All Activity

Been revisiting some Jon-Erik Kellso discs over the past few days:

RIP- As a kid I was nuts about the MB's. I saw them live at the Fillmore East for free, because my sister worked there. During intermission, one of my other sister's friend's (who was in the habit of 'servicing' rockers...) told me she had a surprise for me. She led me down the aisle, to the side of the stage, where Graham Edge was waiting. I shook hands with him, and he recoiled in horror, because my hand was so sweaty, and let out an 'Ugh!' All I could think of to say to him was, "Man, I really dig your poetry", and that was it. Later on, my late cousin Chuck, who was a bass player, had a Moody Blues album, and he put it on the basement stereo ( which was in a little room under the stairs- a tradition in suburbia back then) and I was shocked to hear them play not psychedelic rock music like "Ride My See-Saw", but the R&B song "Go Now". Years later I was even more shocked when I played 'The History of Rock and Roll" video for one of my music classes, and in the segment of "The British Invasion", they ended it by playing Bessie Banks' original version of "Go Now". I said to my class, " But this was done by The Moody Blues in the 60's! This is freakin' me out!" The class just looked at me and said, "He be buggin' again."

yes, agreed. Without those bigger names selling at a decent pace, we wouldn't have had three CDs worth of People Band, Inaudible Collectif, George Khan archival material, Charlotte Hug, Sylvia Hallett, a particularly hairy solo Fred Lonberg-Holm CD, or any number of other things.

I have decided to keep this listed until Friday, October 17. Thanks. The Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Quintet/Sextet Studio Sessions 5 CD, Mosaic, 2002 Limited Edition of 5000 numbered copies (this is copy # 3065). Everything is in excellent condition - outer box, CDs, jewel cases, large booklet. There is just some very minor rubbing to about a 1/4" piece of the mid left side edge of the front cover paste-on photo. I had not even noticed that until now but wanted to mention any minor issue at all. It is a nice copy. $69 (+ $10 media mail shipping). U.S. shipping only. Payment by pay pal friends/family. I will pack this carefully (wrapped in bubble wrap), ship it in a sturdy box, and provide a postal tracking # after shipping.

Exactly!

I read this thread title and I assumed that it was a commentary on the state of our world & country.

Earlier today, I got tickets to see RUSH -- less Neil Peart, of course -- in August 2026 in Toronto.

The big name stuff is important work, but there's also so many more obscure titles worth investigating that really provide a snapshot of free improvisation at a point in time. And he was generous enough to discount these titles to very low prices to where you could investigate a lot of stuff you may not have had the mettle for at full price. A whole other can of worms there, but it's something I've often wished other prolific labels in this space might do with their back catalogs as well.

That's one of those songs on which I would always switch the radio.

If you buy a used set, Zev doesn't profit from you. Somebody else has already taken care of that for you. 👁️‍🗨️

Yep.

The OTC box is my favorite of the ones that I own.

PM replied. This is now sold! Thank you!

Nice CD. I haven't played it in a long time. I haven't seen her play live in a long time either. I hope she's still playing. Her website hasn't been updated since 2016. I know she had a rough time of it about 20 years when she had to overcome breast cancer.

I also waited years to get this at a reasonable price. As far as lack of availability of Miles sets, I've never understood why the On The Corner box was not reprinted to meet the demand.

Me too, outside of the crazy jagged-geometrical layout for the booklet notes--a style that iirc was in vogue for a number of box set releases in the mid-1990s.

I must've glossed over the LITA box if it was noted in this thread. Interesting.

+1, depends on price point and reviews on how much of an improvement it is. I like the 1995 box.

I never picked up the Resonance set because a) Zev turns me off and b) I have the Douglas/FM LPs and Other Aspects, but reading this thread, I probably should.

I didn't realize Light in the Attic was doing a CD version of this set as well. On the fence about upgrading from the 1995 box--in the meantime this thread has inspired me to start revisiting it. Oh hey look, it's lunch time! 😉