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  1. I didn't know about the hand coloured copies, but there are some small black & white drawings on the cover which you can colour yourself.
  2. According to the All Music entry on Ed Summerlin, his "Requiem for Mary-Jo", written in response to the death of his nine-month-old daughter, is the centerpiece of his 1959 debut LP "Liturgical Jazz". I have that album but there's no "Requiem for Mary-Jo" (or anything similar) on it. Does anybody know if a recording of this "Requiem" exists?
  3. "To You" is a great album. I have the Spectator issue which came out immediately after the private label original. I'm verry happy with it, but a high quality reissue could be useful. The Yamsh'ta with Kosugi is stunning. Every bit as essential as the Taj Mahal Travellers records, which have been reissued/bootlegged to death... BTW: it's on the London (Japan) label, not Liberty.
  4. Yes, she is on both "Oh Strange" (the BYG "Live part 1") and "Bon Voyage" (BYG "Live part 2"). But according to Discogs and several online discographies, the "Oh Strange" performance on the first record of "Live in Paris" (which is supposed to be a reissue of the two BYG albums) is by the quartet without Moye and Fontella. This would mean that, while the second record of "Live in Paris" is indeed the "Bon Voyage" performance in Châteauvallon that was originally issued on the BYG "Live part 2", the first record is not a reissue of "Live part 1" but a completely different performance (another time, another place, another line-up, so probably even not "Oh Strange"...). That's why I was wondering if the credits or liner notes of one of the "Live in Paris" issues could help...
  5. Yes, it's funny: I remember finding "The Collector" which allowed me to dispose of the 1980 "Etcetera" with its typically dull packaging. Just when I realized I was now missing "Toy Tune", the Blue Note Conaisseur series came to the rescue with a very much more attractive "Etcetera".
  6. Well, I've listened to "Live part 1" ("Oh Strange") again last night and I'm pretty sure it's the quintet playing, with Don Moye. And Fontella is definitely there too. I suspect the 1970 Chateauvallon performance of "Oh Strange" was issued on the original Japanese BYG, but has been replaced at some point by an earlier recording (probably the 1969 Paris concert) by the quartet and without Fontella. I don't have any of the "Live in Paris" editions to check, but I would be grateful if someone could confirm (or correct) this.
  7. Nice record, but I always wondered why they would have called their band "Avant Garde".
  8. Wonderful video. It's "Bon voyage" which was originally issued on the "Live part 2" album (BYG Japan/Toho YX-2041). This is indeed the Châteauvallon performance of August 13, 1970 (their last European concert before returning to the US, which probably explains why this improvisation was called "Bon Voyage"). The original Japanese records (the second one is "Live Part 1", BYG/Toho YX-2040, containing "Oh Strange") have only Japanese notes, but I can't find any mention of Paris or the October 1969 date. The back cover (both part 1 and part 2) credits "quintet + fontella bass". I guess the confusion results from sloppy reissues.
  9. I played Joe Daley Trio At Newport '63 last night and I fully endorse this nomination.
  10. Last night : Sun Ra Live in Paris et the Gibus (French Atlantic): I'm not an expert, neither a completist, but this a favourite. Joe Daley At Newport '63 (RCA, UK mono): According to the sleeve notes, it's the complete afternoon concert filled out wiith a recording of the soundcheck, but I also read (here?) that some of the tracks are studio recordings. Anyway, it's a great set and the mono sound is very sweet. George Russell Sextet In K.C. (Brunswick): I have the original Decca, but with a water damaged cover. Now I've found a beautiful German mono pressing. I like this one very much. One oddity is that the "Lunacy" track is credited to trombonist Dave Baker, while it's a composition by a very young Carla Bley who was Russell's student at that time.
  11. I've once been very much into the UK industrial scene. Looking back, it was probably my most important stepping stone to the experimental/free improv/avant-garde/whatever... music I'm still listening to (and very much enjoying) today. And Stapleton's United Dairies label was crucial. I mean, the first release (An Afflicted Man's Musica Box; another compilation) introduced me to Jacques Berrocal, AMM ànd Anima. Not to mention the notorious Nurse With Wound list... I've kept one or two shelves with records from this area including precisely "Hoisting the black flag". I cherish them although I seldom play them. As for Whitehouse (who feature on Hoisting...): they're virtually unlistenable, of course, but they were very much part of that scene.
  12. Memories, sweet memories... but can you still enjoy, say, Whitehouse ?
  13. I've seldom been as disappointed as I was by "The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield". I remember an online review (Popmatters IIRC) about a match made in heaven turning into a disaster, exactly expressing my feeling about the project. Since then I'm a little more cautious with William Parker's new releases.
  14. The German issue is actually quite common and generally not expensive. The Austrian (and I think original) issue is a bit harder to find. I probably like the music more than HFTF does, despite some inevitable longueurs typical for a concert recording. As far as I remember, the recording quality is decent.
  15. Last night (headphone): Karin Krog & Bengt Hallberg A Song for You (Overseas, Japan): I had the Phontastic issue, but now found this Japanese release, also from 1978 and with a nicer cover. Listening to it again after a long time, I still think it's not her most exciting album, but there are some beautiful moments ("A child is born"...); Neighbours Great Neighbours Music vol. 1 (private pressing): Austrian piano trio. They cut a record with Fred Anderson and Bill Brimfield and another one with Anthony Braxton, but this is a self-released recording by the trio on its own. Title is correct: great music. Takashi Kazamaki & Danny Davis Atmosphere - Live At The Strange Fruit (Fool): free improv duet. A classic.
  16. Thank you, Clifford, this seems just what I was looking for.
  17. I only have his "Long Night" album, with George Coleman and Pat Patrick, and I quite like it. A Vee-Jay thread is OK, but please no Beatles.
  18. Difficult to go wrong with Palm - great label... Do you have Maté's duo record with Daniel Vallancien on Saravah ? Not really jazz, I suppose, but a terrific record.
  19. Can you or other members recommend a publication focussing in depth on this scene (BAG, Human Arts Ensemble, Committe for Universal Justice, the Universal Justice label...) ? I love the music, as well as the "look" and the "feel" of those records, and I'd really like to learn more about the socio-political and cultural context.
  20. Welcome, Ombudsman! The movie you're referring to is actually called "A Quiet Place in the Country" (Un tranquillo posto di campagna). According to Dusty Groove the soundtrack was "a rare collaboration" between Morricone and the Gruppo... (not making this up; check their website).
  21. For collecting Blue Note LP's on a budget, when you can live with these Frech DMM pressing, this opens a whole new world full of possibilities.
  22. Right. Didn't remember it was mentioned on the back cover. I'm still wondering why they selected a performance without Ali as documentation. Around the same time, Ali was releasing records on his own Survival label.; fine duos with Leroy Jenkins and Frank Lowe, but no Cyrille or Graves...
  23. Such a great record. I've read that they usually performed as a trio with Rashied Ali. I wonder if that was maybe too much of a good thing...
  24. In the liner notes of John Zorn's Morricone tribute album (The Big Gundown), there's something about the avant garde guitar scraping and screaming that might even make Morricone nervous. I've always found that funny.
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