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Japan has an amazingly resilient way of having the last laugh

When I talked with Michael about those LT album covers, he seemed generally pleased with them. That said, he did admit that it was partly budgetary and that he would not have reissued any of those titles with those covers. He actually laughed when I told hm that the Japanese reissued a bunch of them using those covers.

Nels Cline “Lovers” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 1

Grey Cup picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2025/11/13/cfl-beat-257/ My pick... Alouettes over Roughriders - This game is as unpredictable as they come. Alexander, undefeated in his 13 starts, has a leg (hamstring) injury. If he is out of the game, the Riders would be expected to win. Of course, if Harris goes out, and it's Alexander versus Maier, the Als would be expected to win. ***** The CFL Awards ceremony is tonight. https://www.cfl.ca/2025/11/13/why-every-nominee-deserves-to-win-at-the-cfl-awards/ ***** Grey Cup previews https://www.cfl.ca/2025/11/13/landrys-3-takeaways-from-riders-thursday-practice/ https://3downnation.com/2025/11/13/montreal-alouettes-qb-davis-alexanders-hamstring-rehab-has-gone-better-than-expected/ ***** Wally Buono and Danny Maciocia discuss quarterbacks. https://3downnation.com/2025/11/13/advice-from-wally-buono-key-in-making-davis-alexander-alouettes-franchise-qb-danny-maciocia/ ***** A new Angus Reid poll says that the proposed rule changes are unpopular with the fans. https://3downnation.com/2025/11/13/new-poll-shows-more-canadians-want-cfl-to-differentiate-itself-from-nfl-oppose-shortening-field/

And some people can't even do math at all You tell me - is it not also a fetish to "love" the fantasy of a design style that in reality has nothing to do with the reality of the record's original place in time? Not the music, the record. Truthfully, I still dig what Prestige used to do with certain items - repackage everything, covers, liners, everything. It was the OJC fetishizing of original everything that led to the notion of Roques' Reid Miles porn...talk about a fetish ..

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I've been mostly underwhelmed by the series (though the Rollins Village Vanguard set was great), but this is a good list. Particularly excited to see Big John Patton, Larry Young and Andrew Hill titles. Hopefully, the latter doesn't have the warbling piano issue that the Black Fire Tone Poet had.

According to Ralph Towner, the band showed up at the photo shoot to find Elvin passed out after a bender. "So, what do they do? They put this picture of the four of us on the cover and put this big smiling picture of Elvin’s face on it like a sticker glued on top with these drumsticks around it. The art director was so bad." Innerviews: Ralph Towner - Unfolding Stories

And some prefer smart phone calculators to slide rules....

This is not the "gotcha" you think it is. Fetishizing original (poor) design choices is not the same. The fact will always remain that they chose to put out archival recordings from an era with classic artwork on the covers in a way that made not the slightest nod toward the era of music it was mining. Did Cuscuna ever say why those covers were used? I always presumed that for a label that was barely an afterthought, they said OK, put out these recordings but we aren't paying shit for the rest of it.

Some people prefer Phil Woods to Charlie Parker.

YMMV. I much prefer the Roques CD-era covers.

Wow! It was quite a place back in the Augie days. I see there is a Facebook group dedicated to this era. Good to see Augie and his Mum again in the photos. When I used to go, a young Eric Alexander was the regular sax player and used to come round with a hat for donations! No entry fee, I think. Possibly $10 minimum.

RJL-2551 ~52 (Japan 1982) - Sonny Rollins " After The Bridge" - rec. 1964 -

Marta Sanchez, piano (Spanish), Luke Stewart, bass, Chris Beck, drums. Not the advertised drummer, Russell Carter. Chris was a powerhouse. Also Francesca Cinelli, vocals, David’s partner. French I believe. David made some disparaging comments about his current (big) record label! I thought David was on strong form. I complemented him on his lung power at the interval, he said ‘it takes a lot of work’! Yes indeed.

The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Sanford White Family by Suzannah Lessard. I studied Composition, Orchestration and Tonal Counterpoint with the author's father, who was a renowned US composer, and wrote some great works in the Neo-Classical style, but then switched to Serial music by the time I studied with him. He was accused of coming in to five of his six daughters' bedrooms in the middle of the night, and doing some naughty things with their bodies when he was drunk. He claimed he didn't remember doing it. He's given the pseudonym of Frank Rousseau in the book, but here was his real name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lessard I asked him what he thought of jazz. He said "I don't; I don't think of jazz". Now I can say the same of Serial music.

Armando Peraza “Wild Thing” Skye/Muzak lp facsimile cd 600×600 136 KB Recorded June 24, 25, 1968 at Century Sound, New York Arranged By – Gary McFarland, Mike Abene Baritone Saxophone – Sol Schilinger Bass – Bobby Rodriguez Bass – Chuck Rainey Congas, Bongos – Armando Peraza Drums – Donald MacDonald Flute – Johnny Pacheco Flute, Alto Saxophone – Sadao Watanabe Percussion – Cal Tjader, Tommy Lopez Piano – Chick Corea Piano, Electric Piano – Mike Abene Producer – Cal Tjader, Gary McFarland Trombone – Garnett Brown

Disc 3 - originally released as Green Shading into Blue

Japan has used the original LT covers when reissuing those records. Yet another point for Japan.