blackhawk... Get shopping!

A DVD and a CD of that name have been making the rounds for a while. Track listings are "Hannibal," "Code M.D.," "Jean Pierre," "Time After Time," and "Call It Anything." I wonder if the latter track is a rip from the Isle of Wight footage. Caveat emptor.

Thanks for posting, Late. There ain't much information in English on the 'net about Abe. I've heard Mass Projection and Gradually Projection. The former is an unyielding onslaught of noise, but the latter is quiet, abstract, almost gentle. It would make quite the blindfold test stumper. I had no idea this type of music was happening in Japan at the time. Abe and Takayanagi deserve to be better known. I've also heard a couple of the collaborations with Derek Bailey. The best features Abe, Toshinori Kondo, Bailey and the fantastic bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa on Aida's Call. A sample of Abe playing solo was recently posted at www.destination-out.com. I'd like to delve into more of Abe's work.

My favourite version is the Ornette/Izenson/Haden/Blackwell quartet version from 1968 in Rome. Really enjoy the Naked City cover as well.

A Blockbuster in my part of the world until quite recently had stickers on DVD boxes asking people to rewind!

I'm really looking forward to this. Just finished the finale to season 2.5 and I agree it's a great show (though there was a run of stinkers between the Pegasus episode and the final three episodes). Great acting and a more deliberate slower pace than most sci-fi. I've actually been on the bridge of the Galactica. My wife worked on the pilot.

It's an orange Hatology CD, abbreviated from the original 2-LP set.

N.Y Capers & Quirks is another great set. That one doesn't really get its due. The original double album was Capers (later New York Capers), also had "The Crunch," "We Don't" I & II and another take of "Bud's Brother." Tape issues apparently prevented these tracks from being reissued.

Season 3 is much better, and season 4 is the best! I agree about season 3 -- I've seen 5 episodes so far, and it has much more depth than most of the earlier episodes. Guy This series really started to hit its stride in Season 3.

Vespers does indeed show Aebi well. I like how she always fits into Lacy's various groups and never dominates proceedings. If I were to try and win someone over on Lacy, Morning Joy would be my pick.

I have Dreams on vinyl. Good set featuring Derek Bailey as well as Potts and Lacy. I passed on Scratching the Seventies--some of the earlier stuff just didn't grab me--but it's a good set for those who like Lacy of this vintage. I love the Lacy-Potts front line. Aebi will be off-putting to some. Her vocals come from a different tradition. I happen to like her singing. Hey Swinger, sounds like you could probably get it for a good price from akanalog!

I'll deliver an answer @ 5:00 PM CPT. Jim, I didn't know Hockey Night in Canada started that early! It always came on at 6:00 MST when I was growing up! Cheers, Shane

A Slight Case of Overbombing by The Sisters of Mercy It Crawled Into My Hand, Honest by The Fugs

Last night I saw Billy Bragg in Vancouver. He played solo (on a Fender), except for a brief encore with a fiddler. Good show.

I never knew about the provenance of that song. Seems Mr. Page has a propensity for lifting other folks' tunes. http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/jimmypage.html

http://www.espdisk.com/esp4028.html ESP has released a Frank Wright live concert with the Center of the World Quartet (Bobby Few, Alan Silva, Muhammad Ali). It's called Unity and it's a concert recording from June 1, 1974 at the Moers Festival. This was a great group and I'm looking forward to hearing this.

It's a good site that frequently samples long lost gems. It's a shame that Impulse's overlords have always issued this music (Sam Rivers') in such piecemeal form. Mosaic anyone?

The psycho in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho would agree about Invisible Touch.

Eric Dolphy played on a couple of albums with two different incarnations of the Latin Jazz Quintet. I've heard Caribe on Prestige and while it's pretty straight ahead, it's still Dolphy. The Quintet though is more jazz than Latin. Never heard the other, which was reissued on CD at one point.

an alternate of In a Silent Way with Miles?? Wasn't everything from those sessions already released on the Miles box? I assume that the alternate take from the Miles box is exactly the one on this WR box. Guy Judging by the timing, it's probably the master take (sans "It's About That Time" and the repeat).

Crispell performs a lot in my part of the world, so I've been fortunate to see her both in "free" and "composed" contexts and enjoy both. Once, during a trio concert a couple of years ago, she even sang one song!