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The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries - free if you have Amazon Prime. This is a fun dramatization of Ngaio Marsh's detective novels. The setting has been moved from the 20's to the 40's but the overall look is slightly retro and the costumes, houses, interiors, villages, automobiles etc are beautifully authentic looking. Each program is movie length.

Rimington is exactly the sort of person I had in mind, and I have a couple of those. I was also thinking of Tex Wyndham and his bands. He published a monthly column at one point which is now available on the Syncopated Times website. It is full of comments about how people should live and let live, even if "Chicago Style" jazz isn't really jazz and its followers will burn in hell. Yeah. Cullum is good.

I agree. The vinyl boom has sent bonus tracks packing. That was a big attraction of CDs for me.

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Depends on your taste in music. If you're interested in jazz that's a little outside, these labels are pretty strong: Intakt, Clean Feed, Pyroclastic (Independent record label led by Kris Davis)

Stumbled upon this reissue cover the other day and initially thought I'd discovered a Prestige session that I never knew about.

It might be good for the seller. 😁 I no longer have LPs or a turntable, and am completely out of touch with the ongoing vinyl boom. But it seems like buyers of the premium vinyl reissues prefer facsimiles of the original albums w/o bonus tracks. That's OK with me.

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Never really thought of that aspect. I know the repertoires and the musical landscape were very different by the mid-60's, and that they switched to Mosrite guitars around the same time Edwards became the lead player in '63, switching back to Fender's around the time he left in '68. I find much to enjoy in all of their albums, but the early work is the essence to me.

Not convinced less music for more money is good.

The Abandons - Netflix

I don't think I've ever heard of Wingy Manone before but this Storyville set is a great listen.

Raoul Bjorkenheim - Doors of Perception Finnish jazz ftw

Some Residual Christmas listening:

Engrossing book. One of my favorites.

That is correct. No bonus tracks on the 2 Sam Records Sun Ra reissues...just the original albums. Most of the recent vinyl reissue series (Tone Poet, Blue Note Classic, OJC, Acoustic Sounds, Rhino HiFi, etc.) just reissue the original albums on vinyl without any bonus tracks. And Sam Records does the same.

Jim Cullum would get my vote. Saw him & his band in San Antonio, where he had a club. Definitely seemed like a solid group of players that he brought together. https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2019-08-11/jim-cullum-jr-jazz-band-leader-and-cornetist-dies-at-77?_amp=true

I see they don't use the 3 bonus tracks Delmark issued.

"The first Continental Op novel. The movie Yojimbo (and therefore A Fistful of Dollars also) was sort of based on this. I enjoyed this, but I like the short stories better." Agreed. Also, there was a Bruce Willis movie with Chris Walken that borrowed plot lines from Red Harvest or one of the movies you mention.

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Jerry Gonzalez "Ya Yo Me Cure" American Clave/Muzak lp facsimile cd

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The first Continental Op novel. The movie Yojimbo (and therefore A Fistful of Dollars also) was sort of based on this. I enjoyed this, but I like the short stories better.

Maybe check out Sammy Rimington? Looking at his Wiki, he was born in 1942 and is now quite portly. I have come across plenty of his 80s LPs in the past, but moved them on without listening (not proud of this but hey-ho) as it's not really my bag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Rimington The Jazz North West page is also good, but more for live music. I get the impression these cats are well into their 80s and 90s. The website is a triumph of substance over style. https://jazznorthwest.co.uk/