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Brandon Burke

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  1. Carl Stalling was most certainly a genius but let's not forget Scott Bradley.....
  2. I don't see this thing coming out on CD anytime soon because, frankly, no one would buy it. I'm very much enjoying it right now, though. Haven't heard it in ages.....
  3. I hear you, man. And I'm largely with you. I have four copies of Out to Lunch. On the other hand, I do understand Chuck's point. It's just one of those things. In other words, 'art as a commodity' is a tough thing to grapple with from all directions: as artist, as publisher, as buyer, as dealer, etc. I try to make up for it in the following way. There are a number of records I buy when I see them used with the sole purpose of giving them away to people that I think would like them. It's a simple pleasure but often those are the best kind......
  4. Haven't listened to this in quite a while. I remember liking "Love Doctor" but there aren't really any funk bangers on here so, as a result, it's just been hanging out on my shelves. On another note: After blowing off Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man (mentioned earlier) for several years, I was absolutely blown away when I first heard "T Plays it Cool". Wow! I was already familiar with the title track (one of my favorite Marvin tunes) but "T" was a real surprise. It's incredible.
  5. Those Underdog DVDs are great. When I was a kid, I used to get up an hour earlier than I needed to on weekdays just to watch Underdog at something stupid like 6:00am. As for the Avery material, there's several volumes on VHS but, alas, no DVDs yet. That's some of the funniest shit I've ever see in my life. He really exploited the fact that his medium was a *cartoon* world. Moreso than anyone else before (and perhaps since). All kinds of crazy, gravity/physics defying madness. Absolutely brilliant. Too bad about those sporadic blackface moments. Yeesh.....
  6. Yes, it is a very very nice record, wolff. As for this collector business, I began collecting records when I outgrew baseball cards. (Hey, you gotta have something, right.) This was probaly right around high school. Interesting how similar yet completely different the two pursuits are. For starters, with bb cards you're not dealing with someone's art -- at least in the strictest sense. The differences to me are mostly ethical and in accordance with my own belief system regarding personal expression, the beauty of communal creation, etc. That said, I've been known to collect and LP or two.
  7. As much as I love the WB stuff, I'm much more excited for the Tex Avery catalog to come out on DVD.
  8. That is a GREAT song! I wish the rest of that soundtrack was as good. There's at least a few different versions of that tune flying around. For starters, the version with the strings (my fave) isn't even in the film. Then, there's two different versions in the film. I haven't heard the sdtk all the way through but I imagne they only have one vocal and maybe one instrumental take. The vocal take that's actually in the film itself kind of sucks if you ask me. Compared to the more elaborate version with strings, anyway. Plus, Bobby's vocals on the *stringed* version are considerably better. Also, lets not forget Edwin Starr's Hell Up in Harlem sdtk. It's a goody. Features, among other things, a lick Ice-T used as the hook on "High Rollers". Oooh.... also Quincy Jones scores for both The Lost Man and $. I particularly love The Lost Man. That's a hell of a record.
  9. Let's just say it's......*deliberately paced*. I like it quite a bit but can't say that I play it all the time. Gene Harris is a very soulful man.
  10. Yeah, I understand the Mosaic thing (it's a legitimate point) but I don't usually fork out for those things. I'm still in grad school so $150 means a lot to me. A funny point because I bought the Moncur select set on principal alone since I owned all of it on LP already. Grachan means that much to me. Regardless, one of my favorite session by either Rivers or Hill.....
  11. Doesn't it seem like it's about time for this thing to see the light of day on CD? Listening to the Involution 2-fer LP right now (for the first time in ages) and I'm really enjoying it. The Hill session anyways..... EDIT: I guess I goofed on the title in the thread name. Oh well.....
  12. If it's a clean LP you'te usually in good shape. I certainly don't hesitate to burn off my favorite LPs; be it either for convenience, to give to others or to keep me from wearing them down. Sometimes I listen to....say....my Blues-ette LP several times in a row and, from a conservation standpoint, there's nothing good about that.
  13. I haven't heard that one in years. I worked at a liquor store for extra cash in Lawrence, KS for a couple of years and the owner....the owner.....used to recommend Dicken's Cider to customers all the time. He had an amazing ability to keep a straight face no matter what was going on.
  14. Yes. I always stop there when I visit. Nice folks too.....
  15. I like Stan the Man and all but "Orange Peel" just wouldn't be the same without John Manning. B)
  16. Aric, Got a Good thing Goin On was a Rare Groove reissue while The Flip is a Connoisseur. Conns are more expensive. Always have been.
  17. I thought there was a misc non-music forum here. I was excited to talk some film.....
  18. Here's a nice glossary of conservation terms.....
  19. You guys have apparently never been there. Used Vinyl is ridiculously overpriced. Yes, they have great reissues and they keep them all in stock but the used market there is just crazy. Last time I was there they had a $40 tag on a hip hop 12" that I paid $20 for on ebay only a few weeks prior. And ebay is the lutmus test for the HIGHEST prices, right. Granted, I got what I bought on a good week but $40 is just outlandish. They seem to base their pricing on "the market" and, more often than not, it's the most that they could possibly get for that particlar item. I mean, c'mon.......
  20. Of course it's "apples and oranges". Otherwise, it wouldn't be a fun argument, right? I don't think we were suggesting that one of them should replace the other on any given session. (Then again, maybe we were.....) As you know, while quite similar, they're both on a totally different level from the other. I still prefer Lou and find that I enjoy his full-lengths better than I do Cannonball's from the soul-jazz era. For me, it's a George Martin/Beatles deal. I like the Cannonball records where Axelrod plays a significant role better than the other stuff. In other words, I like the ones that make for amazing hip hop samples, with all the orchestration and arrangement. Know what I mean....?
  21. No problem with the "translucent hazy finish" ones you mention, just the old clear ones. I think plastic engineers/chemists, at the time, called it "molecular migration". As stated, I switched in 1977. That was the year the pressing plant I used (as did ECM and Artist House) started importing them from Japan. As I remember, they cost $.07 each. I used them on all my pressings/repressings until they went out of business. I purchased them in bulk for my personal collection. Gotcha. I just checked my copy of Warne Marsh All Music and that's what I'm talking about. I can't speak for 1977 because I wasn't paying attention to this issue back then but, by today's standards, those are not considered "poly-lined sleeves". The translucent ones I was talking about earlier (in so many words), as you know, are where it's at now and they don't seem to generate very many problems. As for the mylar referenced earlier: As I think about it more, mylar is the way to go (in the strictest conservation sense) but it's one of those situations where a necognizable difference won't manifest itself until all of us are long, long gone. My practical side says that those poly outer sleeves are just fine.
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