String Quartets No.3 & No.4

Now Doggett's recollections sound like some conclusive evidence, I'd say.  But of course it's not as picturesque as a "chance recording" (the last one tossed off) becoming a million seller.  As for Mike's statement about "no guarantee that the order of the matrix numbers represents recordings order" (no doubt that's true, though I'd guess there ARE cases where the matrix number order does represent the recording order, but how do we know?): Doesn't this upset and invalidate the much-loved practice of many collectors (often mentioned here too) to burn their own CDs with the contents of the orignal LPs reorganized in "session recording order"? Because that "session recording order" would then follow the order of numerically ascending matrix numbers (unless proof to the contrary indicating a different recording order exists). But as we have seen there is no guarantee that this order is "correct"?     

David Bowie “The Next Day” from the “I Can’t Give Everything Away” box set. Somehow listening to Bowie makes me feel like a teenager again, even though this one was originally bought right before I moved from Texas to Ohio, and also brings back the stress and emotional shift of that transition. Bowie was an amazing artist.   869×1024 98.7 KB

George Garzone and Dave Ballou played last night in Providence with RI Music Hall of Famers Marty Ballou and Marty Richards. Great show attended by maybe 35 people.