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Marty Krystall is absolutely fantastic - Big Drum is a really heavy date that might fall a bit closer to "outside," but you can feel that he has real roots in his tenor playing. He's not too commonly mentioned, at least around these parts, so I'll second that recommendation of his work, especially with Buell. Buell is a total character - ya gotta love him!

They're both great, but what about this one?

It would be really something to hear recordings of Holbrooke from the '60s. Too bad none exist...

I've always wanted to check that one out. Right now: Archie Shepp - The Magic of Juju - (Impulse original) one of my favorite '60s Shepp sides, although they are all great!

That is a cool motherfuckin' band...

I'll have to check the two of them. Dig that Mantel-Piece record quite a bit.

Spedding is really great on that Frank Ricotti CBS record, Our Point of View. I really like that one.

Juma was one of the instigators of the 212 Artists' Colony in Woodstock, NY, and played with pretty much everybody in the "loft" scene (Hamiet Bluiett and Noah Howard to add to the list). He also played contrabass with Sonny Simmons among others, and led a group called the Aboriginal Music Society which, as far as I know, never recorded anything (too bad!). I have Juma's name on a number of records, so he's not too badly represented...

Ash Ra Tempel - s/t - [spalax reissue of Ohr original] great first record by Klaus Schulze's group, a classic of heavy instrumental psych...

Had and sold all their LPs up to Aluminum Tunes, always liked Peng and Emperor Tomato Ketchup a fair bit but they ended up getting passed on...

Yeah, Happy B-day Rooster!

Big John Patton Charley Patton Mike Patton

Doug Watkins - Watkins at Large - (Transition Toshiba reissue) Side 2, KB is on fire! Thanks Allan!

Thursday Night: SXSW: Tony Conrad, Thurston Moore, Rhys Chatham, Arnold Dreyblatt, etc. Amazing lineup, great sets by all in a beautiful church downtown in Austin... Rest of the weekend was middling-to-solid indie rock, but did see the Kiwi band The Bats last night, and they were quite good.

Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane - (Reprise pressing) one of the better Jansch albums, accompanying himself on guitar for a program of traditionals and original folk compositions. Far superior to the orchestrated stuff, IMO.

Brigitte Fontaine and Areski - Le Bonheur - (Saravah)

Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon - (Straight original) whether junk or rivers, those Buckleys sure had it rough. But both wrote great songs...

Ed Askew - Ask the Unicorn - (ESP original) one of the greatest singer-songwriter LPs of the past few decades...

I wonder if the buyer is having it shipped surface, uninsured... only $3!

I'd like to. I've always been curious about it, but didn't know of its reissue.

Hutch took a detour pretty rapidly, at least a detour away from my personal tastes... seemed to have something to do with playing with pianists, rather than against them. I'm really getting to like Khan Jamal - though he certainly falls outside the timeline set by this poll, as a direction inside and outside with the vibes, he's really someone who walks the line. The Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys, with Jemeel Moondoc, is like a freer version of McLean's mid-60s work and should be heard by everyone on this board with line-blurring tendencies.

I am pretty sure that came out on LP as well as CD. Soul Note was producing their titles on vinyl up to around 1990, maybe later, and many you can still get with ease.

I voted for Black Fire - Henderson really gets those harmonies right on. Never got that into Compulsion or Andrew!!! - too distant in approach - but as Chuck would say, "I suggest you try again."

The what option?

Well, if you forget about those little coaster thingys, it is rare!