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Used to visit the physical store in Western MA before it closed years ago

PM sent on the Braxton 20 and 23 Standards sets.

One last LP before bedtime:

I last ordered about five years ago. All the best to the enterprise.

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Now: A favorite LP of mine. Everybody sounds great, but Buster Williams steals the show.

Rereading Calvino's Invisible Cities (for probably the 3rd or even 4th time) I am almost through Walden as well. I've read long excerpts in the past, but this is the first time reading the entire thing. And maybe a third of the way through di Lampedusa's The Leopard, for the first time. (Planning on watching the movie soon as well, which I have never gotten around to seeing either...)

From what is likely my final BRO order (RIP): The first disc has Josquin Missa "L'homme arme sexti toni" + Machaut Messe Nostre Dame. Second disc is various Chansons and Estampies by notable composers.

Riccardo Muti - The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings, disc 84.

I lived in DC in 1970 and 1971. Cal's Skye records were everywhere. CCR's records were everywhere. So it surprises me that I didn't see Cal's Fantasy issues in the stores along with the CCRs.

I like CCR when I hear them on the oldies radio. But (like a lot of the stuff that comes off well on radio) one tune at a time is kind of the limit...a whole album or even LP side gets monotonous.

Yeah, Fogarty had a hot string of radio hits, his band left him, and he had exactly one hit after. I get that he feels like he got screwed, but objectively, he got stuck with the deal he made and he was kinda over before he had leverage to redo terms. Welcome to the record business. He wasn't the first and he won't be the last. Besides, CCR...good to hear on the oldies radio, but geez, who still listens to that? Ever? Take me out coach, I'm not ready to play.

Next up: with Billy Childs, Jeff Carney, and Eddie Marshall

Surprisingly good!

Thanks for correcting that. I read your original and (having dim memories of the John Fogarty brouhaha) thought I was losing my mind. 🤪

Same here.

Hey, Zaentz did business with Mingus...

Now spinning: LP 1 of 2 - originally released as All Smiles

That's what it sounded like in Duncan's book.

I got some interesting items from them, but this was many moons ago. Shipping fees from the US to Europe simply were prohibitive. I wish them well. They deserve their retirement.

The say they'll be selling their inventory to wholesalers. Where are the likely destinations for megabuttloads of all those micro-sized specialty classical labels? With the lack of old-school record stores, are their cutout bins left anywhere?

I'm sad to see them go, but I found their website maddening.