Hoppy T. Frog

I did. I'm kind of meh on the ECMs, but I remember this one being a little more interesting. Must give it another listen.

Classic DC Go-go always makes me smile and be glad I'm alive.

Tim Berne?

Man, I don't think it'll ever come. Maybe I can sell my serial number (#37).

I don't necessarily consider myself a lurker, but I come mainly to learn all about chazz.

PM sent on the Braxton.

Do they still have the pornographic covers?

I have a suspicion their expanded selection may be a defunct store's old stock.

Because it will BLOW YOUR KIDS' MINDS!

He worked with the Replacements? Didn't know that. Was it at Twin Tone? That was the Replacements best work! RIP. No, it was Pleased to Meet Me on Sire.

The Love Bug?

...nah! Just kidding. Although a lot of that Blue Note stuff was "new" to me, being a Gen Xer.

Which reminds me of my Tower Sunset Boulevard acquisition of Tyrone Washington's 'Natural Essence' Toshiba for $18 + tax. I got mine at Tower in Greenwich Village at 4th and Broadway!!! Loved that place. Many current day musicians worked the jazz department. Duane Eubanks is one that comes to mind. It used to be a regular stop for me. Either a visit to the West 4th or 66th Street Tower was a ritual for me in my High School excursions into the City from exurban Connecticut in the 1980s.

Black Sabbath

It wasn't a dream, dude, it's true. When are you coming in to check them out? I shall be in your shop tomorrow afternoon. Break out the secret stash just for me.

I've really tried to dig what Miles was doing in this period, but nothing moves me from this era except Aura.

It's like if Derek Bailey was a redneck instead of a Yorkshireman.

The only time I ever went there (to kill time before a set at Iridium) they were charging collector's prices for run-of-the mill in-print, non-collectible CDs. Full price new CDs were $20 or so, and midline-priced discs which should be at no more than $11.98 were going for $15.

No, not at all. I have used Concord in the distant past. The credit card that was compromised I rarely use, and it was last used at a Burrito joint in Arlington Virginia.

That's what happened to me. The card was canceled immediately, & only a $3.50 charge had been made. That charge was removed & a new card is being sent. The mystery is where the card info. was obtained by the fraudster. At least the fraud alerts that credit card companies use seem to work. That happened to me this morning!

I should add, that where I live, the DC/Baltimore area the LP selection ain't too hot, although my regular, the CD Cellar on Wilson Blvd in Arlington (Virginia), occasionally has good stuff, but jazz is rarely replenished. They also inherited the stock of the now closed Orpheus Records (which had prices that were generally too high).

Hopefully, the Mono version of Sgt. Pepper this September.

Surprisingly, I found Montreal a good used vinyl town, or at least bins weren't full of dreck at outrageous prices. I especially found the stores that catered to Francophones interesting (I figured French people would be big into jazz, and one used-cd and bookstore was awesome). Even the used shops in Montreal seemed to be segregated between Anglo and Franco clientele based on the neighborhood.

Generally, my policy is if it's on Yazoo, I buy it, even if Yazoo lacks the all the obsessive discographical stuff like matrix numbers, recording dates and locations.

And discounted at True Blue, so I snagged a copy.