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Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Live in Loveland! (Colemine)

https://www.discogs.com/release/11811716-Charlie-Parker-Newly-Discovered-Sides-By-The-Immortal-Charlie-Parker https://www.discogs.com/release/11809769-Charlie-Parker-The-Charlie-Parker-Story https://www.discogs.com/release/26558309-Charlie-Parker-Charlie-Parker-Memorial-Vol-1 https://www.discogs.com/release/10821061-Charlie-Parker-The-Genius-Of-Charlie-Parker https://www.discogs.com/release/3079501-Charlie-Parker-Charlie-Parker-Memorial-Vol-2 https://www.discogs.com/release/11463434-Charlie-Parker-An-Evening-At-Home-With-The-Bird That's most of them, if not all.

Brahms - String Quintets No.1 and No.2

the kid is ill so I could finish some of the books on my stack, including this one, with Peppa Pig in the background... The best chapters are great

👍 A favorite Ellington. Now:

Good to know, thanks! Which Savoy/Denon Japan releases should I be on the look out for to cover the Savoy sides?

One of my favorites on NoBusiness.

I don't think this is going to happen...

Still kinda surprised a Yusef Lateef Impulse! Mosaic never materialized.

(Not exactly the right thread to post this, but) I always liked this one:

Let us know what you think! (Was the harpsichord necessary?) I think Ben's in great form on this record. I don't like that the GRP compact disc issue (though it offers three valuable bonus tracks) sequences the tracks out of LP order. But that's easy enough to fix.

For a one-disc Dial collection, this one's actually pretty good: It's one of Peter Pfister's last master jobs for Hat.

Certainly, and agreed about a set made up ONLY of one alternate of each would not mean a loss of quality overall (and no loss of listening enjoyment, particularly to newbies with "fresh ears"). But taking this idea one step further, this would require identifying them as such anyway. Because the MASTER takes still are out there. So what would we have, then? - A potential set of master takes (which already exists but will continue to exist) - A potential set of alternates (ie. one alternate of each). Certainly an interesting package. But how to call this? "Bird - The complete preferred alternates"?? Hmmm ... (Because like I said I see no way of not labeling them as alternates at all, unless you're fine with muddling it all up ...) I'd not venture a guess about what the "typical suspects" among the Birdophiles would reply. Particularly those who'd clamor again to go the whole way when digging into the alternates. And as the discographies tell us that NOT EACH Bird tune recorded on Dial and Savoy has at least three alternates, what would be next? How to label them NOT as something like "The complete alternate alternates" if you want to avoid resorting to something like "The connoisseur leftovers" or "Scraping the Bird barrel" or ...? (A fun thought, but also food for thought ...)

Point just being that a person who buys the complete sets but doesn't want to listen to consecutive takes of the same song doesn't have to, and at no loss of quality. Bird is kinda special that way.

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I would not wager against this. But I would NOT wager either that the discographically inclined among the reviewers, in particular, or other more knowledgeable ones would not cry out scandal for "upsetting the commonly accepted wisdom". "Hey, that's an alternate, not the master, and it doesn't say so in the notes. Sloppy compiling! Horror of horrors!" Has happened often enough, hasn't it?

I would wager that an album assembled in such a way would, for Parker novices, in no way betray the takes as alternates (at least on Parker's part).