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I was once given a huge collection of records. An older couple who knew my mother-in-law, heard her stories of my huge record collection and asked if I might want their son's records. I said sure. Their son was a big record buyer. Tons of classic rock artists like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd & The Beatles. Every single one of them had a cover that looked like it had been run over by a steam roller a few times and the records looked like they was played to within an inch of their life on what I'm guessing was a less than ideal turntable. Some of them were almost white with wear. Even worse was the fact that he threw out all the inner sleeve. Ouch. I tried playing a few of them and they just weren't worth keeping. I brought almost the whole bunch to the dump a few days later. I think I kept about 10 out of close to 400 records.

“Garcia Plays Dylan” disc 1

Thanks! Thanks as well - had missed that listing searching for the album. I used to find a lot of albums on the Internet Archive and lately it seems that I have had less luck - perhaps they removed some items?

A cool and rainy morning. Repeating a litsten to this one as it really makes the system shine this morning, and I really wanted to hear this music again. A fascinating album with excellent engineering. Randy Weston “Khepera” Verve cd On to Miles Davis "Milestones" Mobile Fidelity Lab stereo SACD

OMG I think this calls for me to recall my ambassador and break off diplomatic relations with you! Just kidding. Every person their own music critic is my motto. Like what you like. It just struck me as odd because although the 2nd quintet may seem a bit recondite for your average pop listener, I've always imagined this would be pretty mainstream stuff for people who are seriously into jazz. Obviously I imagined wrong!

You don't call it noodling. 👍

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Prompted by the Vibes / Monk thread.

It's not that I "don't like" it in the stricter sense of the word. If someone else would play it in my presence I'd not run away in horror. It's just not nearly near the top of my list of "active" preferences, style-wise overall. And since there is SO MUCH (other) music to listen to and to explore as well you just naturally make choices in your "go-to" recordings. If this labels me as a "moldy fig in modern jazz", then so be it.

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As Big Beat Steve noted just because you don’t like a style or type of music or whatever you’d like to call it doesn’t appeal to you doesn’t mean it’s not great music.

100%. Jackson and Monk are great complements (I often find Jackson can be a little boring when Monk is not around) but I don’t hear any influence.

I will have to agree that premium prices for a VG/VG LP is neither a good investment for listening or for display. Even a high price for a mint first pressing seems obsessive, I want recordings I can hear, not frame and admire.

Randy Weston “Khepera” Verve cd Alex Blake! He really makes this album something else. 225×219 16 KB

Idris Muhammad “House of the Rising Sun” Kudu/CTI/King Japan Blu-Spec CD

never mind.