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Disc 2 - Piano Trio No.3 and No.4

Thanks for sharing this @felser Personally I liked the Sonny Clark the first time I heard it - Japanese CD I think I found at Tower or HMV in NYC - but I plan going on a BN kick for my MP3 player/daily walks and think I will revisit next week.

Ts-find

yes, later pressings have ticked up too. I've never fallen in love with Cool Struttin', as much as I love Sonny Clark, and I can't fathom why. The trusty stereo 70s pressing serves me just fine in this case.

A bit of nostalgia this morning - I attended this session at RVG's on April 26, 1978. I used the opportunity to ask Rudy about the possibility of recording a couple of Roscoe Mitchell sessions there. He declined The Maze (too complex), but was intrigued by the sonic possibilities of L-R-G. He reached for his appointment book and said "when would you like to do it". We recorded it on August 7. Rudy suggested Columbia's 30th St. studio for The Maze and I followed his advice.

R.I.P.

@clifford thornton: That's what baffled me too. Personally, I would lean much more towards 5000s and fairly early 1500s if I had the money and willingness to shell out for BN originals. So in this case the "market" prices MUST be about the music ... @Kevin Bresnahan: FWIW, about "Cool Struttin'". Just saw that the review by Down Beat (by Don Gold) was just as indifferent (not for exactly the same reasons but still ...) as the one by ESTRAD: 2 1/2 stars ... So is it (also) about the cover after all? (Just like Verves - not so rarely for no sensible reason at all - tend to go up significantly in price if they have a DSM cover) Or maybe one of those cases of "must have if you want to be In with the In Crowd"? @mjazzg: I agree with your assessment of how the "collectible" scene and market work. regardless of whether we like it or not, that's the way things go. But like I said - it's regrettable that much later pressings then tend to go up and up too just "because it's on Blue Note". Not all that long ago Liberty pressings used to be relatively affordable even over here, but now it seems that to many sellers they must be the (almost) next best thing to an original.

Ts-find

Good to read. I emailed him last year and he replied he was basically retired and not playing out.

A top tier b3er. I saw her with Lou Donaldson-a great show.

What's interesting to me is the heavy uptick in prices for later Blue Notes... the 4100 and 4200 series titles have gotten really expensive. Out To Lunch was once a $300 LP (not cheap, but manageable), and now, $2500! Iconic music and cover art, sure, but... yikes.

R.I.P.

Baby Dodds, Talking and Drum Solos (Smithsonian Folkways)

R.I.P. to a GIANT. I'm sad that he's gone, but I'm GRATEFUL for the music!

another one from the bin ... olé

The crazy money for "Cool Struttin'" has been the result of some sort of fetish for that album in Japan. Is it the music or the cover? Who knows. As for Jackie's playing back then... it was an acquired taste. I can understand the allure as well as the disdain. I'm kinda in the middle myself.

Interesting read and not really surprising, although there was a NM ' True Blue' for sale in London recently for only (!!) £3k, obviously a bargain... Collectors the world over treasure originals, be that stamps, art, cars, furniture, comics and beyond and I see absolutely no reason why LPs should be any different. And yes, with LPs this moves beyond the music per se and becomes about the artefact. There is a caché in owning something as close to its original state and I can't see that being a bad thing. Maybe not what we as individuals would choose to do, or could afford but that doesn't negate other's desire to do so. Where there's a collector market then prices will almost inevitably inflate. No one is forcing anyone to pay these prices and if collectors get their hands on something precious to them, then all power to them, I say.

I wish I got to see him more often. His shows were fun as hell. He always brought high energy to the stand. You never worried about being bored when he was at the piano. RIP Eddie and thanks for the music.

Ts-find, saved from the bin !

Jonathan Blake “Homeward Bound” Blue Note cd

Another disc from the Grateful Dead 60th Anniversary box set “Enjoying the Ride” Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (5/12/91) disc 2

They definitely did David. It was a great show and me and my parents enjoyed it big time. Glad to hear all of you are okay

Good to hear That's gonna take a while but will give a signal when ready!