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What about these Decca things? https://www.discogs.com/release/18327259-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Duke-Ellington-The-Beginning-Vol-1-1926-1928?srsltid=AfmBOoot_6FUEzYm1cXfCEzqQTBnKgsp4gr8EZceejOCCNe2QDRJ76sY https://www.discogs.com/release/6101977-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Hot-In-Harlem-1928-1929-Vol-2?srsltid=AfmBOopB5qWld45AC2PW6BgYZpP1MOi2w6NIEF5svEMBybXI30mbPXOK https://www.discogs.com/release/1604363-Duke-Ellington-The-Jungle-Band-Duke-Ellington-Rockin-In-Rhythm-Vol-3-1929-1931?srsltid=AfmBOop4faBDbD--o55foegZJNllW0pVglvoy4IhkfiKBkOTnDa9HM8e Fake stereo though....

There it is I mean Jesus, I grew up in lo-fi Bird bootlegs and other shit like that. The notes/musics are there (mostly). The rest is up to the listener. Lazy listening yields lazy results.

Storyville issues a new CD: Copenhagen 1964. It concerns the concert in Tivoli Concert Hall March 13, 1964. The recordings are from the second concert DE6421. Track listing Take the “A” train, Medley (Black and tan fantasy, The Mooche, Creole love call), Harlem, Happy Reunion, Excerpts from the Impressions of the Far East suite: Amad, Agra, Blue bird of Delhi, Depk, Isfahan, Things ain’t what they used to be, Banquet from Timon of Athens, Skillipoop, Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ in rhythm, Jones. Catalog number Storyville 101-8545.

Gang -- a couple of related questions: First, does anyone know if Brunswick ever released in the 1950s or early '60s another 12-inch volume (or two) of its 1920s Ellington material that would have been a companion to the "Early Ellington" LP pictured below. Second, has anyone heard the early '60s LPs of this material issued in England on the Ace of Hearts label and can offer an opinion about the sound quality/transfers? Thanks ...

Archie Shepp: The Early Albums Collection. Enlightenment EN4CD9165 [UK 2019] Disc 1

Playing it now and liking it.

Disc One I am reading his book A Cure for Gravity, so I opened this up.

Hawkwind - Love in Space

The first six tracks were an Eddie Harris LP on VeeJay: I wanted to have that for a long time, and this compilation was the easiest way to find it on CD. Schifrin was the most outfageous of all bossa nova pianists! Highly recommended. Jordi Pujol's liner notes are a perfect outline of Schifrin's career.

Tastes in these things are different, but I would not consider the majority of the material in the 1966 box set "unlistenable." There are a few that are more difficult to listen to than most, but man the music is really . . . something.

Bob DeVos, Eric Alexander, Gary Fritz, Steve Johns, Dan Kostelnik: Shifting Sands. Savant SCD 2077 [US 2006]

Disc One 1952 - 1954

👍- as 2xLP from 1968 on my shelf - JCOA Records Virgin JD 3001

Tomasz Stańko Quartet: Soul Of Things. ECM Records ECM 1788. [Germany 2002] Saw the quartet live in Göttingen, November 9. 2001

Brilliant answer to Moving Pictures! Unlike the records that followed 2112, which got more and more multi-layered and complex, which I really like (love Hemispheres and Farewell to Kings) Signals was not an attempt to "how do you top that?" I think that's what I really like about this album. It is not a follow-up to Moving Pictures.

I have the UMS edition, can you tell us "Stange Strings" fans if the expanded version is worth the upgrade? Recently purchased the New World Records of Being released at the end of February.

Have been really enjoying this box set. I think I read somewhere that if Paul Desmond recorded a solo record that he was not allowed under contract to record with another pianist? Cool with me. Jim Hall is fantabulous on these sides.

A good portion of that set is unlistenable due to poor bootleg audio quality (it was a copyright protection set), but it tends to be very inexpensive for its size. Do go for an expanded Cutting Edge set (I have the six-CD version).