Chuck Nessa

By way of a prize, he gets 500,000 added to his post count--right? Nah, he just gets his option picked up for another year. AND full forum privileges.

Many reasons mentioned are part of the deal but I'd bet the real reason it's going away is they ran out of books and boxes. The reprinting cost would not be supported by sales.

Sounds like you had an imposter.

In my previous post I neglected to say Malachi was always a fine gentleman (in the best way) and a fine musician. I think his best quality was as a salesman for HIS music. Not a bad thing at all. Rest in peace Mr. Thompson.

About a month ago (June 19) Uncle Skid and I were in the Delmark studio and Steve Wagner explained the studio was a mess (organ and monitors in the hallway, etc) because Malachi had been recording his big band.

My Vol. 2 has the same design.

I'm sure we will see something but there will be insurmountable roadblocks for many projects. Depends how deep the pockets are/

If you'd been involved it stuff like this before, you might have a different view. Any one of those (and other) folks can file a suit (for minimal bucks) and drag stuff out.

On the other hand.... The last 10 (or so) years have had the most music "in print" in my lifetime. I'm certainly no promoter of the majors but they have shoveled tons of product our way. How many of you expected a "first class" reissue of Slim Gaillard's Dot album? I believe the shrinking market for cds has paid off well for the jazz customer, if not for the music itself.

Beyond artists rights are the rights of "venue", labels, managers, promoters and (depending on the sales contracts) the folks/label/corp owning the artists' contracts at the time of recording. Did I mention the recording engineer(s)? Did Graham have a "contractual understanding" with him? Fun, fun, fun.

Don't remember "whinging" about anything. My problem is not $100.

I suggest culling the following pieces from discs 2 & 3 for the iPod: Doin' the Voom Voom Rent Party Blues Paducah Harlem Flat Blues Jungle Jamboree Jolly Wog Sweet Mama Double Check Stomp Mood Indigo Rockin' In Rhythm Creole Rhapsody

There won't be anyone left to buy cdz. But imagine the great close-out sales.

The JSP set was remastered in the late '80s. The sound is fine but not to the level of work he was doing by the end of his life.

As usual, Topography is more talked about than listened to! Bailey and Parker were/are fine fellows, and I'm sure occasional "dicks" though I never experienced that. Be happy the recording is available again and let it go at that.

This week I was informed by my friend Mike Johnston a store he manages (New Moon in Mt Pleasant, MI) is closing by the end of the month. The store has been there since the early '70s.

what rvg titles are you referring to? i saw none included in the summer blowout sale, just k2s and limited editions. The new 2 cd Monk/Trane is not on the sale. No RVGs are on the sale. From the Concord site: "Special bundled pricing applies only to the discontinued titles included in the Summer Blowout Sale section of the online store. All sales are final."

That license has terminated.

No but this works the New Orleans summer: Makers Mark 2 dashes Angostura® bitters 1 splash water 1 tsp sugar 1 maraschino cherry 1 orange wedge Fruit AND sugar!!! Is this a breakfast drink? Do you pour it on pancakes? Nice to see ya' shrugs. Nope. An Old Fashioned. One For My Baby and One More For The Road. It'll make your baby and the road sticky.

No but this works the New Orleans summer: Makers Mark 2 dashes Angostura® bitters 1 splash water 1 tsp sugar 1 maraschino cherry 1 orange wedge Fruit AND sugar!!! Is this a breakfast drink? Do you pour it on pancakes? Nice to see ya' shrugs.

I paid around $35 for the only Clarence Williams Classics title I didn't own. When you have invested in 13, you HAVE to get the last one.

Was there an earlier version of vol 2? I bought it in the '60s. Never saw a Polydor copy.

Since I have loved this music for 47 years and it still seems GREAT to me, I feel sorry for you. Not meant as an insult, just regret. Maybe I just don't understand your "relationship" with music.

Why are you asking?