Chuck Nessa

My memory of this seems to be fried.

Volume 7, IIRC. Volume 17 actually. And one more (can't trace that one, right now!) So, I was off by 10. Brown cover.

Volume 7, IIRC.

Don't you have the booklet? If not, why not?

Never had a chance to vote. The results just popped up. I think that sucks.

Some folks might have a tough time entering a baseball thread started by you. Not a criticism, just an observation.

Curious about the cd since the original release was a "direct to disc" lp. I have one of those. Is the cd from a "back up" tape or a needle drop?

Volume 4.

Go Cubs.

All the best Chris. Be in touch my friend.

What Ubu said plus thanks for your photos. The material published in Wax Poetics was wonderful. I'd meant to send an email thanking you but time passes, as you know. Thanks again.

Go Cubs.

I think they were the "Ink Dots".

Don't get me started. At the very least, I'm still looking for aroung $500 from CK. Besides me Bruno (Okka), Koester and a couple other folks want a piece of him.

Paul says my batting average is pretty good for him, but he has some "bummers". That's fine for him (and many others - see below) but I love all of "my babies". Bradford/Stevens was a big disappointment in the marketplace and I pressed fewer of volume 2. Not really fair to the artists to say how many. Sorry you don't like the Russell disc. I still think this was a killer "band" and think they are few and far between. The Russell records didn't sell well but the band was picked up by ECM. Might you see a pattern? I still have vinyl copies of Bradford/Stevens vol 1 but vol 2 is gone. I also have copies of Russell/Mars Williams on vinyl. No regrets here. EVER!

I'm a ratpacker. The correspondence must be somewhere. I look at stuff and stick it in a pile. Eventually piles go into boxes.............. Nobody (Secor excluded) bought the records.

"are you so severe upon your own sex as to doubt the possibility of all this?"

When I saw the topic I was going to post "be sure to copy the book".

Can you get Dorothy Collins to do vocals? A pic of Snooky Lanson on the cover would be great.

Where?

Same deal.

Here's another thread as I'd hoped for. You might like to know I can't find my correspondence with John. He mostly used post cards. I hope they are in the same box as my correspondences with Ross Russell and Lester Koenig (can't find them either). I got the Bradford/Stevens material from Alan Bates (Black Lion/Freedom) with Cuscuna as a middle man. Stevens was delighted and wanted me to press Bates for 3 or 4 additional unissued sessions. One was a large ensemble (including Parker, Rutherford, etc from memory) but I didn't have any money. DAMN.

Bruce always told me we were in the same position - Bob wouldn't do what we said so we did it ourselves. As I said earlier - different thread.

Miss Kitty Chester Peg Leg Bates

Sounds phony and pretentious now. Sorry.