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Yeah, I wasn't counting cutout bins. My local Treasure City had one that was 3 for 99 cents! I think I got that Joe Daley RCA record out of that one. You are correct sir!

Yes, it's Muses for Richard Davis. But I think Jim was referring to the first of the LPs pictured above; that is, Epistrophy & Now's the Time. (Not Davis' first LP.) Or at least that's how I read it.

I believe so. Muses For Richard Davis, right? And I need $30.00 worth of groceries a helluva lot more than I need a $30.00 record.

https://raggywaltz.com/2018/04/02/long-lost-blue-note-album-1553-to-be-released/

One of the four tunes from 2/18/66.

Wasn't the first Richard Davis LP as a leader (not the co-led date with Elvin) on MPS?

1. drums and unison clarinets yield to a baritone. Jimmy Giuffre? 2. live version of a Miles Davis composition, not Walkin' or So What, but very well known and familiar. Is it Milestones? I would be guessing Miles if that weren't an alto sax. Chet Baker? 3. vocalist, perhaps brazilian. The only CD's I have fitting that description are by Flora Purim. Could this be Luciana Souza? 4, 5. couple of views of the same Bird tune. Is it Birdland Suite? 4. Very low register for a trumpet - could it be Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone? 5. Hampton Hawes? 6. gotta be Bela Fleck 7. modern recording of piano trio. Mulgrew Miller? 8. add some acoustic guitar into the mix. Eric Klugh? 9. modern recording of piano trio this time with bowed bass solo. Bluesy. Cyrus Chestnut? 10. I don't know of any Konitz - Marsh dates that include piano and trombone, but that's what it sounds like to me. 11. Taking our piano downtempo and dropping out the drums. Kenny Drew and NHOP? 12. Gypsy guitar rave-up. Hmm, multiple guitars, live date. The Concord Jazz Great Guitars groups with Herb Ellis? 13. And the piano goes it alone. Barry Harris? 14. two altos bebopping? Sonny Stitt? 15. Back to the trio, midtempo relaxed. Eddie Higgins?

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Agreed on all points. And those Xanadu CD reissues were fantastic! And $30 would've bought you a basketful of groceries back in the day, also... The dollar doesn't go as far now, hence the reason why records cost $30.

Per an online inflation calculator, $5 in 1975 is equal in value to $29.88 today.

A lot more than that if you found a good cutout bin! I remember getting things like ABC/Riverside cutouts at Fields for 57 cents, getting Cobblestone titles for $1 at a store in Philly, etc.

Thanks for that. I hadn't heard that explanation before. It's a great shame

My copy suffers loose pages - the glue failed in the first few months,.

I had The Natives Are Restless on CD about 25 years ago — and I must have been pretty disappointed in it, because I apparently traded it off 10 years later before I moved to DC. I kinda remember Natives looking INCREDIBLE on paper — but it never really clicking for me (like maybe it frustrated me SO much how it didn’t click for me, that I finally gave up on it). At least that’s my vague memory of it. You say the entire Feb 18, 1966 Half Note recording is much better?? I may have to investigate. BTW, I’ve only listened once to this first track from Silver in Seattle — and I have to say I’m a little nonplussed about it. Seems like a lotta smoke, but maybe not much fire. Joe and Woody are blowing hard, but (maybe?) not really saying much.

No, not at all. The debate reared it's ugly/beautiful head several hours ago as I knew it would when I started the thread. Anyway you're starting a whole new debate, old v new vinyl sq!!

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That first Richard Davis record is First Ballot Hall Of Fame. And IIRC, there was Muse CD reissue that added a track! Oh, back in the day. $30.00 would have bought me about 5-6 records, not 1.

I hope my comments aren't interpreted as a return to that tired debate. I'm just wondering whether these newly reissued Muse LPs will sound better than the original issues. And, if so, is it a significant improvement?

My God, how did I not notice this recent thread activity?! I've been on a binge of R.E.M.'s IRS records in recent weeks...long story, *long-time* fan. These albums remain absolutely transcendental to me, all these years (decades!) on. Been thinking a *lot* about these two albums recently and how newly-relevant they sound (Document in particular). I was living here in Bloomington as a student when the band came to town to record Lifes Rich Pageant. Here's an article i wrote about it for Bloom Magazine, subsequently expanded for Indiana's Musical Family Tree site: Talk About The Pageant: When R.EM. Came To Bloomington In 1986

$17.96 at DeepDiscount, so one of their coupons will bring it down to $15-16.

It will be interesting to see whether these new LPs sound better than the originals due to the remastering & pressing processes. Muse was never known for having great-sounding LPs. Great music? Yes. No doubt. But I would describe them as serviceable AQ-wise. But nothing more than that. I'm wondering how the new ones will sound. EDIT By way of comparison, many of the Elemental Xanadu reissues sounded MUCH better than the original issues. There was a lot more music on the tape than what made it into their vinyl pressings, IMO. (However, those Xanadu reissues were in CD format rather than LP. Nevertheless, the mastering made a HUGE difference, I think.) For example, if you compare Sonny Criss' Saturday Morning on vinyl (the original issue) with the remastered CD, there's no competition. The new CD flogs the original vinyl. (BTW, I'm NOT saying that CDs flog LPs absolutely. Not at all! I'm just saying that things like the quality of the pressing and (re)mastering process can have a massive effect on AQ.)