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"All the bullshit" I assume means self promotion. He's in a business where promotion is part of the game. His advertising doesn't really harm the product and basically I don't care about it. Presumably by "blatant, oblivious fuckups" you are referring to the fact that he didn't notice the presence of a player on one disk and he endangered another release by shooting his mouth off. These are sins I find forgivable and I am willing to give Zev the benefit of the doubt. Why? Because I have made mistakes of a similar sort in other circs. I have some releases he produced that were good quality and reasonable price. All My Yesterdays by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis comes to mind. Excellent release, IMO. He could use some constructive criticism on the overdone packaging and liner notes which are long but don't really illuminate...

Fantastic.

This again:

You know who I'm willing to cut quite a bit of slack? Those who bring a quality product at whatever is a fair price - without all the bullshit and blatant, oblivious fuckups.

Well, he produces reissues and recent 'discoveries' so I am willing to cut him quite a bit of slack. Yes he does toot his own horn too much and yes I hate the idea of expensive, luxury vinyl in limited editions that I will never buy. That said I assume he is doing this as a career, has to make money at it somehow, and pricey vinyl is a thing right now, incomprehensible as it may seem to me...

Terrific!

Straight ahead but highly enjoyable session by a swinging band. Hutch was young but already in great shape.

Perfect!

How is that? Never heard

The Prestige/Riverside/Milestone twofers were my introduction to jazz back in the late seventies/early eighties. Two records for price of a single album. Most of that albums were OOP or simply impossible to get in the domestic market in Italy. Imports only. The BN catalog was poor, so the Impulse’s. The only Italian pressings widely available were the CBS/Columbia. It’s all there in the Mingus’ Debut box set, with and without overdubbing.

I think LoneHill has gone the way of the dodo. Second-hand is the only route theses days, I think!

More recently, there was also the wonderful Impulse 2-on-1 series. https://www.discogs.com/label/292976-Impulse!-2-On-1?srsltid=AfmBOopfD-q2nbzgGozA99_hfDaOm4YTbukXgT7w_tnIbkeHYG9K-38G

That Prestige (Milestone was reserved for riverside material) twofer is still, to my knowledge, the most comprehensive packaging of that great night. Although it is missing Max's "Drum Conversation"....

If you go the LoneHill route, make sure to buy it second-hand. That way their bogus-ass ways don't get a profit!

Yeah, truth to tell, I was not big a fan of the OJC series. The original notes were often very basic.

Looks like 3 per discogs, with Lone Hill putting out a double CD of all 3 in 2005. That's now on my radar.

That was a good band. I forget how many records they made for Mainstream...2 or 3.

Lol. Funny bc it's true.

It's possible. After looking it over I think this was a DJ or radio LP. Boogaloo-ish track Blind Man Blind Man is almost unplayable. Glad I got this for el cheapo. Would definitely upgrade this bc the music is worth it.

Now spinning on my turntable: Mickey Newbury - Live at Montezuma Hall / Looks Like Rain (Elektra, 1973)